Mountain Empire Community College
Big Stone Gap, Virginia
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- Town
- 1,282 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Agriculture and horticulture
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,375
Carpentry and construction
- Construction Trades, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedGraduates here earned $59,787 a year after finishingNationally: $39,348
Child care and early education
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 21 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575
Electrician
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,469
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 104 finishedGraduates here earned $31,588 a year after finishingNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 12 finishedGraduates here earned $61,808 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 25 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,355
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $57,072
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,256
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 21 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,210
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717
- Mining and Petroleum Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,056
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077
HVAC and refrigeration
- Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Certificate · 26 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,278
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 26 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 34 finishedGraduates here earned $35,375 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 42 finishedGraduates here earned $65,501 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 51 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
Other programs (16)
- Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,713
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 14 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $40,381
- Education, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $28,911
- Energy Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 10 finished
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $47,691
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 114 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 126 finishedGraduates here earned $27,799 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificateGraduates here earned $31,417 a year afterNationally: $41,294
- Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchCertificate · 12 finishedNationally: $41,576
- Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchAssociate degree · 11 finishedNationally: $36,701
- Physical Science Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $57,582
- Real EstateCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $45,163
- Surveying EngineeringCertificate · 2 finished
- Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $32,910
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $7,931per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $15,508sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $5,154Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 0%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 56%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $35,7626 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $36,66110 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- Not reportedfederal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 41%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 9%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Mountain Empire Community College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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