10-yr median earnings
$40,672
Federal aid recipients only
Private Nonprofit · Winston Salem, North Carolina
Carolina Christian College
Carolina Christian College is a private nonprofit institution in Winston Salem, North Carolina. as a private nonprofit, published Scorecard outcomes cover federal-aid recipients at this campus — endowment and sticker price sit outside those cohort fields.
- $40,672
- 10-yr median earnings
- $22,366
- Avg net price / yr
The verdict
Carolina Christian College posts above-median former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- Top 50%
- former-student earnings, US
City: Large
Carnegie: Special Focus (4yr)
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Carolina Christian College profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
D
College Value Score
41/100
Carolina Christian College
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings D
$40,672
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price F
$22,366
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate N/A
N/A
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$22,366
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
Not reported
Full-time, first-time cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Carolina Christian College vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Carolina Christian College ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Carolina Christian College: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$40,672 Top 50% higher than 50% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Carolina Christian College | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $40,672 | #2569 of 5103 | 50th |
| Average net price | $22,366 | #3529 of 5020 | 30th (lower is better) |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 52 | #4897 of 5462 | 10th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
52
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
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SAT average
-
150%-time completion
$40,672
10-yr median earnings
0.0%
First-year retention
How Carolina Christian College ranks in North Carolina
State rank among 147 reporting North Carolina colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Carolina Christian College | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $40,672 | #52 of 147 | 65th |
| Average net price | $22,366 | #116 of 146 | 21st (lower is better) |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 52 | #143 of 153 | 7th |
Highest former-student earnings in North Carolina
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duke University | $97,800 | $29,612 |
| 2 | Chamberlain University-North Carolina | $92,405 | $38,436 |
| 3 | Davidson College | $81,400 | $17,379 |
| 4 | Wake Forest University | $78,158 | $28,719 |
| 5 | Elon University | $74,545 | $41,555 |
| 6 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $72,200 | $11,655 |
| 7 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | $68,758 | $17,303 |
| 8 | Carolinas College of Health Sciences | $64,624 | - |
| 9 | Galen Health Institutes-Asheville | $61,480 | $28,602 |
| 10 | High Point University | $61,389 | $38,707 |
| 11 | Cabarrus College of Health Sciences | $58,708 | $17,618 |
| 12 | Queens University of Charlotte | $57,673 | $30,857 |
| 52 | Carolina Christian CollegeThis school | $40,672 | $22,366 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition & Net Price
| In-State Tuition | $9,970 |
| Out-of-State Tuition | $9,970 |
| Average Net Price | $22,366 |
Net Price by Family Income
| $30,001 – $48,000 | $21,780 |
48.1%
Pell Grant Rate
63.0%
Federal Loan Rate
What students pay at Carolina Christian College rose +100.2% since 2013
Average net price for the reported Title IV-recipient cohort went from $5,718 in 2013 to $11,448 in 2023, a rise of $5,730 in nominal dollars. Across the 4,315 colleges measured over the same 2013–2023 span, the median change was +14.6%.
6 reported years (years the source did not report are left as gaps). Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $5,7182023 · $11,448
Over the same years, enrollment went +47.2% (36 → 53 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
Outcomes
0.0%
Retention Rate
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| First-year retention | First-time, full-time freshmen | 0.0% |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $40,672 |
Programs & Earnings
No program-level earnings data available for this school.
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Similar 2013–2023 Net-Price Trend
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Carolina Christian College? ▼
Carolina Christian College is a private nonprofit institution in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Undergraduate enrollment is 52 students.
How much do Carolina Christian College former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Carolina Christian College who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $40,672 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates.
How much does Carolina Christian College cost? ▼
The average net price at Carolina Christian College is $22,366. In-state tuition is $9,970 and out-of-state tuition is $9,970.
Sources & methodology
Private-nonprofit profiles emphasize Scorecard cost-after-aid and completion alongside IPEDS Carnegie class. Endowment, gifts, and sticker price are not Scorecard fields on this page.
Figures are the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrievals. Nonprofit campuses vary widely in aid practice — net price here is the Title-IV-recipient cohort average, not an individual award letter. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
Where to go next from Carolina Christian College
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Nonprofit Scorecard medians describe federal-aid recipients who were working and not enrolled — they are not sticker-price ROI and not advice.
Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Private-nonprofit profiles compile Scorecard net-price and earnings cohorts with IPEDS structure fields — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.