Central Carolina
Community College
Public Community College in Sanford, NC. Six-year graduation rate 43%. Median 10-year earnings $33,525.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $33,525, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. 43% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 43%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention is 73% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. 16% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. The part-time picture is harder: 59% return, against 73% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,155 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $7,317 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The income table below is the number that matters — $4,326 at $0–30k versus $12,542 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 60% of students at an average of $7,435.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 462 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $4,326 |
| $30–48k | $4,660 |
| $48–75k | $6,961 |
| $75–110k | $8,936 |
| $110k+ | $12,542 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lee County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)