Brightpoint Community College

Chester, VA

School Background

2022 Undergraduate Enrollment: 5,386
Graduate Enrollment: 0
Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-High Nontraditional
Highest degree awarded: Associate
Religious Affiliation: None

Campus Details

Suburb: Large (outside principal city, in urbanized area with population of 250,000 or more)
Two-year, medium // higher-part-time

Applicant and Admittance Traits

2022 Admission Rate: 0%

Male/Female: 37% / 63% (2017)

First generation college students: 41.5% (2017)
Percentage of students who are married when enrolled: 13.6% (2017)
Percentage of students who are veterans: 0.5% (2017)

Test scores for admission:


Appliants applying to 2+ schools: 46.6% (2017)
Appliants applying to 3+ schools: 23.9% (2017)
Appliants applying to 4+ schools: 13.5% (2017)
Appliants applying to 5+ schools: 8.5% (2017)

Ethnicity Information

White: 51.8%
Black: 23.5%
Hispanic: 12.8%
Asian: 3.8%
American Indian/Alaska Native: 0.2%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 0.2%
2+ races: 4.8%
Non-resident alien: 0.7%
Unknown race: 2.2%

Costs & Fees

2022 Average Tuition & Fees (Room/Board/Books): $11,822
In-State tuition: $4,800
Out-of-State tuition: $10,803

Estimated books and supplies: $1,460 (2022)
Estimated on-campus room & board:
Estimated on-campus other fees:

Estimated off-campus room & board: $9,080 (2022)
Estimated off-campus other fees: $0 (2022)

Average Family Income: $44,012 (2017)
Median Family Income: $25,355 (2017)

Scholarships & Financial Aid

Percentage of students receiving Pell Grant: 18.6%
Percentage of students with Federal Loans: 4.6%

Median federal loan debt at graduation: $9,500 (2021)
Median federal loan payment: $101 (2021)

Household Income Net Cost
0-$30k $4,592
$30k-48k $5,430
$48k-75k $7,384
$75k-110k $9,685
$110k+ $11,529

Graduate Outcomes & Job Placements

4-year graduation rate: 0%
6-year graduation rate: 0%

1 year post-graduation workforce participation: 91.0% (2020)

Loans

Median federal debt for graduates: $9,500 (2021)
Median federal debt for non-graduates: $5,500 (2021)

Median federal debt for first-generation graduates: $5,649 (2021)
Median federal debt for Pell grant recipient graduates: $6,513 (2021)

Ability to Repay Loans

Graduates, % of Loans in Repayment
(Non-delinquent/default)
Percentage
@1 Year 46.4% (2015)
@3 year 55.7% (2017)
@5 year 58.9% (2017)


1-year Graduate % of Loans being Repaid (Non-delinquent/default) - Pell Grant Recipients: 20.2% (2015)
1-year Graduate % of Loans being Repaid - 1st Generation Attendees: 26.2% (2015)

Earnings Power

Median earnings, 1 year post graduation: $33,804 (2020)
Median earnings, 4 years post graduation: $39,954 (2020)

Popular Majors

Type of Degree Major 2022 Graduates Median Federal Debt Median Monthly Payment 1yr Median Earnings (monthly gross) 4yr Median Earnings (monthly gross)
Associate's Degree Architectural Sciences and Technology. 3
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians. 66 $9,000 $41,347 ($3,446)
Associate's Degree Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. 84 $20,069 $127 $63,085 ($5,257) $64,739 ($5,395)
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma Business Administration, Management and Operations. 13
Associate's Degree Business Administration, Management and Operations. 129 $9,250 $101 $33,012 ($2,751) $39,099 ($3,258)
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma Accounting and Related Services. 6
Associate's Degree Accounting and Related Services. 4
Associate's Degree Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. 9
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. 45
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians. 41
Associate's Degree Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians. 17
Associate's Degree Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians. 15
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma Legal Support Services. 13
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. 398 $8,750 $95 $24,335 ($2,028) $33,162 ($2,764)
Associate's Degree Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. 516 $9,359 $95 $24,536 ($2,045) $35,946 ($2,996)
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma Museology/Museum Studies. 4
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma Criminal Justice and Corrections. 28
Associate's Degree Criminal Justice and Corrections. 23 $27,843 ($2,320)
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma Construction Trades, General. 4
Associate's Degree Electrical and Power Transmission Installers. 10
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technology. 9
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR). 17
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma Precision Metal Working. 59 $41,480 ($3,457)
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma Film/Video and Photographic Arts. 6
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma Visual and Performing Arts, Other. 34
Associate's Degree Visual and Performing Arts, Other. 47 $5,000 $19,885 ($1,657)
Associate's Degree Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. 5 $11,500
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. 23
Associate's Degree Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. 12
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions. 16 $37,788 ($3,149)
Associate's Degree Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions. 46 $17,594 $148 $28,450 ($2,371) $38,083 ($3,174)
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. 94 $13,850 $127 $60,781 ($5,065) $35,006 ($2,917)
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma Computer and Information Sciences, General. 5
Associate's Degree Computer and Information Sciences, General. 22 $8,250 $37,368 ($3,114)
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma Computer Software and Media Applications. 1
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma Funeral Service and Mortuary Science. 1
Associate's Degree Funeral Service and Mortuary Science. 10 $41,662 ($3,472) $49,823 ($4,152)
Associate's Degree Engineering, General. 19


Campus Resources

Average faculty salary: $60,876
Full time faculty: 33%

Undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio: 21.0

School's endowment start of year: $6,590,560 (2022)
School's endowment end of year: $7,975,433 (2022)