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Rockingham Community College Data & Information Overview

57 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
This overview covers the essential stats on Rockingham Community College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
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How Well Is Rockingham Community College Ranked?

#1,598 Best Colleges in Nation
#53 Best Colleges in NC
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

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Rockingham Community College was awarded 57 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is emergency medical technology/technician (emt paramedic).

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Overall Quality

RCC is ranked #1,598 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when RCC held the #1,620 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

RCC is also ranked #53 out of 93 schools in North Carolina.

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Is It Hard to Get Into RCC?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

If you are worried about getting into Rockingham 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.

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Rockingham Community College Faculty

11 to 1 Student to Faculty
29% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at RCC it is much better at 11 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Rockingham Community College is 29%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  29 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Rockingham Community College

56% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Rockingham Community College this rate is 56%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  56 out of 100
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Rockingham Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

522 Full-Time Undergraduates
29.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
59.4% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,922 undergraduates at RCC with 522 being full-time and 1,400 being part-time.

How Much Does Rockingham Community College Cost?

$6,604 Net Price
1% Take Out Loans
$32,000 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of RCC is $6,604. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

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 RCC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At RCC, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $8,000 a year. That adds up to $32,000 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do RCC Graduates Make?

$31,310 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from RCC make about $31,310 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is about 26% less that the average pay for college graduates overall. However, graduates with your major may make more.

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Location of Rockingham Community College

North Carolina State
522 Full-Time Undergraduates
Rural Campus Setting
Rockingham Community College is a public institution located in Wentworth, North Carolina. RCC is located in the countryside, which is perfect for students who enjoy a rural lifestyle.

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Contact details for RCC are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 215 Wrenn Memorial Road, Wentworth, NC 27375
Phone: 336-342-4261
Website: https://www.rockinghamcc.edu/

Rockingham Community College Majors

18 Majors With Completions
263 Undergraduate Degrees
Learn more about the majors offered at Rockingham Community College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at RCC

67% Take At Least One Class Online
34% Take All Classes Online

Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.

In 2020-2021, 1,260 students took at least one online class at Rockingham Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,907 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 1,260 639
2019-2020 1,907 1,866
2018-2019 975 246
2017-2018 866 251
2016-2017 912 262

Learn more about online learning at Rockingham Community College.

Notes and References

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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