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Southeastern Community College

Whiteville, North Carolina·Public, 2-year·Southeast·sccnc.edu
6-yr Graduation
43%
—
Total enrollment
1,426
peer median 1,523
Avg net price
$9,148
+$4.3k vs Community College
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About

Southeastern Community College is a public community college with its main campus between Chadbourn and Whiteville, North Carolina. It was founded in 1964 and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award certificates, diplomas, and associate degrees. The college is part of the North Carolina Community College System.

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

IPEDS
Overall completion
43%
Full-time retention
57%

Pell equity

18.7pp gap
Pell recipients
53%18 of 34
Non-Pell (all)
34%12 of 35
No Federal Aid
34%12 of 35

Pell recipients here graduate at a 18.7-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, 4 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 32 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
36
Passing
4
11.1% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

36programs
  • Passing4 · 11.1%
  • No Data32 · 88.9%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
0
Safe
3
No data
32

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.

4
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Associate Degree · Education
+8.1%
$34,811 vs $32,203
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+28.8%
$41,492 vs $32,203
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians
Associate Degree · Engineering Technologies/Technicians
+69.4%
$54,536 vs $32,203
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+147.5%
$79,711 vs $32,203

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 1967Next review Dec 2027

Action history · 10

  1. May 2025Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  2. Jun 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. Jun 2023Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  5. Jun 2023Grant Substantive Change: Other
    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$8,660
$30–48k$9,330
$48–75k$12,051
$75–110k—
$110k+—

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

Avg net price
$9,148
+$4,344vs Community College median $4,804
Federal loans
0.0%
In-state tuition
$2,600
Out-of-state
$8,744

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, 818 students received $3.7M in Pell grants.

Pell recipients
818
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$3.7M
$3,713,394 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 66 borrowers who entered repayment, 8 (12.1%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
12.1%
+9.8pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
66
Defaulted
8
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
14.5%
2017
16.6%
2018
13.4%
2019
12.1%
2020*
6.0%
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 SCCNC

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs24
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

267 total completions
01Liberal Arts
15457.7%
02Health Professions
4918.4%
03Business
155.6%
04Engineering Tech
155.6%
05Education
134.9%
06Personal/Culinary
72.6%
07Precision Production
51.9%
08Computer Sciences
31.1%
09Mechanic
31.1%
10Comm. Technologies
31.1%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

IPEDS
Fall total
1,426
12-mo unduplicated
1,944
Undergraduate
1,944
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
36%708
Women
64%1,236

Race / ethnicity composition

White
53.8%
Black
22.4%
Unknown
8.3%
Hispanic
6.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native
4.5%
Two or more
3.7%
Asian
0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.2%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

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

EADA
Athletes
50
40 M · 10 W
Women athletes
20.0%
Athletic aid
$14K
Total student aid
Budget
$110K
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$8K
$7K
Recruiting expense
$0
$0
Head-coach salaries
$15K
$15K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 2

Baseball
40 M · —
$53K
Softball
— · 10 W
$47K

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 · 1,397 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
0
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
1
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
    1
    Dating violence
    0
    Stalking
    1 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

    Hate crimes by bias

    No hate crimes reported.

    Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

    CategoryArrestsReferrals
    Weapons10
    Drugs00
    Liquor00

    Residence-hall fires

    No residence-hall fires reported.

    Data quality: 1 report was later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.

    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)
    46

    SCCNC vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions SCCNC 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
    SubjectSoutheastern Community College
    		43%—1,426$9,148Community College
    Beaufort County Community College
    		——1,856$6,500Community College
    Bladen Community College
    		——1,173$9,551Community College
    Brunswick Community College
    		——2,009$9,009Community College
    Edgecombe Community College
    		——1,397$0Community College
    James Sprunt Community College
    		——1,519$1,863Community College
    Robeson Community College
    		——2,238$2,892Community College
    Sampson Community College
    		——1,526$3,108Community College
    Peer group median43%—1,523$4,804

    Institutions like SCCNC

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

    IPEDS

    SCCNC Institutional Research office

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

    Office
    Office of Institutional Research

    The college’s goal is to be at least above the average college percentage for each student achievement goal.

    Visit IR office page
    Team
    1 member
    • Carol Ann Lydon
      Associate Dean, Institutional Research

    Research funding

    External research funding from NSF, NIH, HERD, and federal spending sources.

    NSF
    NSF awards
    $468,929
    USA Spending
    $5,778,554
    All sources
    $6,247,483

    Reports & documents (2)

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

    Grants & funding (4)

    Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.

    USA Spending

    Frequently asked questions about Southeastern Community College

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about SCCNC.

    What is the graduation rate at Southeastern Community College?

    Southeastern Community College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 43% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend Southeastern Community College?

    Southeastern Community College reports a total enrollment of 1,426 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at Southeastern Community College?

    The average net price at Southeastern Community College is $9,148 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    Where is Southeastern Community College located?

    Southeastern Community College is located in Whiteville, North Carolina 28472-5422.

    Who runs Institutional Research at Southeastern Community College?

    Southeastern Community College's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Research.

    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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