Virginia Peninsula Community College

Hampton, Virginia

  • Two-year college
  • Public
  • Suburb
  • 3,941 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.

Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic

  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Child care and early education

  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763

Computers and IT

  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 52 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
  • Computer ScienceAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515
  • Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694

Dental assisting and hygiene

  • Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575
  • Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,279

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169

Engineering technology

  • Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 61 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,355
  • Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $57,072
  • Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 30 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
  • Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717
  • Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,437
  • Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
  • Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077

Graphic and applied design

  • Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,578

HVAC and refrigeration

  • Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Certificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,278

Industrial and equipment maintenance

  • Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $53,952

Medical assisting and pharmacy tech

  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268

Medical billing and office

  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067

Office and business support

  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 5 finishedGraduates here earned $31,546 a year after finishingNationally: $34,369

Paralegal

  • Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
  • Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377

Pilot and air transportation

  • Air TransportationCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,972

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
  • Fire ProtectionCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
  • Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $74,894
  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 41 finishedGraduates here earned $77,917 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149

Welding and machining

  • Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
Other programs (16)
  • Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 7 finishedNationally: $27,737
  • Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 89 finishedGraduates here earned $36,653 a year afterNationally: $33,713
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 8 finishedNationally: $44,510
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 87 finishedGraduates here earned $46,017 a year afterNationally: $41,208
  • Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 27 finishedNationally: $47,691
  • Film/Video and Photographic ArtsCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $29,024
  • Film/Video and Photographic ArtsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $28,195
  • Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 12 finishedNationally: $24,176
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 66 finishedNationally: $38,650
  • Homeland SecurityCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $51,940
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 133 finishedGraduates here earned $30,000 a year afterNationally: $35,042
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 34 finishedNationally: $34,134
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 9 finishedNationally: $41,294
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 22 finishedNationally: $38,048
  • Social Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 156 finishedGraduates here earned $28,189 a year afterNationally: $33,090
  • Surveying EngineeringCertificate · 0 finished
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$5,608$30–48k$6,115$48–75k$6,300$75–110k$10,259Over $110k$14,313Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$6,830per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$14,841sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$5,235Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
5%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
31%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$37,9706 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$41,83510 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$11,200federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
21%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
21%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 Virginia Peninsula 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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