Randolph Community College
Public Community College in Asheboro, NC. Six-year graduation rate 58%. Median 10-year earnings $33,336.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $33,336, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 58%, meaning about two in five students who start do not finish.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ! Mobility score 0.6 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
58% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 68% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. 12% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 49% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. The 11:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,446 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $8,035 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($6,347 versus $14,318), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 68% of students at an average of $8,056.
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 · 186 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 | $6,347 |
| $30–48k | $6,385 |
| $48–75k | $7,180 |
| $75–110k | $11,461 |
| $110k+ | $14,318 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Randolph 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)