Fayetteville Technical
Community College
Public Community College in Fayetteville, NC. Six-year graduation rate 24%. Median 10-year earnings $31,861.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $31,861, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Only 24% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $11,500.
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
- ! Graduation rate 24% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 24% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Just 58% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. 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. Transfer-out runs to 18% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The part-time picture is harder: 42% return, against 58% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 8,814 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $2,638 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $2,056 while those at $110k+ pay $10,163. Grant aid is limited — 46% of students receive any. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 21% of students.
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 · 615 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 | $2,056 |
| $30–48k | $3,685 |
| $48–75k | $4,868 |
| $75–110k | $9,380 |
| $110k+ | $10,163 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,856 of these 8,814 students, totalling $13,560,223 — an average of $7,306 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cumberland 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)