Faber Double-Crib Barn · Photo: Jud McCranie · CC BY-SA 4.0West Virginia Junior College-Charleston is 10.2 miles from Sissonville
No college sits inside Sissonville’s boundary, but West Virginia Junior College-Charleston’s campus in Cross Lanes, with 183 students on campus, is 10.2 miles from the center of town, and BridgeValley Community & Technical College is 10.8 miles away in South Charleston. About 4% of Sissonville’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as West Virginia (5%).
From the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard, June 2026; IPEDS fall 2023 enrollment) and the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–24. Straight-line distances from the center of Sissonville. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Sissonville
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Sissonville
Two private colleges within 11.5 miles, one public college within 11 miles, and BridgeValley Community & Technical College 10.8 miles away.
Degree-granting colleges with 100 or more students on campus (fall 2023 enrollment, minus students who study only online). Admitted: share of applicants offered a place. Net price: the average a year after grants, for students on federal aid. Graduate: within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting.
What would your family pay?
The average a year after grants, for families on federal aid, at the colleges within 15 miles. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $48–75k, where Sissonville’s median household income ($66,944) falls.
The average a year after grants and scholarships, for first-time, full-time students on federal aid, from the College Scorecard. Your own price depends on your aid package; every college has a net price calculator. For community colleges the net price counts housing and food at full cost, so tuition is shown beside it. “—”: not reported for that income.
Do students finish, and does it pay?
Each dot is a college within 15 miles of Sissonville: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting.
Graduation: first-time, full-time students within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 years (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting, for students who got federal aid. *Reported for all the campuses that file together: West Virginia Junior College-Charleston (2).
Questions about college near Sissonville
Is Sissonville a college town?
No. About 4 of every 100 Sissonville residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as West Virginia (5). The nearest campus, West Virginia Junior College-Charleston, is 10.2 miles away in Cross Lanes.
What colleges are near Sissonville?
Within 15 miles: West Virginia Junior College-Charleston (10.2 miles, 183 students on campus), BridgeValley Community & Technical College (10.8 miles, 1,400), West Virginia State University (11 miles, 2,991) and the University of Charleston (11.5 miles, 1,287).
What is the closest community college to Sissonville, and what does it cost?
BridgeValley Community & Technical College in South Charleston, 10.8 miles away. Tuition and fees are $5,800 a year for West Virginia residents; the federal net price, $4,565, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does West Virginia State University cost if we live in West Virginia?
Tuition and fees are $9,570 a year in-state and $14,990 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $9,457 (under $30,000 income) to $17,355 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
Neighbors talk college
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Colleges: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023 enrollment). “On campus” is fall enrollment minus students who study only online. Distances are straight-line from the center of Sissonville. Residents in college, age, rent and poverty (including poverty without college students, table B14006): U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24. Colleges are described, not graded; the College town label marks towns where 15% or more of residents are enrolled. How TownRatings describes colleges →