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South Piedmont Community College

Polkton, NC · Rural · 1,833 students
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$6,675
Average net priceYour net price
In-state · 2023-24
<30
30–48
48–75
75–110
110+
By household income — tap a bar
37%
Graduation rate
Entered fall 2017 & 2018
31% typical
$37,308
Earnings 10 years on
Measured 2020 & 2021
$40,902 typical
Open admission
Acceptance rate
78% typical · not scored
Accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
About

South Piedmont Community College (SPCC) is best known for delivering affordable career technical education and seamless four-year university transfer pathways to students in the Charlotte region. The institution features notable academic strength in nursing and allied health, agribusiness, electric utility lineman technology, and advanced manufacturing. Campus culture is supportive and practical, offering small class sizes, flexible scheduling, and personalized instruction tailored to working adults, commuter students, and local high schoolers. Distinctively, SPCC leverages deep regional industry partnerships to provide specialized hands-on training that directly guarantees workforce readiness and employment in growing local sectors.


Wikipedia:South Piedmont Community College is a public community college in North Carolina consisting of two campuses and two auxiliary centers in Anson and Union counties. It is part of the North Carolina Community College System.

Location
Polkton, NC, 28135 · Rural campus
✈
Nearest airport from college
RDU · Raleigh-Durham
100 mi away
Cost & aid
Cost of attendance
These figures are federal data and may be out of date.
In-stateOut-of-state
Tuition & fees$2,022$6,630
Books & supplies$1,400$1,400
Cost of attendance$16,111$20,719 est.
Average net price$6,675Not published
Out-of-state prices
Tuition & fees$6,630
In-state: $2,022
Books & supplies$1,400
Cost of attendance$20,719 est.
In-state: $16,111
Average net priceNot published
In-state: $6,675
est. = the in-state cost of attendance with out-of-state tuition swapped in; no out-of-state figure is published.
Net price by family income · in-state students, 2023-24
$0–30k
$4,948
$30–48k
$5,576
$48–75k
$7,866
$75–110k
$11,281
$110k+
$16,111
Outcomes
Completion
Within 6 yrs
37%
Entered 2017–18
8 yrs after starting · first-time, full-time students
32% graduated · 26% transferred · 1% still enrolled · 42% left or unknown
Earnings · measured 2020 & 2021
6 yrs after entry$31,212
10 yrs after entry$37,308
Green marks a figure above the typical Associate's — high transfer: 31% graduate within 6 yrs.
Admissions

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Student Body
Gender
Men 32%Women 68%
Who enrolls
Faculty ratio
19 : 1
Pell grant
17%
First-gen
47%
Family income
$19,637
Independent
50%
Age at entry
25.0
Part-time
67%
Race & ethnicity
White
47%
Hispanic
21%
Black
22%
Asian
2%
Two or more
3%
Non-resident
1%
Unknown
4%
Varsity sports

No data. This school isn't in the U.S. Department of Education's athletics (EADA) file, so we can't list its teams. That doesn't mean it has none.

Institutional
Resources
Endowment
$3M
Full-time faculty
33%
Faculty salary
$6,334/mo
Teaching spend
$5,102
per student
Federal loans
0%
Classification
Carnegie type
Associate's — high transfer
Undergraduate profile
Two-year, mostly part-time

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