For the academic year 2022-2023, the average graduation rate of North Carolina Community Colleges is 37.39%. Compared to last year's rate, the 2023 graduation rate decreased by 4.81%.
Over the past 5 years, the graduation rate of North Carolina Community Colleges has increased by 22.1% from 30.62% to 37.39%. Of the 68 North Carolina Community Colleges, 49 schools's graduation rate is higher than 5 years ago and 17 schools' rate is lower.
You can check 2023 graduation rate along with transfer-out and retention rate at North Carolina Community Colleges graduation rate comparison table.
Comparison Table of Graduation Rate Changes for North Carolina Community Colleges
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Graduation Rate Changes from 2017 to 2022 at North Carolina Community Colleges | School Name | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 5-Year Average |
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College of the AlbemarleElizabeth City, NC | 33.00% | 35.00%
2% | 40.00%
5% | 31.00%
9% | 42.00%
11% | 36.20% |
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South Piedmont Community CollegePolkton, NC | 19.00% | 25.00%
6% | 21.00%
4% | 28.00%
7% | 31.00%
3% | 24.80% |
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Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community CollegeAsheville, NC | 25.00% | 32.00%
7% | 32.00% | 33.00%
1% | 31.00%
2% | 30.60% |
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Beaufort County Community CollegeWashington, NC | 33.00% | 33.00% | 42.00%
9% | 44.00%
2% | 45.00%
1% | 39.40% |
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Bladen Community CollegeDublin, NC | 19.00% | 12.00%
7% | 31.00%
19% | 52.00%
21% | 47.00%
5% | 32.20% |
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Blue Ridge Community CollegeFlat Rock, NC | 11.00% | 35.00%
24% | 53.00%
18% | 50.00%
3% | 50.00% | 39.80% |
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Brunswick Community CollegeBolivia, NC | 35.00% | 53.00%
18% | 36.00%
17% | 39.00%
3% | 40.00%
1% | 40.60% |
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Caldwell Community College and Technical InstituteHudson, NC | 23.00% | 27.00%
4% | 36.00%
9% | 35.00%
1% | 40.00%
5% | 32.20% |
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Cape Fear Community CollegeWilmington, NC | 23.00% | 24.00%
1% | 26.00%
2% | 26.00% | 29.00%
3% | 25.60% |
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Carteret Community CollegeMorehead City, NC | 36.00% | 38.00%
2% | 42.00%
4% | 43.00%
1% | 35.00%
8% | 38.80% |
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Catawba Valley Community CollegeHickory, NC | 26.00% | 36.00%
10% | 37.00%
1% | 36.00%
1% | 31.00%
5% | 33.20% |
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Central Carolina Community CollegeSanford, NC | 35.00% | 39.00%
4% | 34.00%
5% | 34.00% | 32.00%
2% | 34.80% |
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Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, NC | 18.00% | 20.00%
2% | 21.00%
1% | 21.00% | 22.00%
1% | 20.40% |
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Cleveland Community CollegeShelby, NC | 27.00% | 39.00%
12% | 33.00%
6% | 29.00%
4% | 33.00%
4% | 32.20% |
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Coastal Carolina Community CollegeJacksonville, NC | 25.00% | 33.00%
8% | 33.00% | 31.00%
2% | 37.00%
6% | 31.80% |
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Craven Community CollegeNew Bern, NC | 29.00% | 28.00%
1% | 30.00%
2% | 33.00%
3% | 38.00%
5% | 31.60% |
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Davidson-Davie Community CollegeThomasville, NC | 32.00% | 36.00%
4% | 32.00%
4% | 41.00%
9% | 36.00%
5% | 35.40% |
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Durham Technical Community CollegeDurham, NC | 15.00% | 21.00%
6% | 19.00%
2% | 26.00%
7% | 23.00%
3% | 20.80% |
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Edgecombe Community CollegeTarboro, NC | 16.00% | 43.00%
27% | 29.00%
14% | 18.00%
11% | 27.00%
9% | 26.60% |
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Fayetteville Technical Community CollegeFayetteville, NC | 20.00% | 16.00%
4% | 21.00%
5% | 18.00%
3% | 15.00%
3% | 18.00% |
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Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston-Salem, NC | 19.00% | 20.00%
1% | 29.00%
9% | 31.00%
2% | 28.00%
3% | 25.40% |
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Gaston CollegeDallas, NC | 31.00% | 30.00%
1% | 33.00%
3% | 38.00%
5% | 43.00%
5% | 35.00% |
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Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, NC | 20.00% | 22.00%
2% | 26.00%
4% | 29.00%
3% | 27.00%
2% | 24.80% |
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Halifax Community CollegeWeldon, NC | 27.00% | 30.00%
3% | 50.00%
20% | 41.00%
9% | 28.00%
13% | 35.20% |
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Haywood Community CollegeClyde, NC | 24.00% | 40.00%
16% | 48.00%
8% | 33.00%
15% | 28.00%
5% | 34.60% |
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Isothermal Community CollegeSpindale, NC | 21.00% | 34.00%
13% | 36.00%
2% | 40.00%
4% | 53.00%
13% | 36.80% |
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James Sprunt Community CollegeKenansville, NC | 28.00% | 21.00%
7% | 34.00%
13% | 28.00%
6% | 34.00%
6% | 29.00% |
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Johnston Community CollegeSmithfield, NC | 39.00% | 31.00%
8% | 36.00%
5% | 43.00%
7% | 47.00%
4% | 39.20% |
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Lenoir Community CollegeKinston, NC | 19.00% | 29.00%
10% | 35.00%
6% | 26.00%
9% | 28.00%
2% | 27.40% |
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Louisburg CollegeLouisburg, NC | 30.00% | 22.00%
8% | 21.00%
1% | 73.00%
52% | 69.00%
4% | 43.00% |
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Martin Community CollegeWilliamston, NC | 18.00% | 26.00%
8% | 37.00%
11% | 38.00%
1% | 47.00%
9% | 33.20% |
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Mayland Community CollegeSpruce Pine, NC | 48.00% | 49.00%
1% | 28.00%
21% | 51.00%
23% | 24.00%
27% | 40.00% |
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McDowell Technical Community CollegeMarion, NC | 30.00% | 28.00%
2% | 41.00%
13% | 47.00%
6% | 45.00%
2% | 38.20% |
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Mitchell Community CollegeStatesville, NC | 28.00% | 25.00%
3% | 27.00%
2% | 33.00%
6% | 30.00%
3% | 28.60% |
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Montgomery Community CollegeTroy, NC | 27.00% | 55.00%
28% | 57.00%
2% | 53.00%
4% | 34.00%
19% | 45.20% |
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Nash Community CollegeRocky Mount, NC | 17.00% | 18.00%
1% | 22.00%
4% | 29.00%
7% | 39.00%
10% | 25.00% |
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Pamlico Community CollegeGrantsboro, NC | 62.00% | 69.00%
7% | 45.00%
24% | 81.00%
36% | 18.00%
63% | 55.00% |
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Piedmont Community CollegeRoxboro, NC | 37.00% | 33.00%
4% | 36.00%
3% | 39.00%
3% | 30.00%
9% | 35.00% |
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Pitt Community CollegeWinterville, NC | 22.00% | 27.00%
5% | 23.00%
4% | 26.00%
3% | 27.00%
1% | 25.00% |
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Randolph Community CollegeAsheboro, NC | 42.00% | 47.00%
5% | 36.00%
11% | 40.00%
4% | 39.00%
1% | 40.80% |
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Richmond Community CollegeHamlet, NC | 23.00% | 38.00%
15% | 40.00%
2% | 36.00%
4% | 34.00%
2% | 34.20% |
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Roanoke-Chowan Community CollegeAhoskie, NC | 18.00% | 15.00%
3% | 22.00%
7% | 29.00%
7% | 46.00%
17% | 26.00% |
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Robeson Community CollegeLumberton, NC | 22.00% | 21.00%
1% | 35.00%
14% | 31.00%
4% | 41.00%
10% | 30.00% |
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Rockingham Community CollegeWentworth, NC | 27.00% | 27.00% | 26.00%
1% | 32.00%
6% | 22.00%
10% | 26.80% |
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Rowan-Cabarrus Community CollegeSalisbury, NC | 26.00% | 25.00%
1% | 29.00%
4% | 30.00%
1% | 30.00% | 28.00% |
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Sampson Community CollegeClinton, NC | 21.00% | 64.00%
43% | 49.00%
15% | 39.00%
10% | 30.00%
9% | 40.60% |
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Sandhills Community CollegePinehurst, NC | 21.00% | 30.00%
9% | 40.00%
10% | 41.00%
1% | 39.00%
2% | 34.20% |
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Southeastern Community CollegeWhiteville, NC | 20.00% | 41.00%
21% | 44.00%
3% | 39.00%
5% | 37.00%
2% | 36.20% |
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Southwestern Community CollegeSylva, NC | 41.00% | 49.00%
8% | 44.00%
5% | 39.00%
5% | 45.00%
6% | 43.60% |
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Stanly Community CollegeAlbemarle, NC | 48.00% | 44.00%
4% | 38.00%
6% | 56.00%
18% | 37.00%
19% | 44.60% |
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Surry Community CollegeDobson, NC | 30.00% | 31.00%
1% | 35.00%
4% | 38.00%
3% | 27.00%
11% | 32.20% |
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Alamance Community CollegeGraham, NC | 23.00% | 29.00%
6% | 27.00%
2% | 29.00%
2% | 32.00%
3% | 28.00% |
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Tri-County Community CollegeMurphy, NC | 26.00% | 22.00%
4% | 40.00%
18% | 32.00%
8% | 36.00%
4% | 31.20% |
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Vance-Granville Community CollegeHenderson, NC | 43.00% | 36.00%
7% | 39.00%
3% | 32.00%
7% | 31.00%
1% | 36.20% |
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Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, NC | 18.00% | 25.00%
7% | 27.00%
2% | 27.00% | 31.00%
4% | 25.60% |
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Wayne Community CollegeGoldsboro, NC | 26.00% | 45.00%
19% | 48.00%
3% | 42.00%
6% | 48.00%
6% | 41.80% |
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Western Piedmont Community CollegeMorganton, NC | 32.00% | 42.00%
10% | 40.00%
2% | 50.00%
10% | 39.00%
11% | 40.60% |
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Wilkes Community CollegeWilkesboro, NC | 38.00% | 37.00%
1% | 38.00%
1% | 45.00%
7% | 54.00%
9% | 42.40% |
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Wilson Community CollegeWilson, NC | 24.00% | 20.00%
4% | 29.00%
9% | 34.00%
5% | 22.00%
12% | 25.80% |
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NASCAR Technical InstituteMooresville, NC | 59.00% | 57.00%
2% | 56.00%
1% | 57.00%
1% | 49.00%
8% | 55.60% |
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Southeastern College-CharlotteCharlotte, NC | 77.00% | - | - | 84.00% | 56.00%
28% | 72.33% |
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Miller-Motte College-RaleighRaleigh, NC | 44.00% | 42.00%
2% | 44.00%
2% | 56.00%
12% | 37.00%
19% | 44.60% |
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Health And Style InstituteGreensboro, NC | 31.00% | 75.00%
44% | 35.00%
40% | 40.00%
5% | 37.00%
3% | 43.60% |
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Miller-Motte College-FayettevilleFayetteville, NC | 62.00% | 41.00%
21% | 54.00%
13% | 62.00%
8% | 39.00%
23% | 51.60% |
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Miller-Motte College-JacksonvilleJacksonville, NC | 56.00% | 50.00%
6% | 53.00%
3% | 66.00%
13% | 62.00%
4% | 57.40% |
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MyComputerCareer at RaleighRaleigh, NC | 76.00% | - | - | - | 72.00% | 74.00% |
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Aviation Institute of Maintenance-CharlotteCharlotte, NC | - | - | - | - | 70.00% | 70.00% |
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Gaston CollegeDallas, NC | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00% |
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| Average | 30.62% | 34.17%
3.55% | 35.63%
1.45% | 39.28%
3.65% | 37.39%
1.89% | 35.42% |
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