Sampson Community College
Public Community College in Clinton, NC. Six-year graduation rate 56%. Median 10-year earnings $33,409.
Ten-year median earnings of $33,409 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 57%, 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.4 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
57% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention of 66% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention drops to 49% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. At 8:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 941 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $4,261 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price varies modestly by income — $2,063 at $0–30k against $7,874 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Most students get help: 99% receive grants worth $9,444 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 · 153 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 | $2,063 |
| $30–48k | $4,462 |
| $48–75k | $3,184 |
| $75–110k | $7,874 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Sampson 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)