Virginia Peninsula
Community College
Public Community College in Hampton, VA. Six-year graduation rate 34%. Median 10-year earnings $37,996.
Ten-year median earnings of $37,996 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 34% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $9,500.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 34% — below national average
Academics
Only 34% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. 58% 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. A 16% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. Retention drops to 39% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,901 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $7,091 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $5,074 at the $0–30k band to $13,394 at $110k+. 51% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,212 — common but not automatic. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 9% of students.
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 · 505 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 | $5,074 |
| $30–48k | $6,028 |
| $48–75k | $8,021 |
| $75–110k | $9,841 |
| $110k+ | $13,394 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 332 of these 3,901 students, totalling $2,015,090 — an average of $6,070 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hampton City) — 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)