unitid 437769 · CHESTER, VA · private for-profit 2-year · suburb (large)
Chester Career College
- enrollment 2023
- 237
- predominant degree
- Certificate
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private for-profit 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
79
15th pctl among private for-profit 2-years
Pell share
54%
undergrads on Pell grants
37th pctl among private for-profit 2-years
completion
63%
finish within 150% time
40th pctl among private for-profit 2-years
sticker cost / yr
not reported
avg net price / yr
$24,259
after aid, aided students
49th pctl among private for-profit 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$32,650
after entry, Title IV students
38th pctl among private for-profit 2-years
median grad debt
$19,879
85th pctl among private for-profit 2-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $23,603 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private for-profit 2-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k53%
- 30-48knot reported
- 48-75knot reported
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $14,342
- First-generation students
- 45%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $24,346
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.6× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants. | 27 | $55,292 | $26,119 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions. | 18 | — | — |
| Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services. | 15 | — | — |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services. | 8 | $32,097 | $19,825 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 8 | — | — |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services. | 2 | — | — |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions. | 0 | — | — |
| Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services. | — | — | — |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants. | — | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.