Public · Community college

Alamance Community College

Graham, North Carolina · Midsize suburb

19%
Transfer rate: $6,109
Avg net price: 39%
Grad / completion: $34,241
Median earnings

Alamance Community College is a public certificate-granting institution in Graham, North Carolina (midsize suburb setting), enrolling 3,080 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 3,080 undergradsMidsize suburbCold winters

About Graham, North Carolina

Graham is a city and the county seat of Alamance County, North Carolina, United States. The lynching of Wyatt Outlaw, the first African-American Town Commissioner and Constable of Graham, on February 26, 1870, by the Ku Klux Klan, along with the assassination of State Senator John W. Stephens at the Caswell County Courthouse, provoked Governor William Woods Holden to declare martial law in Alamance and Caswell Counties, resulting in the Kirk-Holden War of 1870. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize suburb
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 24 miles to Greensboro, NC
To the ocean: 134 miles
Nearest airport: 32 miles to Piedmont Triad (GSO) · major hub

How Alamance Community College compares

Graduation rate39%

Higher than 25% · #59 of 90 in North Carolina

First-year retention72%

Higher than 48%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$34,241

Higher than 47% · #31 of 84 in North Carolina

Average net price$6,109

Cheaper than 86% · #32 cheapest of 90 in North Carolina

Student–faculty ratio18 : 1

Lower than 39%

Undergraduate enrollment3,080

Larger than 86%

Percentiles compare Alamance Community College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in North Carolina.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women2,01765%
Men1,06335%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White45%
Black22%
Hispanic21%
Asian2.1%
Other or multiracial9.0%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 3,080
Student–faculty ratio: 18 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 29%
First-generation students: 46%
Students over 25: 21%
Median family income: $20,233
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $59,472
Endowment: $19,753,596

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: $2,592
Out-of-state tuition: $8,736
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $2,265
Total cost of attendance: $15,922
Average net price: $6,109

Outcomes

Graduated: 39%
First-year retention: 72%
Transferred to another college: 19%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $29,841
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $34,241
Median debt at graduation: —
Students with federal loans: 0%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

39%

First-generation

21%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.2 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 3

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

1.0reported offenses a year

0 violent a year1.0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary

1.0

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$4,914

$30–48k

$5,328

$48–75k

$8,374

$75–110k

$10,344

$110k+

—

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

27%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,370

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 27% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,370. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 344 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $34,241
Typical debt at graduation: —
Debt vs. one year's pay: —
Out-earn a HS grad: 36%

Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$32,690

Men

$38,846

Men out-earn women by $6,156 (19%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 90°F
Winter low: 29°F
Annual rain: 47.2″
Annual snow: 2.8″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Haw Rvr 1E, NC US station (0.7 mi from campus).

What Alamance Community College graduates study — and earn

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssoc.

559 grads$27k 1 yr$38k 5 yr$7k debt

559$26,855$37,653$6,625 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssoc.

34 grads$70k 1 yr$64k 5 yr— debt

34$69,767$63,585—Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCert.

30 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

30———Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCert.

27 grads$32k 1 yr$31k 5 yr— debt

27$32,421$31,021—Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCert.

26 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

26———Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssoc.

24 grads— 1 yr$41k 5 yr— debt

24—$40,620—Agricultural and Domestic Animal ServicesAssoc.

23 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

23———Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssoc.

21 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

21———Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Cert.

18 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

18———Accounting and Related ServicesCert.

18 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

18———Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssoc.

17 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

17———Design and Applied ArtsCert.

16 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

16———

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.