Public · Community college

Guilford Technical Community College

Jamestown, North Carolina · Large suburb

14%
Transfer rate
$15,002
Avg net price
31%
Grad / completion
$33,934
Median earnings

Guilford Technical Community College is a public associate-granting institution in Jamestown, North Carolina (large suburb setting), enrolling 9,260 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 9,260 undergradsLarge suburbNJCAA Division IICold winters

About Jamestown, North Carolina

Jamestown is a town in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States. Part of a loose confederacy of 20 or more tribes, it is believed that by the 1760s, the Keyauwee had moved south, close to the boundary between the two Carolinas, where they were likely absorbed by the Catawba tribe. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Associate
To the ocean
164 miles
Nearest airport
7 miles to Piedmont Triad (GSO) · major hub

How Guilford Technical Community College compares

Graduation rate31%

Higher than 14% · #79 of 90 in North Carolina

First-year retention64%

Higher than 32%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$33,934

Higher than 45% · #37 of 84 in North Carolina

Average net price$15,002

Cheaper than 50% · #64 cheapest of 90 in North Carolina

Median debt at graduation$14,901

Lower than 14%

Student–faculty ratio16 : 1

Lower than 49%

Undergraduate enrollment9,260

Larger than 96%

Percentiles compare Guilford Technical 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

9,260undergrads
  • Women5,33558%
  • Men3,92542%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White33%
  • Black37%
  • Hispanic16%
  • Asian4.7%
  • Other or multiracial9.7%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
9,260
Student–faculty ratio
16 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
43%
First-generation students
44%
Students over 25
30%
Median family income
$19,750
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$65,853
Endowment
$4,576,877

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 1,798 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From North Carolina100%

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

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
$2,320
Out-of-state tuition
$7,696
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,470
Total cost of attendance
$20,529
Average net price
$15,002

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated
31%
First-year retention
64%
Transferred to another college
14%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$29,705
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$33,934
Median debt at graduation
$14,901
Students with federal loans
25%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
13%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
31%
Low-income (Pell)
16%
First-generation
16%

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
Athletics
NJCAA Division II
Varsity athletes
57 (36 men · 21 women)

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Varsity sports (3)

Basketball25
Baseball22
Volleyball10

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.2 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
5
Property offenses (2022–2024)
2

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 9 campuses (11,485 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

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

2.3reported offenses a year
1.7 violent a year0.7 property a year

By offense type, per year

Fondling
1.0
Rape
0.7
Motor vehicle theft
0.3
Arson
0.3

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
$13,645
$30–48k
$14,393
$48–75k
$16,385
$75–110k
$18,819
$110k+
$20,353

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.

4%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$1,002
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 4% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,002. 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 653 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)
$33,934
Typical debt at graduation
$14,901
Debt vs. one year's pay
44%
Out-earn a HS grad
37%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.4 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

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
$31,626
Men
$37,448

Men out-earn women by $5,822 (18%) 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
89°F
Winter low
32°F
Annual rain
48.3″
Annual snow
1.9″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.55.1JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, High PT, NC US station (3.5 mi from campus).

What Guilford Technical Community College graduates study — and earn

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.