New River Community College offers 57 major programs for degree granting/certificate programs. Of that, the distance learning opportunity (online degrees/courses) is given to 12 major programs - 2 Certificate and 10 Associate.

The 2025 tuition & fees is $4,979 for Virginia residents and $11,417 for out-of-state students.

Total 978 students out of total 4,254 students have enrolled online exclusively. Last year, total 194 students have completed their degree/certificate program through distance learning.

New River Community College is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges.

Online Degrees / Programs Overview
School NameNew River Community College
Type2-4 Year, Public
Address5251 College Drive, Dublin, VA
Online Students978 Enrolled Online Exclusively
1,236 Enrolled in Some Online Courses
Undergraduate Tuition & FeesIn-State$4,979
Out-of-State$11,417
Student to Faculty33:1 (3.03%)
Online Degree Programs
Total12 Programs
Certificate2 Programs
Associates10 Programs

2025 Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2024-2025 tuition & fees and costs trends over last 5 years at New River Community College. Each cost is an average amount over the all offered programs. For Virginia residents, the tuition & fees are $4,979 and $11,417 for non-Virginia residents.

The cost per credit hour for part-time students or overload credits of full-time students is $163 for Virginia residents and $352 for out-of-state students for undergraduate programs.

Tuition Changes (2021-2025)
2020-20212021-20222022-20232023-20242024-2025
Undergraduate (In-State)$4,697$4,697$4,697$4,835$4,979
Undergraduate (Out-of-State)$10,699$10,699$10,699$10,837$11,417
Tuition Changes (2021-2025)
2020-20212021-20222022-20232023-20242024-2025
Undergraduate (In-State)$154$154$154$159$163
Undergraduate (Out-of-State)$331$331$331$335$352

Online Programs By Area of Study

New River Community College offers 57 degree programs through Certificate, Associates programs. Of that, 12 programs can be conferred by distance learning - 2 Certificates, 10 Associates.

The following table summarizes the number of degree programs by degree types.

Total Number of Online Degree Programs
CertificateAssociatesBachelors MastersDoctorate Post-Graduate
Online Programs210NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Overall Programs3720NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED

Majors and number of completers

The following tables show the offered programs by degree/certificate along with number of completers for each program last year.

CertificateAssociate'sBachelor's
Computer ScienceNOT OFFERED 2 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor's
EducationNOT OFFERED 3 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor's
General StudiesNOT OFFERED 47 NOT OFFERED
Humanities/Humanistic StudiesNOT OFFERED 2 NOT OFFERED
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (other)34 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor's
Biological and Physical SciencesNOT OFFERED 17 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor's
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement AdministrationONLY IN CLASSROOM ONLY IN CLASSROOM NOT OFFERED
Forensic Science and TechnologyNOT OFFERED 2 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor's
Business Administration and ManagementNOT OFFERED 2 NOT OFFERED
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)ONLY IN CLASSROOM 18 NOT OFFERED
Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services (other)ONLY IN CLASSROOM 11 NOT OFFERED

Distance Learning Program Student Population

At New River Community College, there are 4,254 students including in both undergraduate and graduate schools, with full-time and part-time status. Of that, 2,214 students were attending classes through distance learning (978 students are enrolled exclusively and 1,236 are enrolled in some online courses).

Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment4,254
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses978
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses1,236
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses2,040

By location where enrolled students live, out of a total of 978 enrolled exclusively in online courses, 896 Virginia Residents were enrolled in online classes exclusively, 69 students living in the U.S. States other than Virginia, and 13 non-U.S. students enrolled in online courses.

Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses978
Virginia Resident896
Other State In U.S.69
Outside of U.S.13
Distance Learning Enrollment Undergraduate Students
Enrolled Exclusively in Undergraduate Online Courses978
Degree/Certificate Seeking573
Non-Degree/Certificate Seeking405

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