Which Brightpoint Community College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Other Visual and Performing Arts graduates leave with a median of $5,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 6 Brightpoint Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Brightpoint Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $5,082 a year, and $11,520 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $5,490 a year.

How many Brightpoint Community College programs report graduate pay?

8 associate's programs and 6 certificate programs at Brightpoint Community College report first-year pay, and 9 of them also report federal debt.

Brightpoint Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Chester, VA
5,792 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

8 Brightpoint Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($68,587), and Other Visual and Performing Arts the least ($20,781). The median program pays $34,978. Brightpoint Community College also has 6 certificate programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$5,082Per year. Out-of-state $11,520

Average net price after aid$5,490Per year

Graduation rate38%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 8 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Virginia" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Virginia. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Virginia
1	NursingAbout 89 graduates a year	$68,587	$75,019	$20,069	10th of 25
2	Funeral Service and Mortuary ScienceAbout 36 graduates a year	$49,205	$55,507	Not reported	1st of 2
3	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 39 graduates a year	$40,984	Not reported	$8,250	2nd of 3
4	Business AdministrationAbout 91 graduates a year	$35,785	$48,299	$9,250	6th of 11
5	Criminal JusticeAbout 20 graduates a year	$34,171	Not reported	Not reported	3rd of 4
6	Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 21 graduates a year	$26,277	$42,050	$17,594	3rd of 5
7	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 138 graduates a year	$25,240	$43,192	$9,359	10th of 20
8	Other Visual and Performing ArtsAbout 45 graduates a year	$20,781	Not reported	$5,000	1st of 1

Program names link to the program's own page, and Virginia ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Virginia programs in the field do too.

One more associate's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

All 6 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Virginia" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Virginia. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Virginia
1	NursingGraduates a year not reported	$58,732	$42,509	$13,850	1st of 2
2	Welding and MachiningAbout 51 graduates a year	$39,273	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 8
3	Electrical Engineering TechnologyAbout 122 graduates a year	$39,204	Not reported	$9,000	4th of 4
4	Criminal JusticeAbout 26 graduates a year	$33,360	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 2
5	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 190 graduates a year	$25,451	$43,480	$8,750	6th of 18
6	Other Visual and Performing ArtsAbout 25 graduates a year	$15,667	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$68,587
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science$49,205
Computer and Information Science$40,984
Business Administration$35,785
Criminal Justice$34,171

Lowest median debt

Other Visual and Performing Arts$5,000
Computer and Information Science$8,250
Business Administration$9,250
Liberal Arts and General Studies$9,359
Mental Health and Addiction Services$17,594

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 138 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 91 graduates a year
NursingAbout 89 graduates a year
Other Visual and Performing ArtsAbout 45 graduates a year
Computer and Information ScienceAbout 39 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $68,587 in their first year, the most of 8 Brightpoint Community College associate's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Virginia rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels