Virginia Peninsula Community College vs Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC)

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	Raritan Valley Community College	Virginia Peninsula Community College
Overview
Location	Branchburg, New Jersey	Hampton, Virginia
Campus setting	Rural: Fringe	City: Midsize
College type	2 year	2 year
Control/business model	Public	Public
Calendar system	Semester	Semester
Degrees offered	Undergraduate	Undergraduate
Students retention rate	70.0%	62.0%
Common app member	No	No
Religious affiliation

Admission
Acceptance rate	98.6%	Open Admission
Application fees	$25
SAT range	N/A	N/A
ACT range	N/A	N/A
Students submitting SAT score
Students submitting ACT score
Total number of applicants	2,325
Total number of admissions given out	2,293
Admitted students who chose to enroll	1,405
Yield rate	61.3%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)		Not required
High school GPA	N/A	N/A
Recommendation letters	N/A	N/A
High school transcript	N/A	N/A
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	N/A	N/A

Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	$21,837	In state: $21,366 Out of state: $27,369
Average net price	$7,412	$6,109
Tuition	$5,712	In state: $4,680 Out of state: $9,978
Room & board
Available payment plans	Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan

Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	48.0% Average amount $6,269	56.0% Average amount $6,319
Students receiving federal student loan	7.0% Average amount $5,173	10.0% Average amount $4,542
Students taking out private loans	1.0% Average amount $6,197	1.0% Average amount $8,032

Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	6,688 Men 48.5% Women 51.5%	5,832 Men 39.3% Women 60.7%
Graduate students	N/A	N/A
Racial/ethnic diversity	Moderate	Moderate
Out-of-state students	0.3%	0.9%
International students	1.5%	0.2%
Campus local/setting	Rural: Fringe	City: Midsize
Dormitory capacity	N/A	N/A
First year students are required to live on campus?	N/A	N/A
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	New Jersey Pennsylvania Florida	Virginia Maryland New York California New Jersey

Academics
Popular study areas	Business Liberal Arts Health Professions Multidisciplinary Studies Law Enforcement and Firefighting	Social Sciences Health Professions Liberal Arts Business Multidisciplinary Studies
Students to faculty ratio	18:1	18:1
Institutional accreditation	Middle States Commission on Higher Education	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

Outcome
Graduation rate	27.9%	28.3%
Dropout rate	35.1%	47.8%
Transferred out	19.2%	13.9%
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $65,605 Year 2: $64,791 Year 3: $73,939 Business/Commerce, General (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $19,121 Year 2: $36,134 Year 3: $45,994 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $19,589 Year 2: $23,803 Year 3: $33,623 Criminal Justice and Corrections (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $30,370 Year 2: $37,748 Year 3: $32,900 Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $20,687 Year 3: N/A Electrical and Power Transmission Installers (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $122,145 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A Management Information Systems and Services (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $39,927 Year 3: N/A	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $62,621 Year 2: $52,107 Year 3: $56,528 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $29,682 Year 2: $30,047 Year 3: $32,913 Biological and Physical Sciences (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $21,942 Year 2: $17,067 Year 3: $29,370 Business Operations Support and Assistant Services (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $21,034 Year 2: $22,796 Year 3: $25,644 Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Undergraduate Certificates or Diplomas) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $30,409 Year 3: $24,820 Social Sciences, General (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $24,590 Year 2: $22,308 Year 3: $23,537 Computer and Information Sciences, General (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $29,685 Year 3: N/A Criminal Justice and Corrections (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $33,993 Year 3: N/A Dental Support Services and Allied Professions (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $59,846 Year 3: N/A Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $24,035 Year 3: N/A

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Virginia Peninsula Community College vs Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC)

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