Private for-profit · Community college

West Virginia Junior College-Charleston

Cross Lanes, West Virginia · Midsize suburb

0%
Transfer rate: $12,887
Avg net price: 60%
Grad / completion: $27,472
Median earnings

West Virginia Junior College-Charleston is a private for-profit associate-granting institution in Cross Lanes, West Virginia (midsize suburb setting), enrolling 394 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 394 undergradsMidsize suburbCold winters

About Cross Lanes, West Virginia

Cross Lanes is a census-designated place and suburb of Charleston in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize suburb
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 10 miles to Charleston, WV
To Great Lakes shore: 208 miles
Nearest airport: 11 miles to Yeager (CRW)

How West Virginia Junior College-Charleston compares

Graduation rate60%

Higher than 48% · #30 of 42 in West Virginia

First-year retention82%

Higher than 67%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$27,472

Higher than 25% · #32 of 40 in West Virginia

Average net price$12,887

Cheaper than 58% · #33 cheapest of 42 in West Virginia

Median debt at graduation$8,270

Lower than 71%

Student–faculty ratio25 : 1

Lower than 12%

Undergraduate enrollment394

Larger than 58%

Percentiles compare West Virginia Junior College-Charleston 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

Women32883%
Men6617%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White90%
Black5.1%
Other or multiracial5.1%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 394
Student–faculty ratio: 25 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 74%
First-generation students: 56%
Students over 25: 56%
Median family income: $15,664
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $38,331

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

Cost

In-state tuition: $14,798
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $419
Total cost of attendance: $22,249
Average net price: $12,887

Outcomes

Graduated: 60%
First-year retention: 82%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $26,253
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $27,472
Median debt at graduation: $8,270
Students with federal loans: 73%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 25%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

60%

First-generation

65%

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

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

$11,459

$30–48k

$10,715

$48–75k

$13,513

$75–110k

$20,749

$110k+

$19,215

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.

68%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,482

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 68% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,482. 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 25 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): $27,472
Typical debt at graduation: $8,270
Debt vs. one year's pay: 30%
Out-earn a HS grad: 21%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.0 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

$26,660

Men

$30,972

Men out-earn women by $4,312 (16%) 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: 86°F
Winter low: 23°F
Annual rain: 48.2″
Annual snow: 10.7″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Saint Albans, WV US station (3.6 mi from campus).

What West Virginia Junior College-Charleston graduates study — and earn

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

36 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

36———Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

20 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

20———Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssoc.

19 grads$26k 1 yr— 5 yr$9k debt

19$25,555—$8,764 Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssoc.

11 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr$10k debt

11——$10,226 Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssoc.

9 grads$21k 1 yr$30k 5 yr$8k debt

9$20,794$30,028$7,779 Business/Commerce, GeneralAssoc.

8 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

8———Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssoc.

5 grads$28k 1 yr$29k 5 yr$10k debt

5$28,006$29,127$9,845 Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCert.

4 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

4———Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCert.

1 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

1———Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssoc.

— grads— 1 yr$34k 5 yr— debt

——$33,852—Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCert.

— grads— 1 yr— 5 yr$17k debt

———$17,031

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.