Brightpoint Community College
Brightpoint Community College at a Glance
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About Brightpoint Community College
According to Wikipedia, Brightpoint Community College, formerly John Tyler Community College, is a public community college in Chester, Virginia. History The college, which opened in 1967, was named after Virginia native John Tyler, the tenth president of the United States. In July 2021, the Virginia State Board of Community Colleges changed names for local institutions named after people who owned slaves or advocated racist policies such as school segregation. The board allowed the college to change its name to Brightpoint Community College. Instead of venerating John Tyler, who was a slaveholder and Confederacy supporter, the new name "celebrates the heart and energy of [the] institution". Additionally, new names will be designated for campus buildings and streets, including Bird Hall and Godwin Hall, both of which are named after Virginia politicians who supported segregation.
Brightpoint Community College's Online Degrees
Undergraduate Certificate Career Studies (CSC) in Business Entrepreneurship
- Required Credits: 21
- Completion Time: 9-12 months
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate Career Studies (CSC) in Accounting
- Required Credits: 24
- Completion Time: 9-12 months
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate Career Studies (CSC) in Supervision
- Required Credits: 24
- Completion Time: 9-12 months
- Format: Fully online
AS in Business Administration
Degree Concentrations
- Paralegal Studies
- Required Credits: 60
- Completion Time: 2 years
- Format: Fully online
AAS in Business Management
- Required Credits: 61
- Completion Time: 2 years
- Format: Fully online
AAS in Accounting
- Required Credits: 64
- Completion Time: 2 years
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate Career Studies (CSC) in Cisco Network Administration
- Required Credits: 20
- Completion Time: 9-12 months
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate Career Studies (CSC) in Management Information Systems
- Required Credits: 24
- Completion Time: 9-12 months
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate Career Studies (CSC) in Computer Application Design
- Required Credits: 25
- Completion Time: 9-12 months
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate Career Studies (CSC) in Computer Programming
- Required Credits: 25
- Completion Time: 9-12 months
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate Career Studies (CSC) in Network Security And Support
- Required Credits: 25
- Completion Time: 9-12 months
- Format: Fully online
AS in Information Systems
- Required Credits: 60
- Completion Time: 2 years
- Format: Fully online
AAS in Information Technology
- Required Credits: 65-66
- Completion Time: 2 years
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate Career Studies (CSC) in Criminal Justice
- Required Credits: 18
- Completion Time: 9-12 months
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate Career Studies (CSC) in Paralegal Studies
- Required Credits: 18
- Completion Time: 9-12 months
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate Career Studies (CSC) in Cybersecurity
- Required Credits: 22
- Completion Time: 9-12 months
- Format: Fully online
AAS in Criminal Justice
- Required Credits: 60
- Completion Time: 2 years
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in General Education
- Required Credits: 32
- Completion Time: 1 year
- Format: Fully online
AA in Secondary Teacher Education
Degree Concentrations
- English/History
- Required Credits: 60
- Completion Time: 2 years
- Format: Fully online
AS in Teacher Education Secondary Mathematics
- Required Credits: 60
- Completion Time: 2 years
- Format: Fully online
AS in Teacher Education
- Required Credits: 60-61
- Completion Time: 2 years
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate Career Studies (CSC) in Museum Studies
- Required Credits: 15
- Completion Time: 9-12 months
- Format: Fully online
AS in General Studies
- Required Credits: 60
- Completion Time: 2 years
- Format: Fully online
AA in Liberal Arts
- Required Credits: 60-62
- Completion Time: 2 years
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate Career Studies (CSC) in Dietary Manager
- Required Credits: 16
- Completion Time: 9-12 months
- Format: Fully online
AS in Health Sciences
- Required Credits: 60-61
- Completion Time: 2 years
- Format: Fully online
AS in Psychology
- Required Credits: 60
- Completion Time: 2 years
- Format: Fully online
Brightpoint Community College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information
| Retention Rate | Graduation Rate |
|---|---|
| 68% | 36% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.
How Much Does Brightpoint Community College Cost To Attend?
| Tuition and fees (in-state) |
|---|
| $5,230 |
| Income | Average Net Cost |
|---|---|
| 0 - 30K | $3,256 |
| 30K - 48K | $3,629 |
| 48K - 75K | $4,394 |
| 75K - 110K | $7,130 |
| 110K+ | $11,537 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.
How Much Do Brightpoint Community College Graduates Make?
Ten years after starting college, former Brightpoint Community College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $44,471 a year, and 86% of those not still in school are working.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.
Brightpoint Community College's Demographics
Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.
| Student Body | Under-Grads |
|---|---|
| 12,096 | 12,096 |
Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.
Where is Brightpoint Community College?
Brightpoint Community College is located at 13101 Route 1, Chester, VA 23831-5316.
How Safe is Brightpoint Community College?
No violent or property offenses were reported on Brightpoint Community College’s campus in 2024. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.
Relative to its enrollment, Brightpoint Community College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft).
What Is Brightpoint Community College Known For?
Brightpoint Community College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:
Brightpoint Community College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered
Each rank compares how much Brightpoint Community College's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence
Brightpoint Community College ranks #2137 in the U.S. and #5693 worldwide for influence in Psychology.
psychology DegreesBrightpoint Community College ranks #2169 in the U.S. and #8709 worldwide for influence in Biology.
biology DegreesBrightpoint Community College ranks #2188 in the U.S. and #9978 worldwide for influence in Engineering.
engineering DegreesBrightpoint Community College ranks #2233 in the U.S. and #4479 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.
criminal-justice DegreesBrightpoint Community College ranks #2336 in the U.S. and #8605 worldwide for influence in Communications.
communications DegreesBrightpoint Community College ranks #2374 in the U.S. and #8347 worldwide for influence in Medical.
medicine DegreesBrightpoint Community College ranks #2437 in the U.S. and #6315 worldwide for influence in Nursing.
nursing DegreesBrightpoint Community College ranks #2917 in the U.S. and #10741 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.
computer-science DegreesBrightpoint Community College ranks #3084 in the U.S. and #11389 worldwide for influence in Education.
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