Private for-profit · Community college
Centura College-Chesapeake
Chesapeake, Virginia · Large city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- —
- Avg net price
- 71%
- Grad / completion
- $25,930
- Median earnings
Centura College-Chesapeake is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Chesapeake, Virginia (large city setting), enrolling 0 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Chesapeake, Virginia
Chesapeake is an independent city in Virginia, United States. Formed in 1691 in the Virginia Colony, Norfolk County had originally included essentially all the area which became the towns and later cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and South Norfolk. Its area was reduced after 1871 as these cities added territory through annexations. In 2015, in honor of the game's 80th birthday, Hasbro held an online vote in order to determine which cities would make it into an updated version of the Monopoly Here and Now: The US Edition of the game. Chesapeake, Virginia won the wildcard round, earning it a brown spot. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Bachelor's
- Nearest big city
- 12 miles to Norfolk, VA
- To the ocean
- 5 miles
- Nearest airport
- 9 miles to Norfolk (ORF) · major hub
How Centura College-Chesapeake compares
Higher than 64% · #21 of 65 in Virginia
Higher than 21% · #49 of 62 in Virginia
Lower than 15%
Larger than 1%
Percentiles compare Centura College-Chesapeake with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Virginia.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women00%
- Men00%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- Other or multiracial100%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 0
- Student–faculty ratio
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 13%
- First-generation students
- 52%
- Students over 25
- 63%
- Median family income
- $14,317
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $16,637
- Room & board
- —
- Books & supplies
- $3,200
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- —
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 71%
- First-year retention
- —
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $26,077
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $25,930
- Median debt at graduation
- $14,750
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 9%
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $25
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $25,930
- Typical debt at graduation
- $14,750
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 57%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 20%
Typical debt would take roughly 5.7 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $3,334 (13%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 87°F
- Winter low
- 32°F
- Annual rain
- 46.6″
- Annual snow
- 3.4″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Oceana Nas, VA US station (2.3 mi from campus).
What Centura College-Chesapeake graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.