Wilson Community College
Public Community College in Wilson, NC. Six-year graduation rate 27%. Median 10-year earnings $32,973.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $32,973, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 27% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $10,500.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.32 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 27% — below national average
Academics
Only 27% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential. First-year retention is 73% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. 21% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. The part-time picture is harder: 51% return, against 73% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,402 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $3,594 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 $2,584 at the $0–30k band to $10,765 at $110k+. Grant aid is limited — 45% of students receive any. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 10% 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 · 50 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 | $2,584 |
| $30–48k | $2,120 |
| $48–75k | $3,034 |
| $75–110k | $7,598 |
| $110k+ | $10,765 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 146 of these 1,402 students, totalling $1,008,852 — an average of $6,910 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Wilson 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)