Piedmont Virginia Community College
Charlottesville, Virginia
- Two-year college
- Public
- Suburb
- 3,045 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.
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,694
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer ScienceAssociate degree · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 155 finishedGraduates here earned $57,164 a year after finishingNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 48 finishedGraduates here earned $69,211 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,355
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717
Graphic and applied design
- Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,159
- Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $53,952
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 88 finishedGraduates here earned $70,808 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Other programs (10)
- Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 15 finishedNationally: $33,713
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 59 finishedGraduates here earned $46,857 a year afterNationally: $41,208
- Education, GeneralCertificateNationally: $53,127
- Education, GeneralAssociate degree · 17 finishedNationally: $28,911
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 20 finishedNationally: $47,691
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 92 finishedGraduates here earned $35,728 a year afterNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 206 finishedGraduates here earned $32,979 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificateNationally: $41,294
- Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $26,742
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $9,613per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $16,675sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $5,219Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 2%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 35%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $41,5026 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $43,86010 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $9,616federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 35%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 14%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 Piedmont Virginia 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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