Sampson Community College
Sampson Community College is a public community college in Clinton, NC, with about 595 students on campus and 1,085 more studying only online. Price, graduation and earnings figures on this page count online students too.
Sampson Community College, in brief
Most of Sampson Community College’s students study online
About 1,085 students take classes only online, against 595 on campus. Price, graduation and earnings figures on this page count online students too, so they describe the online college as much as the campus. The students ↓
Sampson Community College is nearly free for lower-income families
Families earning under $30,000 pay about $2,063 a year after grants. Families earning $48,000–75,000 pay about $3,184. What it costs ↓
Sampson Community College is very small
About 595 students attend on campus. With classes this small, a handful of students can move the graduation rate from one year to the next. The students ↓
Most students study part-time
60% of undergraduates attend part-time. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students, so it covers a minority of the people studying here. The students ↓
Rent in Clinton is below the state median
Median rent in Clinton is $759 a month, 38% below the state median. Living in Clinton ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; price, graduation and earnings include online students; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students; at a college this small, rates can swing from year to year.
The students
846 degree-seeking undergraduates.
By race and ethnicity
Women and men
How hard is it to get into Sampson Community College?
anyone with a high school diploma can enroll
Test scores of admitted students
No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Sampson Community College is likely test-optional.
The sticker price, and what families really pay
Sticker price: $13,142 a year
Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $9,789
After grants, the average family on aid pays $3,108.
Tuition and fees are $2,877 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.
Your family’s price
Average net price after grants, by family income
About $6,368 over 2 years · 76% off the sticker price
Do students finish, and does it pay off?
Paying back loans
Federal student loans, this college
Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).
What students study, and what it pays
Share of degrees by field
Associate degree programs with the most graduates
And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).
Living in Clinton
4% of Clinton’s 8,466 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Clinton pages.
Other colleges within 30 miles
Straight-line distances from Sampson Community College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.
Ask around
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.