Senior Citizens
Policies of the Commonwealth of Virginia (Virginia State Code 23-38.56) and the Virginia Community College System (VCCS Policy 4.3.0.2) encourage senior citizens to take college-level classes at Blue Ridge Community College. On the first day of class, senior citizens may enroll tuition-free (except for fees for course materials or lab fees) in credit classes on a space-available basis after all tuition-paying students have been accommodated.
To be eligible for free tuition and comprehensive fees for credit courses you must:
- be 60 years of age or older prior to the semester of enrollment,
- have been legally domiciled in Virginia for the last 12 months,
- had a taxable individual income that did not exceed $15,000 for Virginia income tax purposes for the year preceding the semester you wish to enroll, (documentation of taxable income will be required), and
- be admitted to the College as a student.
To be eligible for free tuition for audit of credit courses, you must:
- be 60 years of age or older prior to the semester you wish to enroll,
- be a legal resident of Virginia,
- be admitted to the College as a student.
- Interested senior citizens should contact the Admissions and Records Office for information and registration materials.