-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at BridgeValley Community & Technical College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (4.2% → 0.0%).
West Virginia · Public · Predominantly associate's
BridgeValley Community & Technical College
South Charleston, West Virginia. 1,734 undergraduate students. 73 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at BridgeValley Community & Technical College
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
+20%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at BridgeValley Community & Technical College rose 20% between 2021 and 2024 (1.5k → 1.9k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. West Virginia
Each tile compares this institution to the West Virginia median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$36,432+6% · 6→10y
West Virginia median $37,714$34,209
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry27.1%
West Virginia median 61.2%$5,256+6% · '14→'20
At program completion1,734-2% · '14→'24
latest IPEDS51.6%-6% · '15→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$5,282+38% · '14→'24
out-of-state $11,748SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
1.9%Median federal debt $5,256 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $36,432 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+38%
BridgeValley Community & Technical College · in-state tuition rose
$4,188 → $5,800
+33%
BridgeValley Community & Technical College · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,374 → $12,428
-100%
BridgeValley Community & Technical College · cohort default rate fell
20.4% → 0.0%
+23%
BridgeValley Community & Technical College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$29,600 → $36,527
+41%
BridgeValley Community & Technical College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$24,200 → $34,209
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians.$100,697Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$74,705Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$68,612Precision Metal Working.$65,691Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$56,208Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$40,452Legal Support Services.$38,664Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$37,981Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$36,204Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$34,406Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$29,846
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
11 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$68,612Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$56,208Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$29,846Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$34,406Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$37,981
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at BridgeValley Community & Technical College
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$770,622
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 2
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $7,174
- HS-only baseline · WV
- $32,100
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 51
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in West Virginia
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“BridgeValley Community & Technical College graduates earn $X” — not “BridgeValley Community & Technical College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending BridgeValley Community & Technical College caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.