Rockingham Community College
Public Community College in Wentworth, NC. Six-year graduation rate 35%. Median 10-year earnings $32,480.
Students who entered Rockingham Community College reach a median of $32,480 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Only 35% finish within six years, so roughly two in three 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.
- ! Mobility score 0.5 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
Only 35% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. Retention of 68% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. Transfer-out runs to 13% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The part-time picture is harder: 49% return, against 68% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,083 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $3,158 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($1,161 versus $1,774), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Most students get help: 86% receive grants worth $8,013 on average.
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 · 163 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 | $1,161 |
| $30–48k | $1,586 |
| $48–75k | $3,023 |
| $75–110k | $6,782 |
| $110k+ | $1,774 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Rockingham 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)