Public · Community college
Piedmont Community College
Roxboro, North Carolina · Fringe rural
- 10%
- Transfer rate
- $1,095
- Avg net price
- 20%
- Grad / completion
- $33,274
- Median earnings
Piedmont Community College is a public certificate-granting institution in Roxboro, North Carolina (fringe rural setting), enrolling 457 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Roxboro, North Carolina
Roxboro is a city in and the county seat of Person County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Roxboro is named after a town in Scotland, Roxburgh. Although spelled differently, they are pronounced the same. Prior to the official adoption of the name Roxboro, the community was known as "Mocassin Gap". (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Fringe rural
- Highest degree offered
- Associate
- Nearest big city
- 31 miles to Durham, NC
- To the ocean
- 112 miles
- Nearest airport
- 40 miles to Raleigh-Durham (RDU) · major hub
How Piedmont Community College compares
Higher than 4% · #87 of 90 in North Carolina
Higher than 23%
Higher than 44% · #47 of 84 in North Carolina
Cheaper than 99% · #4 cheapest of 90 in North Carolina
Lower than 95%
Larger than 61%
Percentiles compare Piedmont 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
- Women29965%
- Men15835%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White52%
- Black33%
- Hispanic7.7%
- Asian0.9%
- Other or multiracial7.0%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 457
- Student–faculty ratio
- 6 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 31%
- First-generation students
- 54%
- Students over 25
- 24%
- Median family income
- $18,000
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $58,707
- Endowment
- $2,381,418
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 117 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.
- From North Carolina97%
- Other U.S. states3.4%
Most first-years stay in state — Piedmont 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
- $2,556
- Out-of-state tuition
- $8,700
- Room & board
- —
- Books & supplies
- $760
- Total cost of attendance
- $12,039
- Average net price
- $1,095
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
- 20%
- First-year retention
- 60%
- Transferred to another college
- 10%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $30,680
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $33,274
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 24%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
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%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 2 campuses (896 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.
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.
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.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $33,274
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 35%
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.
Men out-earn women by $7,120 (24%) 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
- 26°F
- Annual rain
- 47.3″
- Annual snow
- 3.4″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Roxboro 7 Ese, NC US station (7.9 mi from campus).
What Piedmont 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.