Public · Community college

Haywood Community College

Clyde, North Carolina · Fringe rural

16%
Transfer rate: $6,723
Avg net price: 34%
Grad / completion: $34,770
Median earnings

Haywood Community College is a public associate-granting institution in Clyde, North Carolina (fringe rural setting), enrolling 849 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 849 undergradsFringe ruralCold winters

About Clyde, North Carolina

Clyde is a town in Haywood County, North Carolina, United States. The Cherokee in Western North Carolina are known as the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, a federally recognized tribe. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Fringe rural
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 22 miles to Asheville, NC
To the ocean: 238 miles
Nearest airport: 23 miles to Asheville (AVL)

How Haywood Community College compares

Graduation rate34%

Higher than 18% · #74 of 90 in North Carolina

First-year retention64%

Higher than 30%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$34,770

Higher than 48% · #26 of 84 in North Carolina

Average net price$6,723

Cheaper than 83% · #38 cheapest of 90 in North Carolina

Student–faculty ratio7 : 1

Lower than 92%

Undergraduate enrollment849

Larger than 71%

Percentiles compare Haywood 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

Women54064%
Men30936%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White78%
Black7.3%
Hispanic6.4%
Other or multiracial7.7%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 849
Student–faculty ratio: 7 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 29%
First-generation students: 42%
Students over 25: 32%
Median family income: $18,353
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $58,464
Endowment: $11,540,785

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 181 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From North Carolina100%

Most first-years stay in state — Haywood 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: $2,580
Out-of-state tuition: $8,724
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,216
Total cost of attendance: $17,011
Average net price: $6,723

Outcomes

Graduated: 34%
First-year retention: 64%
Transferred to another college: 16%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $30,792
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $34,770
Median debt at graduation: —
Students with federal loans: 0%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 30%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

34%

First-generation

27%

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

$5,638

$30–48k

$5,914

$48–75k

$8,964

$75–110k

$10,483

$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.

of first-years get a grant from the school

$667

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 2% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $667. 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 150 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): $34,770
Typical debt at graduation: —
Debt vs. one year's pay: —
Out-earn a HS grad: 33%

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

$29,245

Men

$43,127

Men out-earn women by $13,882 (47%) 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: 82°F
Winter low: 24°F
Annual rain: 50.2″
Annual snow: 10.9″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Waynesville 1 E, NC US station (3.5 mi from campus).

What Haywood Community College graduates study — and earn

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssoc.

69 grads$20k 1 yr$32k 5 yr— debt

69$20,365$32,088—Business Administration, Management and OperationsCert.

24 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

24———Educational Administration and SupervisionCert.

23 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

23———Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCert.

22 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

22———Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

22 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

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

22 grads$59k 1 yr$67k 5 yr— debt

22$58,923$67,055—Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssoc.

20 grads$28k 1 yr$33k 5 yr— debt

20$28,013$32,514—Accounting and Related ServicesCert.

20 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

20———Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCert.

17 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

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

17 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

17———Wildlife and Wildlands Science and ManagementAssoc.

16 grads— 1 yr$36k 5 yr— debt

16—$36,143—Precision Metal WorkingCert.

13 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

13———

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.