Public · Community college

Wytheville Community College

Wytheville, Virginia · Remote town

8%
Transfer rate: $4,622
Avg net price: 47%
Grad / completion: $34,303
Median earnings

Wytheville Community College is a public certificate-granting institution in Wytheville, Virginia (remote town setting), enrolling 1,255 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 1,255 undergradsRemote townCold winters

About Wytheville, Virginia

Wytheville is a town in and the county seat of Wythe County, Virginia, United States. Wythe County was created in 1789 and named for George Wythe, the "father of American Jurisprudence" and signer of the Declaration of Independence. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Remote town
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 66 miles to Roanoke, VA
To the ocean: 210 miles
Nearest airport: 57 miles to Raleigh County Memorial (BKW)

How Wytheville Community College compares

Graduation rate47%

Higher than 34% · #35 of 65 in Virginia

First-year retention73%

Higher than 49%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$34,303

Higher than 47% · #31 of 62 in Virginia

Average net price$4,622

Cheaper than 92% · #6 cheapest of 61 in Virginia

Median debt at graduation$7,500

Lower than 80%

Student–faculty ratio23 : 1

Lower than 18%

Undergraduate enrollment1,255

Larger than 75%

Percentiles compare Wytheville 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

Women79163%
Men46437%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White83%
Black4.9%
Hispanic6.5%
Asian0.7%
Other or multiracial4.9%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 1,255
Student–faculty ratio: 23 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 38%
First-generation students: 47%
Students over 25: 22%
Median family income: $22,241
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $70,902
Endowment: $8,848,821

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 404 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Virginia98%
Other U.S. states1.7%

Most first-years stay in state — Wytheville 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: $5,007
Out-of-state tuition: $11,445
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,600
Total cost of attendance: $12,111
Average net price: $4,622

Outcomes

Graduated: 47%
First-year retention: 73%
Transferred to another college: 8%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $30,289
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $34,303
Median debt at graduation: $7,500
Students with federal loans: 3%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 54%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

47%

Low-income (Pell)

33%

First-generation

32%

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

$3,647

$30–48k

$4,328

$48–75k

$5,405

$75–110k

$8,706

$110k+

—

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.

56%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$2,407

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 56% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,407. 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 249 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): $34,303
Typical debt at graduation: $7,500
Debt vs. one year's pay: 22%
Out-earn a HS grad: 37%

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

$31,605

Men

$39,684

Men out-earn women by $8,079 (26%) 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: 41.7″
Annual snow: 18.4″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Wytheville, VA US station (0.9 mi from campus).

What Wytheville Community College graduates study — and earn

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssoc.

179 grads$23k 1 yr$36k 5 yr$8k debt

179$23,238$36,405$7,500 Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCert.

50 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

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

41 grads$61k 1 yr$62k 5 yr$12k debt

41$61,334$62,245$11,750 Construction Trades, GeneralCert.

29 grads— 1 yr$46k 5 yr— debt

29—$45,787—Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCert.

28 grads$21k 1 yr$35k 5 yr$9k debt

28$21,085$34,515$9,375 Precision Metal WorkingCert.

17 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

17———Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

17 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

17———Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCert.

16 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

16———Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssoc.

15 grads$56k 1 yr$55k 5 yr— debt

15$55,931$55,127—Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssoc.

14 grads$39k 1 yr$41k 5 yr— debt

14$38,907$40,904—Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssoc.

14 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

14———Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Cert.

13 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

13———

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.