 Additionally, a branch campus of Valley College is located in Beckley; New River Community and Technical College is in the nearby community of Beaver; and the nonprofit, nondenominational Appalachian Bible College is located just outside the city limits, in nearby Bradley.The city is the regional hub for over 100,000 Southern West Virginia residents.It is the eighth-largest city in West Virginia, exceeded in population by Fairmont and followed by Martinsburg.