Public · Community college
Vance-Granville Community College
Henderson, North Carolina · Distant town
- 13%
- Transfer rate
- $3,286
- Avg net price
- 53%
- Grad / completion
- $34,304
- Median earnings
Vance-Granville Community College is a public associate-granting institution in Henderson, North Carolina (distant town setting), enrolling 1,665 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Henderson, North Carolina
Henderson is a city in and the county seat of Vance County, North Carolina, United States. Prior to the creation of Vance County in 1881, Henderson was located in far eastern Granville County. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Distant town
- Highest degree offered
- Associate
- Nearest big city
- 32 miles to Durham, NC
- To the ocean
- 96 miles
- Nearest airport
- 35 miles to Raleigh-Durham (RDU) · major hub
How Vance-Granville Community College compares
Higher than 40% · #34 of 90 in North Carolina
Higher than 56%
Higher than 47% · #30 of 84 in North Carolina
Cheaper than 96% · #16 cheapest of 90 in North Carolina
Lower than 44%
Larger than 80%
Percentiles compare Vance-Granville 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
- Women1,08865%
- Men57735%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White39%
- Black41%
- Hispanic10%
- Asian0.7%
- Other or multiracial8.7%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 1,665
- Student–faculty ratio
- 17 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 31%
- First-generation students
- 52%
- Students over 25
- 29%
- Median family income
- $17,595
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $55,323
- Endowment
- $10,542,625
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 316 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.
- From North Carolina100%
Most first-years stay in state — Vance-Granville 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
- $1,944
- Out-of-state tuition
- $6,552
- Room & board
- —
- Books & supplies
- $1,470
- Total cost of attendance
- $13,153
- Average net price
- $3,286
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
- 53%
- First-year retention
- 76%
- Transferred to another college
- 13%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $29,763
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $34,304
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 21%
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
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
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
- 0.1 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 1
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 4 campuses (2,936 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.
By offense type, per year
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.
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.
Modest institutional aid: 21% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $658. 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 140 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)
- $34,304
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 34%
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 $6,671 (21%) 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
- 90°F
- Winter low
- 26°F
- Annual rain
- 48.6″
- Annual snow
- 1.6″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Henderson 2 Nnw, NC US station (4.6 mi from campus).
What Vance-Granville 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.













