Public · Community college

Mountwest Community and Technical College

Huntington, West Virginia · Midsize suburb

6%
Transfer rate: $8,083
Avg net price: 19%
Grad / completion: $28,951
Median earnings

Mountwest Community and Technical College is a public associate-granting institution in Huntington, West Virginia (midsize suburb setting), enrolling 1,160 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 1,160 undergradsMidsize suburbCold winters

About Huntington, West Virginia

Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Discounting the period of French ownership, the land that was part of Guyandotte and later Huntington was originally part of the 28,628-acre (115.85 km2) French and Indian War veteran's Savage Grant. Huntington is within Appalachia. The 2006 Warner Bros. motion picture We Are Marshall, the 2010 ABC series Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, the 2017 television series My Brother, My Brother and Me, and the Netflix documentary "Heroin(e)" were all filmed in the city. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize suburb
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 45 miles to Charleston, WV
To Great Lakes shore: 207 miles
Nearest airport: 6 miles to Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson Field (HTS)

How Mountwest Community and Technical College compares

Graduation rate19%

Higher than 4% · #41 of 42 in West Virginia

First-year retention38%

Higher than 5%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$28,951

Higher than 28% · #30 of 40 in West Virginia

Average net price$8,083

Cheaper than 78% · #20 cheapest of 42 in West Virginia

Median debt at graduation$7,446

Lower than 80%

Student–faculty ratio12 : 1

Lower than 73%

Undergraduate enrollment1,160

Larger than 74%

Percentiles compare Mountwest Community and Technical 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 West Virginia.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women66157%
Men49943%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White80%
Black4.8%
Hispanic2.4%
Other or multiracial13%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 1,160
Student–faculty ratio: 12 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 42%
First-generation students: 52%
Students over 25: 30%
Median family income: $19,933
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $53,919

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 367 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From West Virginia86%
Other U.S. states14%

Most first-years stay in state — Mountwest Community and Technical College draws overwhelmingly from West 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: $4,938
Out-of-state tuition: $12,304
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,726
Total cost of attendance: $15,667
Average net price: $8,083

Outcomes

Graduated: 19%
First-year retention: 38%
Transferred to another college: 6%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $28,245
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $28,951
Median debt at graduation: $7,446
Students with federal loans: 24%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 22%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

19%

Low-income (Pell)

25%

First-generation

24%

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: 0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 0

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

$7,895

$30–48k

$9,539

$48–75k

$9,321

$75–110k

$11,178

$110k+

$15,667

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.

15%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$2,450

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 15% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,450. 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 242 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): $28,951
Typical debt at graduation: $7,446
Debt vs. one year's pay: 26%
Out-earn a HS grad: 33%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.6 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

$25,874

Men

$35,870

Men out-earn women by $9,996 (39%) 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: 25°F
Annual rain: 45.3″
Annual snow: 10.2″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Huntington Swg PL, WV US station (3.8 mi from campus).

What Mountwest Community and Technical College graduates study — and earn

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssoc.

27 grads$44k 1 yr$31k 5 yr$12k debt

27$43,753$31,450$11,500 Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssoc.

20 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

20———Precision Metal WorkingAssoc.

16 grads— 1 yr$36k 5 yr— debt

16—$36,280—Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssoc.

13 grads— 1 yr$33k 5 yr— debt

13—$33,320—Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssoc.

13 grads$36k 1 yr$34k 5 yr$12k debt

13$35,603$34,363$12,414 Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCert.

10 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

10———American Sign LanguageAssoc.

10 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

10———Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

8 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

8———Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssoc.

8 grads$32k 1 yr— 5 yr$11k debt

8$31,656—$11,375 Design and Applied ArtsAssoc.

7 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

7———Science Technologies/Technicians, OtherAssoc.

6 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

6———Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssoc.

5 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

5———

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.