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Pierpont Community and Technical College is a public institution located in Fairmont, West Virginia. Fairmont is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

Where Is Pierpont Community and Technical College?

Contact details for Pierpont Community and Technical College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	500 Galliher Drive, Fairmont, WV 26554
Phone:	304-367-4907
Website:	www.pierpont.edu

Can I Afford Pierpont Community and Technical College?

For the <nil> academic year, part-time Pierpont Community and Technical College students paid $211 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $502 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$3,912	$10,670
Fees	$1,174	$1,386
Books and Supplies	$1,000	$1,000

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Pierpont Community and Technical College, approximately 31% of students took out student loans averaging $5,009 a year. That adds up to $20,036 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Pierpont Community and Technical College is 6.2%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Pierpont Community and Technical College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,596 undergraduate students at Pierpont Community and Technical College, with 801 being full-time and 795 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 801 full-time undergraduates at Pierpont Community and Technical College, 48% are male and 52% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Pierpont Community and Technical College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	7
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	746
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	32

Online Learning at Pierpont Community and Technical College

In 2020-2021, 1,190 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Pierpont Community and Technical College has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 6th most popular in West Virginia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Pierpont Community and Technical College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Pierpont Community and Technical College was 549.6%. This is the #113 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Pierpont Community and Technical College regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.