Sampson Community College

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#13267 / #3482
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
College in Clinton, North Carolina, U.S.

Sampson Community College at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#3482
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$2,877
Graduation rate
47%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
846

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About Sampson Community College

According to Wikipedia, Sampson Community College is a public community college in Clinton, North Carolina. It is part of the North Carolina Community College System. History In September 1965, Sampson Community College was established as an extension unit of Goldsboro Industrial Education Center . In 1967, SCC became an independent unit and was called "Sampson Technical Institute", and was later renamed to Sampson Community College in October.

Sampson Community College's Online Degrees

Certificate in Starting Your Own Business In Health And Healing
  • Required Credits: 11
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Legal And Ethical Issues In Healthcare
  • Required Credits: 12
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Violence Prevention And Awareness
  • Required Credits: 13
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Music Therapy And Sound Healing
  • Required Credits: 8
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Holistic And Integrative Health: Foundations 3
  • Required Credits: 9
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Wellness And The Environment
  • Required Credits: 9
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Brain Health
  • Required Credits: 10
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Healthy Aging
  • Required Credits: 10
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Nutrition, Chronic Disease, And Health Promotion
  • Required Credits: 12
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Pain Assessment And Management
  • Required Credits: 12
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Global Healing Systems
  • Required Credits: 13
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Infectious Diseases And Infection Control
  • Required Credits: 13
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Women'S Health Issues
  • Required Credits: 14
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Food, Nutrition, And Health
  • Required Credits: 16
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Healing Environments For Body, Mind, And Spirit
  • Required Credits: 16
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Perinatal Issues
  • Required Credits: 20
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Complementary And Integrative Health
  • Required Credits: 24
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Integrative Behavioral Health
  • Required Credits: 24
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Gerontology
  • Required Credits: 25
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Holistic And Integrative Health
  • Required Credits: 33
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Meditation
  • Required Credits: 8
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Mindful Relationships
  • Required Credits: 8
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Mindfulness
  • Required Credits: 8
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Stress Management
  • Required Credits: 14
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Energy Medicine
  • Required Credits: 10
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in End Of Life Care
  • Required Credits: 19
  • Format: Fully online

Sampson Community College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Retention RateGraduation Rate
66%47%

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.

How Much Does Sampson Community College Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$2,877

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.

How Much Do Sampson Community College Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Sampson Community College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $37,005 a year, and 82% of those not still in school are working.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.

Sampson Community College's Demographics

Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.

Student BodyUnder-Grads
2,2732,273

Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.

Where is Sampson Community College?

Sampson Community College is located at Highway 24 West, Clinton, NC 28328-0318.

How Safe is Sampson Community College?

No violent or property offenses were reported on Sampson Community College’s campus in 2024. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.

Relative to its enrollment, Sampson Community College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. Clinton has a violent crime rate of 0.57% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 3.33%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.

What Is Sampson Community College Known For?

Sampson Community College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:

Sampson Community College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

Each rank compares how much Sampson Community College's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence

Social Work
#5376
World Rank
#5376
Historical Rank
#2020
USA Rank

Sampson Community College ranks #2020 in the U.S. and #5376 worldwide for influence in Social Work.

social-work Degrees
Nursing
#5998
World Rank
#5998
Historical Rank
#2347
USA Rank

Sampson Community College ranks #2347 in the U.S. and #5998 worldwide for influence in Nursing.

nursing Degrees
Medical
#11362
World Rank
#11365
Historical Rank
#3181
USA Rank

Sampson Community College ranks #3181 in the U.S. and #11362 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees
Computer Science
#11929
World Rank
#11936
Historical Rank
#3267
USA Rank

Sampson Community College ranks #3267 in the U.S. and #11929 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.

computer-science Degrees
Education
#12438
World Rank
#12441
Historical Rank
#3349
USA Rank

Sampson Community College ranks #3349 in the U.S. and #12438 worldwide for influence in Education.

education Degrees