Sandhills Community College

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#9185 / #2438
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
College in Pinehurst, North Carolina, U.S.

Sandhills Community College at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#2438
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$2,040
Graduation rate
42%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
2,539

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About Sandhills Community College

According to Wikipedia, Sandhills Community College is a public community college in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Sandhills was chartered in 1963 and officially opened October 1, 1965. It was the first comprehensive community college authorized and established as the result of legislation passed by the 1963 General Assembly of North Carolina. It is part of the North Carolina Community College System. Sandhills Community College has about 4,000 students enrolled in college-credit curriculum courses and over 11,000 students who take continuing-education courses annually.

Sandhills Community College's Online Degrees

Certificate in Starting Your Own Business In Health And Healing
  • Required Credits: 11
  • Completion Time: 3 months
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Legal And Ethical Issues In Healthcare
  • Required Credits: 12
  • Completion Time: 3 months
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Violence Prevention And Awareness
  • Required Credits: 13
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Associate In Applied Science In Fire Protection Technology
  • Required Credits: 65
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Music Therapy And Sound Healing
  • Required Credits: 8
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Spirituality, Health, And Healing
  • Required Credits: 25
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Associate In Arts
  • Required Credits: 66
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Holistic And Integrative Health: Foundations 3
  • Required Credits: 9
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Wellness And The Environment
  • Required Credits: 9
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Brain Health
  • Required Credits: 10
  • Completion Time: 3 months
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Healthy Aging
  • Required Credits: 10
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Holistic And Integrative Health: Foundations 2
  • Required Credits: 10
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Pain Assessment And Management
  • Required Credits: 12
  • Completion Time: 3 months
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Global Healing Systems
  • Required Credits: 13
  • Completion Time: 3 months
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Infectious Diseases And Infection Control
  • Required Credits: 13
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Holistic And Integrative Health: Foundations 1
  • Required Credits: 14
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Women'S Health Issues
  • Required Credits: 14
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Food, Nutrition, And Health
  • Required Credits: 16
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Healing Environments For Body, Mind, And Spirit
  • Required Credits: 16
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Perinatal Issues
  • Required Credits: 20
  • Completion Time: 3 months
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Complementary And Integrative Health
  • Required Credits: 24
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Integrative Behavioral Health
  • Required Credits: 24
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Nutrition, Chronic Disease, And Health Promotion
  • Required Credits: 24
  • Completion Time: 3 months
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Gerontology
  • Required Credits: 25
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Holistic And Integrative Health
  • Required Credits: 33
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Meditation
  • Required Credits: 8
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Mindful Relationships
  • Required Credits: 8
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Mindfulness
  • Required Credits: 8
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Stress Management
  • Required Credits: 14
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Energy Medicine
  • Required Credits: 10
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in End Of Life Care
  • Required Credits: 19
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online

Sandhills Community College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Retention RateGraduation Rate
80%42%

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 Sandhills Community College Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$2,040
Average Net Price by Family Income (2024–25)
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$5,203
30K - 48K$5,140
48K - 75K$6,856
75K - 110K$10,519
110K+$10,398

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 Sandhills Community College Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Sandhills Community College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $36,323 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.

Sandhills Community College's Demographics

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

Student BodyUnder-Grads
4,9034,903

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

Where is Sandhills Community College?

Sandhills Community College is located at 3395 Airport Rd, Pinehurst, NC 28374.

How Safe is Sandhills Community College?

No violent or property offenses were reported on Sandhills 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, Sandhills Community College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. Pinehurst has a violent crime rate of 0.06% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 0.28%. 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 Sandhills Community College Known For?

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

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

Each rank compares how much Sandhills 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

Nursing
#4500
World Rank
#4500
Historical Rank
#1790
USA Rank

Sandhills Community College ranks #1790 in the U.S. and #4500 worldwide for influence in Nursing.

nursing Degrees
Computer Science
#8797
World Rank
#8802
Historical Rank
#2285
USA Rank

Sandhills Community College ranks #2285 in the U.S. and #8797 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.

computer-science Degrees
Engineering
#10307
World Rank
#10313
Historical Rank
#2299
USA Rank

Sandhills Community College ranks #2299 in the U.S. and #10307 worldwide for influence in Engineering.

engineering Degrees
Education
#8975
World Rank
#8981
Historical Rank
#2425
USA Rank

Sandhills Community College ranks #2425 in the U.S. and #8975 worldwide for influence in Education.

education Degrees
Criminal Justice
#5684
World Rank
#5686
Historical Rank
#2733
USA Rank

Sandhills Community College ranks #2733 in the U.S. and #5684 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.

criminal-justice Degrees
Medical
#10933
World Rank
#10936
Historical Rank
#3046
USA Rank

Sandhills Community College ranks #3046 in the U.S. and #10933 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees