Private for-profit · Community college

Gwinnett College

Raleigh, North Carolina · Large city

0%
Transfer rate: $30,219
Avg net price: 63%
Grad / completion: $29,234
Median earnings

Gwinnett College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Raleigh, North Carolina (large city setting), enrolling 146 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 146 undergradsLarge cityCold winters

About Raleigh, North Carolina

Raleigh is the capital city of the U.S. state of North Carolina. Bath, the oldest town in North Carolina, was the first nominal capital of the colony from 1705 until 1722, when Edenton took over the role. The colony had no permanent institutions of government until the new capital, New Bern, was established in 1743. The Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek hosts major international touring acts. In 2011, the Downtown Raleigh Amphitheater opened (now sponsored as the Red Hat Amphitheater), which hosts numerous concerts primarily in the summer months. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 6 miles to Raleigh, NC
To the ocean: 89 miles
Nearest airport: 11 miles to Raleigh-Durham (RDU) · major hub

How Gwinnett College compares

Graduation rate63%

Higher than 53% · #20 of 90 in North Carolina

First-year retention74%

Higher than 53%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$29,234

Higher than 29% · #69 of 84 in North Carolina

Average net price$30,219

Cheaper than 8% · #88 cheapest of 90 in North Carolina

Median debt at graduation$7,917

Lower than 75%

Student–faculty ratio11 : 1

Lower than 78%

Undergraduate enrollment146

Larger than 36%

Percentiles compare Gwinnett 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

Women13190%
Men1510%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White11%
Black73%
Hispanic12%
Other or multiracial4.1%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 146
Student–faculty ratio: 11 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 76%
First-generation students: 63%
Students over 25: 78%
Median family income: $13,970

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

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $30,219

Outcomes

Graduated: 63%
First-year retention: 74%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $26,200
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $29,234
Median debt at graduation: $7,917
Students with federal loans: 83%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 16%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

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

$29,759

$30–48k

$29,902

$48–75k

$32,049

$75–110k

$33,678

$110k+

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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?

Gwinnett College funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years): $29,234
Typical debt at graduation: $7,917
Debt vs. one year's pay: 27%
Out-earn a HS grad: 27%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.7 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

$28,868

Men

$36,815

Men out-earn women by $7,947 (28%) 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: 91°F
Winter low: 32°F
Annual rain: 49.4″
Annual snow: 4.5″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Raleigh State Univ, NC US station (7.7 mi from campus).

What Gwinnett College graduates study — and earn

Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services

40 grads$23k 1 yr$27k 5 yr$12k debt

40$23,077$27,146$11,759 Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

13 grads$30k 1 yr$32k 5 yr$16k debt

13$30,360$31,824$16,258 Health and Medical Administrative Services

5 grads— 1 yr$30k 5 yr— debt

5—$29,926—

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.