Richard Bland College
Public Community College in South Prince George, VA. Six-year graduation rate 9%. Median 10-year earnings $41,452.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $41,452, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Only 9% finish within six years, so roughly nine in ten students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Graduates leave owing a median of $11,000 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.27 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.6 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 9% — below national average
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 89%, Richard Bland College takes nearly everyone who applies. 1,602 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. About 33% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is the problem here: 9% graduate within six years. 57% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. The 65% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 18% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 796 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $12,946 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $10,245 at the $0–30k band to $20,790 at $110k+. 73% of students receive grant aid, averaging $10,234 — common but not automatic. About 47% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 360 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 | $10,245 |
| $30–48k | $10,329 |
| $48–75k | $12,279 |
| $75–110k | $16,905 |
| $110k+ | $20,790 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 374 of these 796 students, totalling $1,937,426 — an average of $5,180 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Dinwiddie County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)