Which Central Virginia Community College certificate program has the lowest debt?

Welding and Machining graduates leave with a median of $8,625 in federal loans, the lowest among 4 Central Virginia Community College certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Central Virginia Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $5,157 a year, and $11,595 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $6,928 a year.

How many Central Virginia Community College programs report graduate pay?

2 associate's programs and 4 certificate programs at Central Virginia Community College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Central Virginia Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Lynchburg, VA
2,249 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

4 Central Virginia Community College certificate programs report what graduates earn. Welding and Machining pays the most in the first year ($37,281), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($18,625). The median program pays $34,452. Central Virginia Community College also has 2 associate's programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$5,157Per year. Out-of-state $11,595

Average net price after aid$6,928Per year

Graduation rate45%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

Both associate's programs

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.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Virginia
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 32 graduates a year	$49,653	$64,365	$8,479	10th of 11
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 281 graduates a year	$19,393	$40,590	$9,811	19th of 20

Program names link to the program's own page, and Virginia ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

All 4 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	Welding and MachiningAbout 152 graduates a year	$37,281	Not reported	$8,625	3rd of 8
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 91 graduates a year	$36,254	Not reported	$15,859	6th of 8
3	Mental Health and Addiction ServicesGraduates a year not reported	$32,649	$40,655	$11,961	1st of 5
4	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 271 graduates a year	$18,625	Not reported	$9,705	15th of 18

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 certificate program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Common questions

Welding and Machining graduates earn a median of $37,281 in their first year, the most of 4 Central Virginia Community College certificate 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