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Central Carolina Community College was awarded 13 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is personal & culinary services.
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College Factual ranked Central Carolina Community College as #1,405 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list.
Central Carolina Community College also holds the #44 spot on the Best Colleges in North Carolina ranking.
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If you are worried about getting into Central Carolina Community College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
At Central Carolina Community College, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 12 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Central Carolina Community College is 26%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Central Carolina Community College is 70%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,154 undergraduates at Central Carolina Community College with 1,652 being full-time and 3,502 being part-time.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Central Carolina Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Central Carolina Community College, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $5,190 a year. That adds up to $20,760 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Central Carolina Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1105 Kelly Dr, Sanford, NC 27330-9840 |
| Phone: | 919-775-5401 |
| Website: | www.cccc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 301 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 66 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 66 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 65 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 56 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 56 | NA |
| Cosmetology | 48 | NA |
| Dental Support Services | 34 | NA |
| Electronics Engineering Technology | 33 | NA |
| Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians | 30 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 4,246 students took at least one online class at Central Carolina Community College. This is an increase from the 4,073 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 4,246 | 2,526 |
| 2021-2022 | 4,073 | 1,630 |
| 2020-2021 | 5,042 | 5,007 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,758 | 840 |
Learn more about online learning at Central Carolina Community College.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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