Piedmont Community College
Public Community College in Roxboro, NC. Six-year graduation rate 20%. Median 10-year earnings $33,274.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $33,274, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Only 20% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential they enrolled for.
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 0.9 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 20% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 20% graduate within six years. First-year retention is 60% — 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. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 34% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. A 6:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 709 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $1,095 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $30–48k bands is narrow ($2,072 versus $770), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 69% of students at an average of $8,428.
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 · 10 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 | $2,072 |
| $30–48k | $770 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Person 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)