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Community college · Public

New River Community College

Dublin, VA990 online only

New River Community College is a public community college in Dublin, VA, with about 3,166 students on campus.

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Students on campus
3,166
plus 990 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$6,279
tuition and fees $4,979; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
50%
lower than at 69% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$40,025
lower than at 53% of U.S. colleges
In brief

What to know about New River Community College

Rent in Dublin is below the state median

Median rent in Dublin is $756 a month, 52% below the state median. Living in Dublin ↓

Loan payments are a small share of pay

The typical graduate owes $9,000, about $95 a month over ten years. That’s 3.5% 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; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students.

★ What stands out · Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
50%
within 3 years · Pell students 43%
Come back for year two
68%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$40,025
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$9,000
about $95 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

3.5%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$95 a month against about $2,743 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

42%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 45% 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
$46k
Higher incomeover $75k
$51k
Getting in

How hard is it to get into New River Community College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

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

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $13,864 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $11,417

Tuition & fees (in state) $4,979Books & supplies $2,000Other costs $6,885

After grants, the average family on aid pays $6,279.

Tuition and fees are $4,979 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

$7,993

About $15,986 over 2 years · 42% off the sticker price

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

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Liberal arts 27%Engineering tech 16%Health professions 15%Business 12%Precision production 10%Mechanic & repair 7%Everything else 14%

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 Humanities259 graduates a year · typical debt $9,500
$41k4 yrs out
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing46 graduates a year · typical debt $10,500
$72k4 yrs out
Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians43 graduates a year · typical debt $9,000
$85k4 yrs out
Business Administration, Management and Operations28 graduates a year
$56k4 yrs out
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians19 graduates a year
$86k4 yrs out
Computer and Information Sciences, General15 graduates a year
$55k4 yrs out
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions13 graduates a year
—not reported
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians10 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

1,965 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 80%Hispanic 5%Black 4%Asian 2%Two or more 4%International 1%

Women and men

Women 49%Men 51%
33 : 1
students per teacher
23%
get Pell grants (lower income)
3%
take federal loans
17%
undergrads 25 or older
45%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Dublin

3% of Dublin’s 2,652 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Dublin pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

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

Radford UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Radford
8.4 mi5,864 students
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Blacksburg
17.3 mi36,796 students
Edward Via College of Osteopathic MedicineUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Blacksburg
17.3 mi2,596 students
Wytheville Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Wytheville
23.1 mi1,541 students
Concord UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Athens
27.9 mi1,244 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.