Edgecombe Community College
Public Community College in Tarboro, NC. Six-year graduation rate 37%. Median 10-year earnings $33,267.
Ten-year median earnings of $33,267 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Only 37% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Median debt at graduation is $15,917, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Only 37% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. 79% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in five are gone before sophomore year. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. The 10:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a public community college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 938 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $0 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $0 at the $0–30k band to $10,899 at $75–110k. 93% of students get grant aid averaging $6,588, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. About 31% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 24 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 | $0 |
| $30–48k | $0 |
| $48–75k | $0 |
| $75–110k | $10,899 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 291 of these 938 students, totalling $1,830,767 — an average of $6,291 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Edgecombe 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)