Surry Community College
Public Community College in Dobson, NC. Six-year graduation rate 6%. Median 10-year earnings $36,012.
Students who entered Surry Community College reach a median of $36,012 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 6% — 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.
- ! Graduation rate 6% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 6% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention of 73% 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. The 33% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 61% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,445 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $7,020 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $3,483 at $0–30k, $5,308 at $110k+. 77% of students receive grant aid, averaging $6,864 — common but not automatic.
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 · 227 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 | $3,483 |
| $30–48k | $3,716 |
| $48–75k | $6,782 |
| $75–110k | $10,664 |
| $110k+ | $5,308 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Surry 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)