Northeastern Technical College
Public Community College in Cheraw, SC. Six-year graduation rate 21%. Median 10-year earnings $32,141.
Ten-year median earnings of $32,141 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 21% — 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.
- ! Mobility score 0.3 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 21% — below national average
Academics
Only 21% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential. First-year retention is 70% — 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. A 29% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 849 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $6,862 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $7,012 at $0–30k against $10,201 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 84% get grants averaging $8,895, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price.
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 · 94 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 | $7,012 |
| $30–48k | $5,751 |
| $48–75k | $7,130 |
| $75–110k | $10,469 |
| $110k+ | $10,201 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Chesterfield County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Compliance Audit Late or Missing); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)