Southside Virginia Community College
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 13.9-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 31 Title IV programs, 4 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 27 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing4 · 12.9%
- No Data27 · 87.1%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 9
- Dec 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Dec 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Dec 2024Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2024Grant Substantive Change: OtherSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Dec 2023Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,721 students received $6.5M in Pell grants.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 0 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 13.2% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
Academic programs at Southside
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus1
- Non-campus1
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Southside vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Southside selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSouthside Virginia Community College | 42% | — | 3,306 | $5,338 | Community College |
| — | — | 3,481 | $6,928 | Community College | |
| — | — | 2,962 | $4,343 | Community College | |
| — | — | 5,263 | $5,963 | Community College | |
| — | — | 2,107 | $4,622 | Community College | |
| — | — | 1,219 | $4,126 | Community College | |
| Peer group median | 42% | — | 3,134 | $4,980 |
Institutions like Southside
Explore the federal data for institutions in Southside's comparison group.
- Community CollegeVirginia
Central Virginia Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment3,481Net price$6,928View data - Community CollegeVirginia
Rappahannock Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment2,962Net price$4,343View data - Community CollegeVirginia
Piedmont Virginia Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment5,263Net price$5,963View data - Community CollegeVirginia
Wytheville Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment2,107Net price$4,622View data - Community CollegeVirginia
Paul D Camp Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,219Net price$4,126View data
Southside Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The mission of the Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Research, and Planning is to create a culture of evidence within Southside Virginia Community College. Our goal is to collect meaningful, needed data and empower SVCC’s leaders to make informed decisions with that evidence.
Visit IR office page- Dr. Jenna BrandonInterim Director of Institutional Effectiveness
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