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Wilson Community College

Wilson, North Carolina · Fringe town

21%
Transfer rate
$3,064
Avg net price
27%
Grad / completion
$32,973
Median earnings

Wilson Community College is a public associate-granting institution in Wilson, North Carolina (fringe town setting), enrolling 1,373 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 1,373 undergradsFringe town

About Wilson, North Carolina

Wilson is a city in and the county seat of Wilson County, North Carolina, United States. The history of the city of Wilson began with a community that formed around Toisnot Primitive Baptist Church, built in the early 1800s. The community was originally called Toisnot. In 1836, the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad Co. began building a Wilmington-to-Weldon line. Wilson is the birthplace of Branch Banking and Trust Corporation, now Truist Financial. Now headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Truist Financial is among Wilson County's top employers, with around 2,000 people working in various financial services. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Fringe town
Highest degree offered
Associate
Nearest big city
42 miles to Raleigh, NC
To the ocean
49 miles
Nearest airport
29 miles to Pitt-Greenville (PGV)

How Wilson Community College compares

Graduation rate27%

Higher than 9% · #82 of 90 in North Carolina

First-year retention73%

Higher than 51%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$32,973

Higher than 42% · #51 of 84 in North Carolina

Average net price$3,064

Cheaper than 96% · #14 cheapest of 90 in North Carolina

Median debt at graduation$10,500

Lower than 42%

Student–faculty ratio8 : 1

Lower than 89%

Undergraduate enrollment1,373

Larger than 77%

Percentiles compare Wilson 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

1,373undergrads
  • Women97671%
  • Men39729%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White32%
  • Black37%
  • Hispanic20%
  • Asian1.5%
  • Other or multiracial9.8%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
1,373
Student–faculty ratio
8 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
31%
First-generation students
51%
Students over 25
26%
Median family income
$17,419
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$56,844
Endowment
$1,034,095

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

Cost

In-state tuition
$2,572
Out-of-state tuition
$8,716
Room & board
Books & supplies
$2,500
Total cost of attendance
$10,765
Average net price
$3,064

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
27%
First-year retention
73%
Transferred to another college
21%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$29,332
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$32,973
Median debt at graduation
$10,500
Students with federal loans
8%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
30%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
27%
Low-income (Pell)
19%
First-generation
19%

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
0.2 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
1
Property offenses (2022–2024)
0

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (1,832 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.

0.3reported offenses a year
0.3 violent a year0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Fondling
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
$2,584
$30–48k
$2,120
$48–75k
$3,034
$75–110k
$7,598
$110k+
$10,765

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.

17%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$850
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 17% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $850. 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 52 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)
$32,973
Typical debt at graduation
$10,500
Debt vs. one year's pay
32%
Out-earn a HS grad
32%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.2 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
$31,641
Men
$35,173

Men out-earn women by $3,532 (11%) 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
33°F
Annual rain
50.3″
Annual snow
1.9″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.03.06.1JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Wilson 3 SW, NC US station (3.8 mi from campus).

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.