Public · Community college

New River Community College

Dublin, Virginia · Distant town

7%
Transfer rate: $6,279
Avg net price: 50%
Grad / completion: $40,025
Median earnings

New River Community College is a public certificate-granting institution in Dublin, Virginia (distant town setting), enrolling 1,965 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 1,965 undergradsDistant townCold winters

About Dublin, Virginia

Dublin is a town in Pulaski County, Virginia, United States. Back Creek Farm, Belle-Hampton, Dublin Historic District, Fairview District Home, Haven B. Howe House, New Dublin Presbyterian Church, Rockwood, and Spring Dale are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Volvo Trucks North America New River Valley plant just outside Dublin is the largest Volvo truck plant in the world, currently employing close to 3,000 people and building multiple models of heavy-duty trucks. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Distant town
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 43 miles to Roanoke, VA
To the ocean: 189 miles
Nearest airport: 42 miles to Roanoke–Blacksburg (ROA)

How New River Community College compares

Graduation rate50%

Higher than 36% · #33 of 65 in Virginia

First-year retention68%

Higher than 39%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$40,025

Higher than 69% · #21 of 62 in Virginia

Average net price$6,279

Cheaper than 85% · #17 cheapest of 61 in Virginia

Median debt at graduation$9,000

Lower than 66%

Student–faculty ratio33 : 1

Lower than 3%

Undergraduate enrollment1,965

Larger than 81%

Percentiles compare New River 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

Women1,05954%
Men90646%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White80%
Black4.2%
Hispanic5.3%
Asian1.7%
Other or multiracial8.4%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 1,965
Student–faculty ratio: 33 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 23%
First-generation students: 43%
Students over 25: 17%
Median family income: $25,640
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $80,235
Endowment: $23,211,239

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 582 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Virginia99%
Other U.S. states1.2%

Most first-years stay in state — New River 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: $4,979
Out-of-state tuition: $11,417
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $2,000
Total cost of attendance: $13,864
Average net price: $6,279

Outcomes

Graduated: 50%
First-year retention: 68%
Transferred to another college: 7%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $32,910
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $40,025
Median debt at graduation: $9,000
Students with federal loans: 3%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 36%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

50%

Low-income (Pell)

26%

First-generation

26%

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

$4,883

$30–48k

$5,363

$48–75k

$7,993

$75–110k

$9,931

$110k+

$12,263

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.

19%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,277

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 19% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,277. 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 447 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): $40,025
Typical debt at graduation: $9,000
Debt vs. one year's pay: 22%
Out-earn a HS grad: 43%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.2 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

$34,404

Men

$46,405

Men out-earn women by $12,001 (35%) 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: 83°F
Winter low: 24°F
Annual rain: 40″
Annual snow: 15.8″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Pulaski 2 E, VA US station (5.9 mi from campus).

What New River Community College graduates study — and earn

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssoc.

259 grads$26k 1 yr$38k 5 yr$11k debt

259$25,694$38,161$10,600 Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCert.

80 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

80———Precision Metal WorkingCert.

63 grads— 1 yr$38k 5 yr— debt

63—$38,105—Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssoc.

46 grads$63k 1 yr$65k 5 yr$16k debt

46$62,614$65,021$15,500 Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssoc.

43 grads$63k 1 yr$67k 5 yr$12k debt

43$62,688$67,321$11,562 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCert.

41 grads$26k 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

41$25,798——Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCert.

37 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

37———Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCert.

36 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

36———Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

32 grads— 1 yr$17k 5 yr— debt

32—$17,182—Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssoc.

28 grads— 1 yr$49k 5 yr— debt

28—$49,375—Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCert.

20 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

20———Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssoc.

19 grads$60k 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

19$60,183——

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.