How Graduation Rate Changes over Past 5 Years for North Carolina Public Colleges

For the academic year 2022-2023, the average graduation rate of North Carolina Public Colleges is 40.53%. Compared to last year's rate, the 2023 graduation rate decreased by 3.37%.
Over the past 5 years, the graduation rate of North Carolina Public Colleges has increased by 18.04% from 34.34% to 40.53%. Of the 76 North Carolina Public Colleges, 57 schools's graduation rate is higher than 5 years ago and 16 schools' rate is lower.
You can check 2023 graduation rate along with transfer-out and retention rate at North Carolina Public Colleges graduation rate comparison table.

Comparison Table of Graduation Rate Changes for North Carolina Public Colleges

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Graduation Rate Changes from 2017 to 2022 at North Carolina Public Colleges
School Name2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-235-Year Average
College of the AlbemarleElizabeth City, NC33.00%35.00%
2%
40.00%
5%
31.00%
9%
42.00%
11%
36.20%
South Piedmont Community CollegePolkton, NC19.00%25.00%
6%
21.00%
4%
28.00%
7%
31.00%
3%
24.80%
Appalachian State UniversityBoone, NC72.00%72.00%72.00%72.00%75.00%
3%
72.60%
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community CollegeAsheville, NC25.00%32.00%
7%
32.00%33.00%
1%
31.00%
2%
30.60%
Beaufort County Community CollegeWashington, NC33.00%33.00%42.00%
9%
44.00%
2%
45.00%
1%
39.40%
Bladen Community CollegeDublin, NC19.00%12.00%
7%
31.00%
19%
52.00%
21%
47.00%
5%
32.20%
Blue Ridge Community CollegeFlat Rock, NC11.00%35.00%
24%
53.00%
18%
50.00%
3%
50.00%39.80%
Brunswick Community CollegeBolivia, NC35.00%53.00%
18%
36.00%
17%
39.00%
3%
40.00%
1%
40.60%
Caldwell Community College and Technical InstituteHudson, NC23.00%27.00%
4%
36.00%
9%
35.00%
1%
40.00%
5%
32.20%
Cape Fear Community CollegeWilmington, NC23.00%24.00%
1%
26.00%
2%
26.00%29.00%
3%
25.60%
Carteret Community CollegeMorehead City, NC36.00%38.00%
2%
42.00%
4%
43.00%
1%
35.00%
8%
38.80%
Catawba Valley Community CollegeHickory, NC26.00%36.00%
10%
37.00%
1%
36.00%
1%
31.00%
5%
33.20%
Central Carolina Community CollegeSanford, NC35.00%39.00%
4%
34.00%
5%
34.00%32.00%
2%
34.80%
Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, NC18.00%20.00%
2%
21.00%
1%
21.00%22.00%
1%
20.40%
Cleveland Community CollegeShelby, NC27.00%39.00%
12%
33.00%
6%
29.00%
4%
33.00%
4%
32.20%
Coastal Carolina Community CollegeJacksonville, NC25.00%33.00%
8%
33.00%31.00%
2%
37.00%
6%
31.80%
Craven Community CollegeNew Bern, NC29.00%28.00%
1%
30.00%
2%
33.00%
3%
38.00%
5%
31.60%
Davidson-Davie Community CollegeThomasville, NC32.00%36.00%
4%
32.00%
4%
41.00%
9%
36.00%
5%
35.40%
Durham Technical Community CollegeDurham, NC15.00%21.00%
6%
19.00%
2%
26.00%
7%
23.00%
3%
20.80%
East Carolina UniversityGreenville, NC65.00%66.00%
1%
65.00%
1%
65.00%65.00%65.20%
Edgecombe Community CollegeTarboro, NC16.00%43.00%
27%
29.00%
14%
18.00%
11%
27.00%
9%
26.60%
Elizabeth City State UniversityElizabeth City, NC42.00%38.00%
4%
43.00%
5%
39.00%
4%
42.00%
3%
40.80%
Fayetteville Technical Community CollegeFayetteville, NC20.00%16.00%
4%
21.00%
5%
18.00%
3%
15.00%
3%
18.00%
Fayetteville State UniversityFayetteville, NC35.00%34.00%
1%
36.00%
2%
37.00%
1%
43.00%
6%
37.00%
Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston-Salem, NC19.00%20.00%
1%
29.00%
9%
31.00%
2%
28.00%
3%
25.40%
Gaston CollegeDallas, NC31.00%30.00%
1%
33.00%
3%
38.00%
5%
43.00%
5%
35.00%
Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, NC20.00%22.00%
2%
26.00%
4%
29.00%
3%
27.00%
2%
24.80%
Halifax Community CollegeWeldon, NC27.00%30.00%
3%
50.00%
20%
41.00%
9%
28.00%
13%
35.20%
Haywood Community CollegeClyde, NC24.00%40.00%
16%
48.00%
8%
33.00%
15%
28.00%
5%
34.60%
Isothermal Community CollegeSpindale, NC21.00%34.00%
13%
36.00%
2%
40.00%
4%
53.00%
13%
36.80%
James Sprunt Community CollegeKenansville, NC28.00%21.00%
7%
34.00%
13%
28.00%
6%
34.00%
6%
29.00%
Johnston Community CollegeSmithfield, NC39.00%31.00%
8%
36.00%
5%
43.00%
7%
47.00%
4%
39.20%
Lenoir Community CollegeKinston, NC19.00%29.00%
10%
35.00%
6%
26.00%
9%
28.00%
2%
27.40%
Martin Community CollegeWilliamston, NC18.00%26.00%
8%
37.00%
11%
38.00%
1%
47.00%
9%
33.20%
Mayland Community CollegeSpruce Pine, NC48.00%49.00%
1%
28.00%
21%
51.00%
23%
24.00%
27%
40.00%
McDowell Technical Community CollegeMarion, NC30.00%28.00%
2%
41.00%
13%
47.00%
6%
45.00%
2%
38.20%
Mitchell Community CollegeStatesville, NC28.00%25.00%
3%
27.00%
2%
33.00%
6%
30.00%
3%
28.60%
Montgomery Community CollegeTroy, NC27.00%55.00%
28%
57.00%
2%
53.00%
4%
34.00%
19%
45.20%
Nash Community CollegeRocky Mount, NC17.00%18.00%
1%
22.00%
4%
29.00%
7%
39.00%
10%
25.00%
North Carolina A & T State UniversityGreensboro, NC53.00%50.00%
3%
52.00%
2%
53.00%
1%
56.00%
3%
52.80%
University of North Carolina at AshevilleAsheville, NC63.00%59.00%
4%
62.00%
3%
64.00%
2%
58.00%
6%
61.20%
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC89.00%90.00%
1%
90.00%90.00%91.00%
1%
90.00%
University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, NC59.00%64.00%
5%
65.00%
1%
65.00%69.00%
4%
64.40%
University of North Carolina at GreensboroGreensboro, NC53.00%58.00%
5%
58.00%57.00%
1%
57.00%56.60%
North Carolina Central UniversityDurham, NC46.00%49.00%
3%
51.00%
2%
50.00%
1%
44.00%
6%
48.00%
University of North Carolina School of the ArtsWinston Salem, NC73.00%74.00%
1%
72.00%
2%
69.00%
3%
81.00%
12%
73.80%
North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, NC81.00%81.00%83.00%
2%
84.00%
1%
84.00%82.60%
University of North Carolina WilmingtonWilmington, NC73.00%71.00%
2%
73.00%
2%
71.00%
2%
74.00%
3%
72.40%
Pamlico Community CollegeGrantsboro, NC62.00%69.00%
7%
45.00%
24%
81.00%
36%
18.00%
63%
55.00%
University of North Carolina at PembrokePembroke, NC41.00%41.00%42.00%
1%
43.00%
1%
45.00%
2%
42.40%
Piedmont Community CollegeRoxboro, NC37.00%33.00%
4%
36.00%
3%
39.00%
3%
30.00%
9%
35.00%
Pitt Community CollegeWinterville, NC22.00%27.00%
5%
23.00%
4%
26.00%
3%
27.00%
1%
25.00%
Randolph Community CollegeAsheboro, NC42.00%47.00%
5%
36.00%
11%
40.00%
4%
39.00%
1%
40.80%
Richmond Community CollegeHamlet, NC23.00%38.00%
15%
40.00%
2%
36.00%
4%
34.00%
2%
34.20%
Roanoke-Chowan Community CollegeAhoskie, NC18.00%15.00%
3%
22.00%
7%
29.00%
7%
46.00%
17%
26.00%
Robeson Community CollegeLumberton, NC22.00%21.00%
1%
35.00%
14%
31.00%
4%
41.00%
10%
30.00%
Rockingham Community CollegeWentworth, NC27.00%27.00%26.00%
1%
32.00%
6%
22.00%
10%
26.80%
Rowan-Cabarrus Community CollegeSalisbury, NC26.00%25.00%
1%
29.00%
4%
30.00%
1%
30.00%28.00%
Sampson Community CollegeClinton, NC21.00%64.00%
43%
49.00%
15%
39.00%
10%
30.00%
9%
40.60%
Sandhills Community CollegePinehurst, NC21.00%30.00%
9%
40.00%
10%
41.00%
1%
39.00%
2%
34.20%
Southeastern Community CollegeWhiteville, NC20.00%41.00%
21%
44.00%
3%
39.00%
5%
37.00%
2%
36.20%
Southwestern Community CollegeSylva, NC41.00%49.00%
8%
44.00%
5%
39.00%
5%
45.00%
6%
43.60%
Stanly Community CollegeAlbemarle, NC48.00%44.00%
4%
38.00%
6%
56.00%
18%
37.00%
19%
44.60%
Surry Community CollegeDobson, NC30.00%31.00%
1%
35.00%
4%
38.00%
3%
27.00%
11%
32.20%
Alamance Community CollegeGraham, NC23.00%29.00%
6%
27.00%
2%
29.00%
2%
32.00%
3%
28.00%
Tri-County Community CollegeMurphy, NC26.00%22.00%
4%
40.00%
18%
32.00%
8%
36.00%
4%
31.20%
Vance-Granville Community CollegeHenderson, NC43.00%36.00%
7%
39.00%
3%
32.00%
7%
31.00%
1%
36.20%
Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, NC18.00%25.00%
7%
27.00%
2%
27.00%31.00%
4%
25.60%
Wayne Community CollegeGoldsboro, NC26.00%45.00%
19%
48.00%
3%
42.00%
6%
48.00%
6%
41.80%
Western Piedmont Community CollegeMorganton, NC32.00%42.00%
10%
40.00%
2%
50.00%
10%
39.00%
11%
40.60%
Wilkes Community CollegeWilkesboro, NC38.00%37.00%
1%
38.00%
1%
45.00%
7%
54.00%
9%
42.40%
Wilson Community CollegeWilson, NC24.00%20.00%
4%
29.00%
9%
34.00%
5%
22.00%
12%
25.80%
Winston-Salem State UniversityWinston-Salem, NC48.00%51.00%
3%
50.00%
1%
45.00%
5%
49.00%
4%
48.60%
Western Carolina UniversityCullowhee, NC62.00%62.00%63.00%
1%
61.00%
2%
60.00%
1%
61.60%
Carolinas College of Health SciencesCharlotte, NC-100.00%50.00%
50%
66.00%
16%
33.00%
33%
62.25%
Gaston CollegeDallas, NC-----0.00%
Average34.34%39.47%
5.13%
40.59%
1.12%
41.95%
1.36%
40.53%
1.41%
39.37%
*Schools missing information are not included in this table. The schools have not report their information to the IPEDS/NCES or not applicable.)
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