Public · Community college

J Sargeant Reynolds Community College

Richmond, Virginia · Large suburb

15%
Transfer rate: $5,168
Avg net price: 32%
Grad / completion: $39,529
Median earnings

J Sargeant Reynolds Community College is a public certificate-granting institution in Richmond, Virginia (large suburb setting), enrolling 5,586 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 5,586 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersNear the coast

About Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital city of the U.S. state of Virginia. After the first permanent English-speaking settlement was established at Jamestown, Virginia, in April 1607, Captain Christopher Newport led explorers northwest up the James River to an inhabited area in the Powhatan Nation, which takes its name from the location Pawat-hanne, or "falls in a stream," referring to the falls in the James River at present day Richmond, specifically Powhatan Hill. The Virginia Historical Society and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts are on the Boulevard. Nearby is the Science Museum of Virginia, housed on Broad Street in the neoclassical former 1919 Broad Street Union Station. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 7 miles to Richmond, VA
To the ocean: 23 miles
Nearest airport: 12 miles to Richmond (RIC) · major hub

How J Sargeant Reynolds Community College compares

Graduation rate32%

Higher than 15% · #60 of 65 in Virginia

First-year retention68%

Higher than 41%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$39,529

Higher than 67% · #23 of 62 in Virginia

Average net price$5,168

Cheaper than 90% · #9 cheapest of 61 in Virginia

Median debt at graduation$10,500

Lower than 42%

Student–faculty ratio24 : 1

Lower than 16%

Undergraduate enrollment5,586

Larger than 92%

Percentiles compare J Sargeant Reynolds Community College 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

Women3,43561%
Men2,15139%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White39%
Black31%
Hispanic11%
Asian7.7%
Other or multiracial12%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 5,586
Student–faculty ratio: 24 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 32%
First-generation students: 45%
Students over 25: 31%
Median family income: $19,569
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $74,682
Endowment: $15,778,122

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 1,151 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Virginia100%
Other U.S. states0.5%

Most first-years stay in state — J Sargeant Reynolds Community College draws overwhelmingly from Virginia.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition: $5,280
Out-of-state tuition: $11,718
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,520
Total cost of attendance: $12,428
Average net price: $5,168

Outcomes

Graduated: 32%
First-year retention: 68%
Transferred to another college: 15%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $32,102
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $39,529
Median debt at graduation: $10,500
Students with federal loans: 5%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 23%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

32%

Low-income (Pell)

10%

First-generation

10%

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: Free

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.1 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 3

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

1.0reported offenses a year

0 violent a year1.0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Motor vehicle theft

1.0

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$3,865

$30–48k

$4,649

$48–75k

$5,377

$75–110k

$9,249

$110k+

$12,016

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

17%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,587

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 17% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,587. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 570 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $39,529
Typical debt at graduation: $10,500
Debt vs. one year's pay: 27%
Out-earn a HS grad: 42%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.7 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

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.

Women

$37,970

Men

$41,624

Men out-earn women by $3,654 (10%) 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: 89°F
Winter low: 28°F
Annual rain: 45.8″
Annual snow: 14.7″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Ashland Hanover CO Muni AP, VA US station (5.4 mi from campus).

What J Sargeant Reynolds Community College graduates study — and earn

Social Sciences, GeneralAssoc.

298 grads$18k 1 yr$39k 5 yr$13k debt

298$18,164$39,391$12,500 Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssoc.

193 grads$32k 1 yr$50k 5 yr$11k debt

193$32,111$49,865$10,500 Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCert.

148 grads— 1 yr$29k 5 yr— debt

148—$28,939—Biological and Physical SciencesAssoc.

139 grads$23k 1 yr$43k 5 yr$11k debt

139$23,059$42,732$10,948 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssoc.

106 grads$31k 1 yr$34k 5 yr$7k debt

106$31,068$33,700$7,249 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCert.

67 grads$25k 1 yr$40k 5 yr$11k debt

67$24,780$39,908$11,000 Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCert.

55 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

55———Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssoc.

55 grads$64k 1 yr$76k 5 yr$21k debt

55$64,425$75,781$20,502 Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssoc.

47 grads— 1 yr$69k 5 yr— debt

47—$68,850—Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCert.

47 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr$11k debt

47——$11,250 Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

39 grads— 1 yr$42k 5 yr— debt

39—$42,112—Legal Support ServicesAssoc.

33 grads$38k 1 yr— 5 yr$20k debt

33$38,066—$20,250

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.