University of
North Carolina at Pembroke
Public College in Pembroke, NC. Six-year graduation rate 44%. Median 10-year earnings $43,407.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $43,407 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Six-year completion sits at 44%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates carry a median of $25,000 in debt — in line with the national norm.
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
Admissions
University of North Carolina at Pembroke admits 93% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. 8,178 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Yield is low at 11%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. The score bands below rest on the 2% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 490–600 | 19 (2%) |
| SAT Math | 480–600 | |
| ACT Composite | 18–23 | 84 (10%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 44%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 72% 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. 32% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. The part-time picture is harder: 32% return, against 72% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,386 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $9,723 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $7,919 at the $0–30k band to $15,999 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 71% of students at an average of $6,763. Federal borrowing reaches 43% of students.
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 · 871 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 | $7,919 |
| $30–48k | $8,892 |
| $48–75k | $10,932 |
| $75–110k | $14,564 |
| $110k+ | $15,999 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,330 of these 5,386 students, totalling $14,705,153 — an average of $6,311 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Robeson 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)