Stanly Community College

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#14723 / #3845
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
College in Albemarle, North Carolina, U.S.

Stanly Community College at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#3845
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$2,681
Graduation rate
62%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
1,465

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About Stanly Community College

According to Wikipedia, Stanly Community College is a public community college in Albemarle, North Carolina. It is part of the North Carolina Community College System. It has a satellite campus in Locust, North Carolina and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools . The college serves over 10,000 students annually in associate degree, diploma, certificate, general education, occupational training, adult literacy, and a comprehensive online degree program.

Stanly Community College's Online Degrees

Certificate in Business Administration
Degree Concentrations
  • Marketing
  • Required Credits: 16
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Accounting And Finance
  • Required Credits: 18
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Business And Accounting
  • Required Credits: 61
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Accounting And Finance
  • Required Credits: 67-68
  • Format: Fully online
BAS in Business Administration
  • Required Credits: 67-68
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Information Technology
Degree Concentrations
  • It - Cisco Technologies
  • Cybersecurity
  • Technical Business Accounting
  • It - Microsoft Applications
  • It - Microsoft Technologies
  • Required Credits: 12
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Information Technology
Degree Concentrations
  • Network Management
  • Business Support
  • Cybersecurity
  • Required Credits: 67
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Criminal Justice Technology
  • Required Credits: 18
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Criminal Justice Technology
  • Required Credits: 65-66
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Early Childhood Education
Degree Concentrations
  • Infant/Toddler Care
  • Administration
  • Preschool
  • School Age
  • Social/Emotional Development
  • Required Credits: 16
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Human Services Technology
Degree Concentrations
  • Substance Abuse
  • Required Credits: 12
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Human Services Technology
Degree Concentrations
  • Substance Abuse
  • Required Credits: 70
  • Format: Fully online

Stanly Community College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Retention RateGraduation Rate
63%62%

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 Stanly Community College Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$2,681

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 Stanly Community College Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Stanly Community College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $40,175 a year, and 83% 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.

Stanly Community College's Demographics

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

Student BodyUnder-Grads
3,3463,346

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

Where is Stanly Community College?

Stanly Community College is located at 141 College Drive, Albemarle, NC 28001.

How Safe is Stanly Community College?

No violent or property offenses were reported on Stanly 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, Stanly Community College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. Albemarle has a violent crime rate of 0.69% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 3.18%. 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 Stanly Community College Known For?

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

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

Each rank compares how much Stanly 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

Medical
#10723
World Rank
#10726
Historical Rank
#2987
USA Rank

Stanly Community College ranks #2987 in the U.S. and #10723 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees
Criminal Justice
#6799
World Rank
#6801
Historical Rank
#3224
USA Rank

Stanly Community College ranks #3224 in the U.S. and #6799 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.

criminal-justice Degrees
Education
#14936
World Rank
#14941
Historical Rank
#3949
USA Rank

Stanly Community College ranks #3949 in the U.S. and #14936 worldwide for influence in Education.

education Degrees