Edgecombe Community College
Edgecombe Community College is a public community college in Tarboro, NC, with about 223 students on campus. Price, graduation and earnings figures on this page count online students too.
The short version on Edgecombe Community College
Edgecombe Community College is free for most lower-income families
On average, grants cover the full cost for families earning under $30,000, so they pay nothing. Families earning $48,000–75,000 pay nothing. What it costs ↓
Most students study part-time
83% 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 ↓
Fewer borrowers paying down loans than at most colleges
Only 22% of federal borrowers had paid down any of their loan within three years, fewer than at 96% of U.S. colleges. Outcomes ↓
Most students come from lower-income families
69% of undergraduates receive Pell grants, the federal grant for lower-income students. The students ↓
Edgecombe Community College is very small
About 223 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 ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students; at a college this small, rates can swing from year to year.
The sticker price, and what families really pay
Sticker price: $9,330 a year
Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $8,784
After grants, the average family on aid pays $0.
Tuition and fees are $2,640 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 $0 over 2 years · 100% off the sticker price
How hard is it to get into Edgecombe Community College?
anyone with a high school diploma can enroll
Test scores of admitted students
No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Edgecombe Community College is likely test-optional.
Do students finish, and does it pay off?
Debt vs. the paycheck
The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting
$169 a month against about $2,260 a month in pay.
Paying back loans
Federal student loans, this college
of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 4% 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
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).
The students
1,397 degree-seeking undergraduates.
By race and ethnicity
Women and men
Living in Tarboro
3% of Tarboro’s 10,979 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Tarboro pages.
Other colleges within 30 miles
Straight-line distances from Edgecombe 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.