Halifax Community College
Public Community College in Weldon, NC. Six-year graduation rate 35%. Median 10-year earnings $31,644.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $31,644, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 35% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome.
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
Completion is the problem here: 35% graduate within six years. First-year retention is 61% — 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. Retention drops to 48% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. At 11:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 565 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $11,297 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $8,747 at $0–30k, $16,438 at $75–110k. Grant aid is widespread — 100% of students receive it, averaging $5,947.
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 · 28 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 | $8,747 |
| $30–48k | $7,406 |
| $48–75k | $9,454 |
| $75–110k | $16,438 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Halifax 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)