Virginia University
of Lynchburg
Private Community College in Lynchburg, VA. Six-year graduation rate 27%. Median 10-year earnings $28,396.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $28,396, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Completion is the weak point: 27% graduate within six years. Graduates carry a median of $24,250 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.85 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Graduation rate 27% — below national average
Academics
Only 27% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential. First-year retention is 75% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. A 15:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 170 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $19,066 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $19,700 at $0–30k, $20,348 at $110k+. About 75% get grants averaging $9,455, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 77% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 50 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 | $19,700 |
| $30–48k | $23,224 |
| $48–75k | $24,205 |
| $75–110k | $21,581 |
| $110k+ | $20,348 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 131 of these 170 students, totalling $896,204 — an average of $6,841 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lynchburg City) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring, Heightened Cash Monitoring (Compliance Audit Late or Missing); Heightened Cash Monitoring; School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)