New River Community College
New River Community College at a Glance
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About New River Community College
According to Wikipedia, New River Community College is a public community college in Dublin, Virginia, in the New River Valley of southwestern Virginia. It is one of the 23 colleges in the Virginia Community College System. NRCC's service region covers the counties of Montgomery, Floyd, Pulaski and Giles and the city of Radford.
New River Community College's Online Degrees
Undergraduate Career Studies Certificate in Accounting/Keyboarding
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Career Studies Certificate in Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Career Studies Certificate in Administrative Assistant
- Format: Fully online
AS in Administrative Support Technology
Degree Concentrations
- Medical Administrative Support
- Paralegal Administrative Support
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Career Studies Certificate in Cost Accounting Clerk
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Career Studies Certificate in Human Resources Practices
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Career Studies Certificate in Payroll Clerk
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Career Studies Certificate in Information Technology
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Career Studies Certificate in Paralegal Assistant
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Career Studies Certificate in Medical Coding Foundations
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Career Studies Certificate in Medical Office Assistant
- Format: Fully online
New River Community College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information
| Retention Rate | Graduation Rate |
|---|---|
| 68% | 48% |
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 New River Community College Cost To Attend?
| Tuition and fees (in-state) |
|---|
| $5,126 |
| Income | Average Net Cost |
|---|---|
| 0 - 30K | $5,141 |
| 30K - 48K | $4,787 |
| 48K - 75K | $5,704 |
| 75K - 110K | $9,271 |
| 110K+ | $12,142 |
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 New River Community College Graduates Make?
Ten years after starting college, former New River Community College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $44,648 a year, and 85% 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.
New River 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 |
|---|---|
| 5,907 | 5,907 |
Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.
Where is New River Community College?
New River Community College is located at 5251 College Drive, Dublin, VA 24084-3660.
How Safe is New River Community College?
No violent or property offenses were reported on New River 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, New River Community College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. Dublin has a violent crime rate of 0.19% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 1.09%. 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); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.
What Is New River Community College Known For?
New River Community College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:
New River Community College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered
Each rank compares how much New River 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
New River Community College ranks #1771 in the U.S. and #3461 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.
criminal-justice DegreesNew River Community College ranks #3399 in the U.S. and #12234 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.
computer-science DegreesNew River Community College ranks #3410 in the U.S. and #12664 worldwide for influence in Education.
education DegreesNew River Community College ranks #3535 in the U.S. and #12943 worldwide for influence in Biology.
biology DegreesNew River Community College ranks #3798 in the U.S. and #13588 worldwide for influence in Medical.
medicine Degrees