Pierpont Community
and Technical College
Public Community College in Fairmont, WV. Six-year graduation rate 42%. Median 10-year earnings $35,132.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $35,132, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 42%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $12,110.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.34 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 42% finish inside six years. 59% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. The part-time picture is harder: 21% return, against 59% full-time. The student-faculty ratio is 21:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 982 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $5,510 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Income makes less difference than usual: $7,780 at $0–30k, $14,707 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 74% of students at an average of $6,689. 28% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 244 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $7,780 |
| $30–48k | $6,956 |
| $48–75k | $9,360 |
| $75–110k | $13,453 |
| $110k+ | $14,707 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 271 of these 982 students, totalling $1,586,258 — an average of $5,853 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Marion County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Warning (Other - Provide unlisted or multiple justifications); School has an accreditation issue
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)