Beaufort County Community College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Beaufort County Community College

Beaufort County Community College operates as a public institution located in Washington, North Carolina (rural: fringe), with a total reported enrollment of 1,074 students of which 2,523 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Beaufort County Community College is categorized as “2” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. Admission rate data is not currently reported for this institution. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $6,500, with published in-state tuition of $2,540 and a Pell grant recipient share of 33.2%.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable, rising to 42.9% at six years. Graduates earn a median of $32,519 ten years after enrolling, compared with $27,973 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 52800.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 40.7% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.