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Brightpoint Community College

Chester, VA2,734 online only

Brightpoint Community College is a public community college in Chester, VA, with about 6,289 students on campus and 2,734 more studying only online.

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Students on campus
6,289
plus 2,734 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$5,490
tuition and fees $5,082; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
38%
lower than at 80% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$41,223
higher than at 51% of U.S. colleges
In brief

The short version on Brightpoint Community College

Most students study part-time

65% of undergraduates attend part-time. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students, so it covers a minority of the people studying here. The students ↓

Loan payments are a small share of pay

The typical graduate owes $9,500, about $101 a month over ten years. That’s 3.4% of a typical former student’s monthly pay six years after starting. Outcomes ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; price, graduation and earnings include online students; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students.

★ What stands out · Who goes there

The students

5,792 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 46%Hispanic 16%Black 25%Asian 3%Two or more 5%International 1%

Women and men

Women 59%Men 41%
23 : 1
students per teacher
23%
get Pell grants (lower income)
3%
take federal loans
22%
undergrads 25 or older
65%
study part time
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Brightpoint Community College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Brightpoint Community College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $12,196 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $11,520

Tuition & fees (in state) $5,082Books & supplies $1,470Other costs $5,644

After grants, the average family on aid pays $5,490.

Tuition and fees are $5,082 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$6,376

About $12,752 over 2 years · 48% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
38%
within 3 years · Pell students 34%
Come back for year two
68%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$41,223
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$9,500
about $101 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

3.4%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$101 a month against about $2,964 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

34%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 27% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$36k
Middle income$30–75k
$49k
Higher incomeover $75k
$47k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Liberal arts 33%Health professions 16%Engineering tech 11%Computer science 6%Business 6%Precision production 3%Everything else 24%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities138 graduates a year · typical debt $8,938
$45k4 yrs out
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General115 graduates a year
—not reported
Business Administration, Management and Operations91 graduates a year · typical debt $9,500
$54k4 yrs out
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing89 graduates a year · typical debt $11,950
$80k4 yrs out
Psychology, General48 graduates a year
—not reported
Visual and Performing Arts, Other45 graduates a year
$32k4 yrs out
Computer Science41 graduates a year
—not reported
Computer and Information Sciences, General39 graduates a year
$52k4 yrs out
The town around it

Living in Chester

4% of Chester’s 24,474 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Chester pages.

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Nearby

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Straight-line distances from Brightpoint Community College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

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16.2 mi163 students
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17.5 mi3,630 students
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19.5 mi161 students
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20.4 mi5,512 students

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.