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Brightpoint Community College

13101 Route 1, Chester, VA 23831 · Public 2-year · (804) 796-4000 · School website

Average net price

$5,490

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

113

2023-24, IPEDS

Finish on time

38.3%

within 150% of normal time, Scorecard

Students with Pell

22.5%

share of undergraduates, Scorecard

Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Credit for military training (IPEDS) Open admission (IPEDS) On Virginia's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025)

Career programs at Brightpoint Community College

Brightpoint Community College reported 113 certificate and associate completions in 7 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in welding (37). College Scorecard counts 5,792 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr	Funding and results
Welding	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	37	$39,273	WIOA list
HVAC	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	21	Not published	WIOA list
IT support	Associate	Not reported	Not reported	16	$40,984
Electrician	Associate	Not reported	Not reported	13	Not published	WIOA list
LPN/LVN	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	13	Not published
Massage therapy	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	10	Not published	WIOA list
EMT and paramedic	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	3	Not published	WIOA list

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at Brightpoint Community College

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $5,082
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $5,082
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS: $11,520
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $1,470
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $5,490
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs: $9,500
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $41,223

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

Brightpoint Community College net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)
Veterans and military page (link from IPEDS)

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.

Other welding programs within 40 miles

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