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James Sprunt Community College

Kenansville, North Carolina·Public, 2-year·Southeast·jamessprunt.edu
6-yr Graduation
48%
—
Total enrollment
1,519
peer median 2,024
Avg net price
$1,863
-$6.7k vs Community College
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About

James Sprunt Community College is a public community college in Kenansville, North Carolina. Founded in 1860 as James Sprunt Technical Institute, the college is named for James Menzies Sprunt (1818–1884), a Scottish immigrant who became a teacher, Presbyterian minister, and the longtime pastor of Grove Presbyterian Church in Kenansville. It is part of the North Carolina Community College System, and primarily serves Duplin County, North Carolina

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

IPEDS
Overall completion
48%
Full-time retention
77%

Pell equity

8.5pp gap
Pell recipients
51%37 of 73
Non-Pell (all)
43%17 of 40
No Federal Aid
43%17 of 40

Pell recipients here graduate at a 8.5-point higher rate than non-Pell students, unusual and worth a closer look.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

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 36 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 2 fail. 34 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
36
Passing
0
0.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
2
5.6% of portfolio
Fail rate
5.6%
+5.0pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

36programs
  • Passing0 · 0.0%
  • No Data34 · 94.4%
  • Failing2 · 5.6%

Severity spectrum

Critical
1
Severe
0
Recoverable
1
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
0
No data
34

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
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Associate Degree · Education
-17.0%
$26,744 vs $32,203
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
-4.9%
$30,639 vs $32,203

Near the line (±5%)

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

1
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
-4.9%
−$1,564

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 1973Next review Jun 2029

Action history · 10

  1. Jun 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  2. Nov 2024Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  3. Jun 2024Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  4. May 2024Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  5. Jun 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    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$376
$30–48k$1,754
$48–75k$4,149
$75–110k$7,526
$110k+—

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

Avg net price
$1,863
-$6,664vs Community College median $8,527
Federal loans
0.0%
In-state tuition
$2,592
Out-of-state
$8,736

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, 710 students received $3.6M in Pell grants.

Pell recipients
710
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$3.6M
$3,559,982 total

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
1k
’23
1k
’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 45 borrowers who entered repayment, 5 (11.1%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
11.1%
+8.8pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
45
Defaulted
5
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
18.7%
2017
15.0%
2018
15.5%
2019
11.1%
2020*
8.6%
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 Jamessprunt

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs27
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

261 total completions
01Liberal Arts
16462.8%
02Health Professions
3011.5%
03Education
249.2%
04Business
155.7%
05Personal/Culinary
83.1%
06Agriculture
62.3%
07Security/Protective
41.5%
08Mechanic
41.5%
09Computer Sciences
41.5%
10Visual/Performing Arts
20.8%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

IPEDS
Fall total
1,519
12-mo unduplicated
1,865
Undergraduate
1,865
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
32%600
Women
68%1,265

Race / ethnicity composition

White
37.7%
Black
32.0%
Hispanic
23.4%
Two or more
2.8%
Non-resident
2.3%
Unknown
1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.4%
Asian
0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

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 · 1,376 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
0
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
    12.0:1
    Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
    52

    Jamessprunt vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions Jamessprunt 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
    SubjectJames Sprunt Community College
    		48%—1,519$1,863Community College
    Beaufort County Community College
    		——1,856$6,500Community College
    Blue Ridge Community College
    		——3,790$13,997Community College
    Brunswick Community College
    		——2,009$9,009Community College
    Carl Sandburg College
    		——1,603$3,662Community College
    Clinton Community College
    		——1,067$9,112Community College
    Coconino Community College
    		——2,524$13,996Community College
    Columbia-Greene Community College
    		——1,616$6,559Community College
    Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas
    		——1,312$4,385Community College
    Craven Community College
    		——3,103$3,289Community College
    Enterprise State Community College
    		——2,699$12,609Community College
    Independence Community College
    		——764$3,265Community College
    Isothermal Community College
    		——1,918$10,758Community College
    Jackson State Community College
    		——3,518$6,236Community College
    Jamestown Community College
    		——4,054$9,850Community College
    Jefferson Community College
    		——2,319$11,923Community College
    Lassen Community College
    		——2,038$12,517Community College
    Lincoln Trail College
    		———$8,719Community College
    Missouri State University-West Plains
    		——1,919$9,750Community College
    New Mexico Military Institute
    		—52.6%463$4,571Community College
    Palo Verde College
    		——3,833$18,993Community College
    Patrick & Henry Community College
    		——1,908$4,102Community College
    Randolph Community College
    		——2,814$6,918Community College
    South Mountain Community College
    		——4,516$12,780Community College
    Southwestern Oregon Community College
    		——1,551$8,527Community College
    St Clair County Community College
    		——3,317$5,571Community College
    Sussex County Community College
    		——2,247$7,859Community College
    Umpqua Community College
    		——2,582$8,340Community College
    University of South Carolina-Salkehatchie
    		—76.0%799$9,229Community College
    Peer group median48%64.3%2,024$8,527

    Institutions like Jamessprunt

    Explore the federal data for institutions in Jamessprunt's comparison group.

    IPEDS

    Jamessprunt Institutional Research office

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

    Office
    Office of Institutional Effectiveness
    Email
    njhatcher [at] jamessprunt.edu
    Phone
    910-275-6163
    Address
    133 James Sprunt Drive, P.O. Box 398, Kenansville, NC 28349

    The office is involved in the strategic planning process and the development of the Quality Enhancement Plan which focuses on learning outcomes and the environment supporting student learning and accomplishing the mission of the institution.

    Visit IR office page
    Team
    1 member
    • Norma Jean Hatcher
      Director of Research, Planning, and Institutional Effectiveness

    Reports & documents (1)

    Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

    Frequently asked questions about James Sprunt Community College

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Jamessprunt.

    What is the graduation rate at James Sprunt Community College?

    James Sprunt Community College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 48% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend James Sprunt Community College?

    James Sprunt Community College reports a total enrollment of 1,519 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at James Sprunt Community College?

    The average net price at James Sprunt Community College is $1,863 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    Where is James Sprunt Community College located?

    James Sprunt Community College is located in Kenansville, North Carolina 28349.

    Who runs Institutional Research at James Sprunt Community College?

    James Sprunt Community College's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness.

    About the data on this page

    Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

    IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
    Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
    National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
    College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
    Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
    U.S. Department of Education
    FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
    Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
    U.S. Department of Education
    DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
    Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
    Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
    Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
    Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
    Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
    Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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