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Community college · Public

Johnston Community College

Smithfield, NC1,841 online only

Johnston Community College is a public community college in Smithfield, NC, with about 2,839 students on campus and 1,841 more studying only online.

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Students on campus
2,839
plus 1,841 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$1,776
tuition and fees $2,756; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
37%
lower than at 82% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$37,310
lower than at 61% of U.S. colleges
In brief

What to know about Johnston Community College

Johnston Community College is nearly free for lower-income families

Families earning under $30,000 pay about $1,743 a year after grants. Families earning $48,000–75,000 pay about $2,495, and those over $110,000 pay about $5,814. What it costs ↓

Rent in Smithfield is below the state median

Median rent in Smithfield is $658 a month, 46% below the state median. Living in Smithfield ↓

Most students study part-time

53% 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 ↓

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.

★ What stands out · What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $11,230 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $8,900

Tuition & fees (in state) $2,756Books & supplies $2,095Other costs $6,379

After grants, the average family on aid pays $1,776.

Tuition and fees are $2,756 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

$2,495

About $4,990 over 2 years · 78% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Johnston Community College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Johnston Community College is likely test-optional.

Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
37%
within 3 years · Pell students 34%
Come back for year two
67%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$37,310
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
—

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

30%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 18% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$32k
Middle income$30–75k
$43k
Higher incomeover $75k
$42k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Liberal arts 27%Health professions 17%Computer science 11%Mechanic & repair 8%Precision production 6%Business 6%Everything else 24%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities291 graduates a year
$41k4 yrs out
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions48 graduates a year
$59k4 yrs out
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing35 graduates a year
$79k4 yrs out
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)34 graduates a year
—not reported
Business Administration, Management and Operations26 graduates a year
$29k4 yrs out
Accounting and Related Services22 graduates a year
—not reported
Computer and Information Sciences, General21 graduates a year
—not reported
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services20 graduates a year
$41k4 yrs out
Who goes there

The students

3,453 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 51%Hispanic 21%Black 19%Asian 1%Two or more 4%

Women and men

Women 64%Men 36%
13 : 1
students per teacher
25%
get Pell grants (lower income)
0%
take federal loans
18%
undergrads 25 or older
53%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Smithfield

3% of Smithfield’s 13,114 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Smithfield pages.

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Straight-line distances from Johnston Community College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

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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.