Johnston Community College
Public Community College in Smithfield, NC. Six-year graduation rate 37%. Median 10-year earnings $37,310.
Students who entered Johnston Community College reach a median of $37,310 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is the weak point: 37% graduate within six years.
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
- ! Mobility score 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 37% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. First-year retention is 67% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. 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 24% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The part-time picture is harder: 48% return, against 67% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,998 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $3,824 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $1,743 at $0–30k, $5,814 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 54% of students at an average of $6,657.
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 · 581 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 | $1,743 |
| $30–48k | $986 |
| $48–75k | $2,495 |
| $75–110k | $1,684 |
| $110k+ | $5,814 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Johnston 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)