How much does Southwest Virginia Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $5,075 a year, and $11,513 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $6,005 a year.

How many Southwest Virginia Community College programs report graduate pay?

3 associate's programs and 2 certificate programs at Southwest Virginia Community College report first-year pay, and 1 of them also report federal debt.

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

Public college
Cedar Bluff, VA
1,651 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

3 Southwest Virginia Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($56,221), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($23,756). The median program pays $32,327. Southwest Virginia Community College also has 2 certificate programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$5,075Per year. Out-of-state $11,513

Average net price after aid$6,005Per year

Graduation rate46%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 3 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 47 graduates a year	$56,221	$62,015	Not reported	25th of 25
2	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 13 graduates a year	$32,327	$44,459	Not reported	6th of 8
3	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 152 graduates a year	$23,756	$36,668	$5,500	13th of 20

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.

Both certificate programs

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.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Virginia
Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 4 graduates a year	$29,501	$33,622	Not reported	4th of 5
Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 20 graduates a year	$19,582	Not reported	Not reported	4th of 5

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $56,221 in their first year, the most of 3 Southwest Virginia 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