New River Community And Technical College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a town not particularly near any major cities.

Overview

New River Community and Technical College is located in Beckley, West Virginia, United states. It was established on July 1, 2003. The two parent instituations of New River are Glenville State College, founded in 1872, and Bluefield State College, established in 1895. In addition to the main campus in Beckley, the college has campuses located in Bluefield, Summersville, Lewisburg, and Beaver. New River offers a wide variety of associate degrees and certificate programs in several areas of study.

New River Community and Technical College provides students the Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment facility. This is particularly beneficial for high school students who want to begin their college experience early.

The Student Government Association of New River Community and Technical College organizes many activities and voices students' needs and concerns. They also organize regular meetings which are open to all students.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in science and laboratory technician, security and law enforcement, business and management, office and administration, and law.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• High female/male ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.

Features of note:

• Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates.
• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,337 in 2009-2010 (1,691 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 54% of the student body. About 14% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

On-campus housing is not available.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Associate.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (0 awarded)

• Aquaculture

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (27 awarded)

• Business/Commerce

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (2 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

LAW (7 awarded)

• Legal Assistant/Paralegal

LIBERAL ARTS (50 awarded)

• General Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

MEDIA (3 awarded)

• Communications Technologies/Technicians & Support Services

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (7 awarded)

• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician
• Medical/Clinical Assistant

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (8 awarded)

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science

SCIENCE (0 awarded)

• Biological and Physical Sciences

SCIENCE AND LABORATORY TECHNICIAN (47 awarded)

• Science Technologies/Technicians

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (25 awarded)

• Corrections
• Criminal Justice/Police Science