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Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute

Hudson, North Carolina·Public, 2-year·Southeast·cccti.edu
6-yr Graduation
45%
—
Total enrollment
3,914
peer median 2,814
Avg net price
$5,517
+$160 vs Community College
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Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
45%
Full-time retention
71%

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 49 Title IV programs, 6 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 43 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
49
Passing
6
12.2% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

49programs
  • Passing6 · 12.2%
  • No Data43 · 87.8%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
1
Safe
4
No data
43

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

6
Business Administration Management and Operations
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+1.6%
$32,708 vs $32,203
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+13.2%
$36,453 vs $32,203
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+28.8%
$41,493 vs $32,203
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+29.5%
$41,713 vs $32,203
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+78.5%
$57,487 vs $32,203
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+148.4%
$80,000 vs $32,203

Near the line (±5%)

Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.

1
Business Administration Management and Operations
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+1.6%
+$505

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Accredited since 1969Next review Jun 2027

Programmatic accreditations · 5

Action history · 10

  1. Mar 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
  2. Dec 2023Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  3. Dec 2023Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  4. Apr 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
  5. Dec 2022Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$4,700
$30–48k$5,543
$48–75k$6,613
$75–110k$9,407
$110k+—

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$5,517
+$160vs Community College median $5,357
Federal loans
0.0%
In-state tuition
$2,537
Out-of-state
$8,681

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 1,568 students received $7.4M in Pell grants.

Pell recipients
1,568
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$7.4M
$7,357,745 total

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
1k
’23
2k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

No Direct Loan volume reported.

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 131 borrowers who entered repayment, 11 (8.3%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
8.3%
+6.0pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
131
Defaulted
11
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
11.1%
2017
11.5%
2018
5.4%
2019
8.3%
2020*
3.3%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at CCCTI

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs37
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

659 total completions
01Liberal Arts
35654.0%
02Health Professions
17526.6%
03Business
294.4%
04Engineering Tech
243.6%
05Computer Sciences
223.3%
06Personal/Culinary
162.4%
07Precision Production
142.1%
08Security/Protective
111.7%
09Education
71.1%
10Mechanic
50.8%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
3,914
12-mo unduplicated
4,834
Undergraduate
4,834
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
37%1,803
Women
63%3,031

Race / ethnicity composition

White
76.4%
Hispanic
9.2%
Black
5.7%
Unknown
3.5%
Two or more
1.9%
Asian
1.5%
Non-resident
0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
78
52 M · 26 W
Women athletes
33.3%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$312K
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$70
$0
Head-coach salaries
$15K
$13K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 4

Baseball
38 M · —
$89K
Softball
— · 15 W
$63K
Basketball
14 M · —
$58K
Volleyball
— · 11 W
$45K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 3,703 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.281 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
1
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
0
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

No criminal offenses reported.

By location

0total

    VAWA offenses

    0
    Domestic violence
    0
    Dating violence
    0
    Stalking
    0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

    Hate crimes by bias

    No hate crimes reported.

    Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

    CategoryArrestsReferrals
    Weapons00
    Drugs00
    Liquor00

    Residence-hall fires

    No residence-hall fires reported.

    Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

    Student-faculty ratio

    Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

    IPEDS
    Student-to-faculty
    15.0:1
    Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
    129

    CCCTI vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions CCCTI selected for federal comparison reporting.

    IPEDS
    GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
    This institutionPeer median

    A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

    Carnegie
    SubjectCaldwell Community College and Technical Institute
    		45%—3,914$5,517Community College
    Alamance Community College
    		——4,827$16,465Community College
    Blue Ridge Community College
    		——2,723$8,829Community College
    Catawba Valley Community College
    		——4,904$9,415Community College
    Cleveland Community College
    		——1,558$414Community College
    Coastal Carolina Community College
    		——3,659$7,779Community College
    Craven Community College
    		——3,103$4,402Community College
    Davidson-Davie Community College
    		——4,305$7,258Community College
    Edgecombe Community College
    		——1,397$6,073Community College
    Haywood Community College
    		——1,395$3,834Community College
    Johnston Community College
    		——5,371$3,946Community College
    Mitchell Community College
    		——3,979$5,761Community College
    Nash Community College
    		——2,780$4,477Community College
    Piedmont Community College
    		——896$5,215Community College
    Randolph Community College
    		——2,814$7,242Community College
    Sandhills Community College
    		——4,115$8,596Community College
    Southwestern Community College
    		——2,157$4,928Community College
    Surry Community College
    		——2,796$4,707Community College
    Wayne Community College
    		——3,626$4,152Community College
    Western Piedmont Community College
    		——1,813$5,357Community College
    Wilkes Community College
    		——2,593-$28Community College
    Peer group median45%—2,814$5,357

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    IPEDS

    CCCTI Institutional Research office

    The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

    Team
    1 member
    • Kate Benoit
      Institutional Researcher

    Frequently asked questions about Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about CCCTI.

    What is the graduation rate at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute?

    Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute reports a 6-year graduation rate of 45% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute?

    Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute reports a total enrollment of 3,914 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute?

    The average net price at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute is $5,517 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    Where is Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute located?

    Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute is located in Hudson, North Carolina 28638.

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