Public · Community college

Craven Community College

New Bern, North Carolina · Distant town

13%
Transfer rate: $3,289
Avg net price: 48%
Grad / completion: $34,231
Median earnings

Craven Community College is a public associate-granting institution in New Bern, North Carolina (distant town setting), enrolling 1,989 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 1,989 undergradsDistant townNear the coast

About New Bern, North Carolina

New Bern is a city in Craven County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. New Bern was settled in October 1710 by the Palatines and Swiss under the leadership of Christoph von Graffenried. The new colonists named their settlement after the Canton of Bern, home of their patron. Jules Verne's 1896 novel Face au Drapeau (Facing the Flag) featured New Bern as the place where one of that story's main characters is committed to an asylum by the U.S. government. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Distant town
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 78 miles to Wilmington, NC
To the ocean: 3 miles
Nearest airport: 4 miles to Coastal Carolina (EWN)

How Craven Community College compares

Graduation rate48%

Higher than 35% · #43 of 90 in North Carolina

First-year retention66%

Higher than 36%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$34,231

Higher than 47% · #32 of 84 in North Carolina

Average net price$3,289

Cheaper than 96% · #17 cheapest of 90 in North Carolina

Student–faculty ratio13 : 1

Lower than 67%

Undergraduate enrollment1,989

Larger than 82%

Percentiles compare Craven 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

Women1,22061%
Men76939%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White54%
Black20%
Hispanic12%
Asian3.1%
Other or multiracial12%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 1,989
Student–faculty ratio: 13 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 43%
First-generation students: 45%
Students over 25: 29%
Median family income: $21,586
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $54,603
Endowment: $3,274,727

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

Where students come from

Home state of the 337 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From North Carolina94%
Other U.S. states4.7%
International1.5%

Most first-years stay in state — Craven Community College draws overwhelmingly from North Carolina.

2% came from outside the U.S. Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition: $2,022
Out-of-state tuition: $6,630
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,300
Total cost of attendance: $10,735
Average net price: $3,289

Outcomes

Graduated: 48%
First-year retention: 66%
Transferred to another college: 13%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $32,904
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $34,231
Median debt at graduation: —
Students with federal loans: 0%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 27%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

48%

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: 0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 0

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

$2,428

$30–48k

$2,132

$48–75k

$5,811

$75–110k

$7,519

$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.

16%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,269

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 16% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,269. 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 138 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): $34,231
Typical debt at graduation: —
Debt vs. one year's pay: —
Out-earn a HS grad: 39%

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

$32,426

Men

$39,612

Men out-earn women by $7,186 (22%) 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: 88°F
Winter low: 35°F
Annual rain: 57.2″
Annual snow: 1.1″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Perrytown, NC US station (4 mi from campus).

What Craven Community College graduates study — and earn

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssoc.

470 grads$29k 1 yr$36k 5 yr$8k debt

470$28,745$35,805$7,500 Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCert.

90 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

90———Precision Metal WorkingCert.

86 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

86———Business Administration, Management and OperationsCert.

78 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

78———Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCert.

52 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

52———Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssoc.

50 grads$63k 1 yr$63k 5 yr$10k debt

50$63,478$62,648$10,349 Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCert.

49 grads$7k 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

49$7,388——Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

42 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

42———Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCert.

40 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

40———Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCert.

39 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

39———Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCert.

38 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

38———Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCert.

37 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

37———

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.