Public

Carolinas College of Health Sciences

Charlotte, North Carolina·Public, 4-year or above·Southeast·carolinascollege.edu
6-yr Graduation
100%
Total enrollment
632
peer median 1,873
Use this data
Ask Clema

Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

Applied
207
207 candidates competed
Admitted
124
59.9% acceptance rate
Enrolled
72
58.1% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

Overall completion
100%

Pell equity

0.0pp gap
Pell recipients
100%
Non-Pell
100%

Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates — a notably small equity gap.

Program outcomes

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

Of 10 Title IV programs, 2 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 8 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
10
Passing
2
20.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

10programs
  • Passing2 · 20.0%
  • No Data8 · 80.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
2
No data
8

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.

2
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+77.8%
$57,269 vs $32,203
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+131.8%
$74,659 vs $32,203

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

3
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
25%
$14,502 debt · $57,269 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
19%
$13,832 debt · $74,659 earn
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
8%
$5,500 debt · $70,222 earn

Accreditation status & history

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

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Accredited since 1995Next review Dec 2025

Programmatic accreditations · 5

Action history · 16

  1. Sep 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
  2. Jan 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RADTT) - Programs for radiation therapists
  3. Dec 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RADTT) - Programs for radiation therapists
  4. Oct 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
  5. Mar 2024Initial Accreditation
    Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Medical Dosimetry (MD) - Programs for medical dosimetrists

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by income not reported.
Federal loans
44.5%
In-state tuition
$19,095
Out-of-state
$19,095

Federal aid volume & trends

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

In AY 2024–25, 205 students received $808K in Pell grants, alongside $1.8M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
205
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$808K
$808,000 total
Direct Loans
$1.8M
532 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

0k
20
0k
21
0k
22
0k
23
0k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$703K
265 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$1.1M
266 loan awards
Parent PLUS$6K
1 loan awards

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.

Of 176 borrowers who entered repayment, 2 (1.1%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.1%
-1.2pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
176
Defaulted
2
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
3.3%
2017
4.6%
2018
2.3%
2019
1.1%
2020*
0.0%
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 CCHS

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs9
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

130 total completions
01Health Professions
130100.0%
02Liberal Arts
00.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

Fall total
632
12-mo unduplicated
635
Undergraduate
635
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
14%86
Women
86%549

Race / ethnicity composition

White
46.0%
Unknown
20.3%
Black
18.6%
Hispanic
7.6%
Two or more
3.4%
Asian
2.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
1.2%
Non-resident
0.2%

Campus safety & crime statistics

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

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 409 students

3-year trend

50.582 yrs ago6.341 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
29
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.

    Student-to-faculty
    7.0:1
    Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
    50

    CCHS vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions CCHS selected for federal comparison reporting.

    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
    SubjectCarolinas College of Health Sciences
    100%632
    Martin Community College
    891$3,337Community College
    Tri-County Community College
    1,023$4,584Community College
    College of the Albemarle
    2,905$4,751Community College
    Blue Ridge Community College
    2,723$8,829Community College
    Mitchell Community College
    3,979$5,761Community College
    Peer group median100%1,873$4,751

    Frequently asked questions about Carolinas College of Health Sciences

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about CCHS.

    What is the graduation rate at Carolinas College of Health Sciences?

    Carolinas College of Health Sciences reports a 6-year graduation rate of 100% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend Carolinas College of Health Sciences?

    Carolinas College of Health Sciences reports a total enrollment of 632 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the yield rate at Carolinas College of Health Sciences?

    Carolinas College of Health Sciences's yield rate is 58.1%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

    Where is Carolinas College of Health Sciences located?

    Carolinas College of Health Sciences is located in Charlotte, North Carolina 28217.

    Have a question this page can’t answer?

    Ask Clema anything about Carolinas College of Health Sciences and its peers — plain language in, cited answers out, in minutes instead of days.

    Free for teams up to 3 · No credit card