Nash Community College
Tel:
(252)443-4011
- Our mission as a comprehensive community college is to provide you with the highest quality learning opportunities. Nash Community College now offers 68 degree, diploma, or certificate options, as well as a wide variety of professional development continuing education courses.
School Highlights
- Nash Community College serves 3,537 students (44% of students are full-time).
- The college's student:teacher ratio of 19:1 is same as the state community college average of 19:1.
- Minority enrollment is 34% of the student body (majority Black), which is less than the state average of 38%.
- Nash Community College is the only community colleges within Nash County, NC.
- The nearest community college to Nash Community College is Wilson Community College (17.0 miles away).
School Overview
- The teacher population of 189 teachers has stayed relatively flat over five years.
| Nash Community College | (NC) Community College Avg. | |
| Institution Level | At least 2 but less than 4 years | At least 2 but less than 4 years |
| Institution Control | Public | Public |
| Total Faculty | 189 staff | 139 staff |
| Total Enrollment | 3,537 students | 2,380 students |
 | ||
| Student : Teacher Ratio | 19:1 | 19:1 |
| # Full-Time Students | 1,561 students | 1,019 students |
| # Part-Time Students | 1,976 students | 1,361 students |
| % American Indian/Alaskan | 2% | 1% |
| % Asian | - | 2% |
| % Hispanic | 3% | 6% |
| % Black | 27% | 21% |
| % White | 66% | 62% |
| % Two or more races | 2% | 1% |
| Diversity Score | 0.49 | 0.56 |
 | ||
| College Completion Rate | 8% | 16% |
| Average Graduate Earnings (10 Years) | $28,700 | $27,500 |
Source: 2016 (or latest year available) IPEDS
School Notes
- Nash Community College, a unit of the North Carolina Community College System, was founded in 1967 and is a public two-year post secondary educational institution with an open door admission policy. Its mission is to provide adults in the Nash County service area with quality and convenient learning opportunities consistent with identified student and community needs. Over 11,000 citizens participated in programs at Nash Community College during the 2003-2004 school year. The College is located on 86 acres midway between Nashville and Rocky Mount, North Carolina. While the primary service area is Nash County, the convenient location attracts students from the surrounding counties of Franklin, Wake, Wilson, and Halifax. Five modern buildings including the 48,000 square foot Business and Industry Center and a four-star rated Child Development Center comprise the campus physical plant. A new two-story 46,000 square foot Science and Technology Center is under construction that will encompass specialized classrooms and state-of-the-art labs to support instruction in biology, anatomy and physiology, chemistry, physics, and networking technology. The projected completion of the Science and Technology Center is fall 2005. Vocational, occupational, business, and industry related programs are offered which prepare students for jobs and provide a skilled workforce for the area. Additionally, the College offers Adult Basic Education, GED, and adult high school to meet the diverse needs of the citizenry in Nash County and surrounding area. Nash Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, Associate in General Education, and the Associate in Applied Science Degrees.
Nearby Schools
- The nearest community college to Nash Community College is Wilson Community College (17.0 miles away).
- College Location Mi. Students
- Wilson Community CollegePublic1,777 students | 17.00 Mi902 Herring Ave
Wilson, NC 27893
(252)291-1195 17.001,777 - 2,552 students | 19.50 Mi2009 W Wilson St
Tarboro, NC 27886
(252)823-5166 19.502,552 - Louisburg CollegePrivate, non-profit701 students | 24.00 Mi501 N. Main St.
Louisburg, NC 27549
(919)496-2521 24.00701 - 1,293 students | 35.00 Mi100 College Drive
Weldon, NC 27890
(252)536-4221 35.001,293 - Living Arts CollegePublic400 students | 36.70 Mi3000 Wakefield Crossing Drive
Raleigh, NC 27614
(800)288-7442 36.70400
Recent Articles
Learn about the growing trend amongst four-year universities to recruit from community college campuses. Enjoy an academic head start and a competitive edge against other applicants by starting first at community college.
The role of community colleges in the world of higher education has expanded over the years and, as the country works to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, they may be more important now than ever. Read on to learn more about the changing role of community colleges.
Colleges across the country are struggling to recover from the massive upheaval to the 2019-20 semester wrought by COVID-19. Housing refunds and slashed budgets are bound to have long-term impacts for the institutions that survive. Some experts suggest community colleges may be the best equipped to ride out the storm and may have the greatest impact in helping America recover.
