History
- Chartered on February 6, 1964
Campus
- The SCC campus is comprised of 248 contiguous acres with 19 buildings located between Whiteville and Chadbourn in Southeastern North Carolina.
Serving Columbus County
- 18.5% of adult Columbus County residents are served (2019)
- 72% of curriculum students from Columbus County
- 1% curriculum students from out-of-state
Tuition and Fees
- $76.00 per credit hour for North Carolina residents (2019)
Students Enrolled (unduplicated)
- 2015 in curriculum courses
- 6150 in continuing education
- 8135 total unduplicated SCC students
Full-Time Equivalent Students (FTE)
- 1303 Curriculum
- 903 Continuing Education
Curriculum Programs
- Associate in Arts – 1
- Associate in General Education (Nursing) – 1
- Associate in General Education – 1
- Associate in Science – 16
- Diplomas – 16
- Certificates – 19
- Career and College Promise Programs – 20
Curriculum Student Profile
- Average age, 23
- 66% female, 34% male
- 38% employed at least part-time while attending
- White 63%, Black 21%, American Indian 8%, Other//Multiple 4%, Hispanic 4%, Asian or Pacific Islander <1%
Distance Learning
- 204 Internet courses, 5089 enrollments
- 209 courses with a web component, 2399 enrollments
- 150 Web Supported courses, 1858 enrollments
- 55 Hybrid courses, 551 enrollments
Completions
- 257 Associates degrees, 106 certificates, 38 diplomas (2018-2019)
- 35 General Educational Development diplomas (GED) (2019)
Curriculum Faculty Credentials
- 53 full-time faculty
- 77% full-time curriculum faculty with a master’s degree or above
- 100% of transfer faculty with a master’s degree or above
Student Activities
- Numerous Clubs and Organizations
- Intercollegiate Athletics
- Men’s Baseball
- Women’s Softball
- Phi Theta Kappa
- International Honor Society
- Ambassadors Leadership Program
- Student Government Association
- Phi Beta Lambda – Business Society
Continuing Education and Economic Development
- 15,476 enrollments scheduled in 1,123 different workforce development class sections
- The Columbus County NCWorks Career Center served 2,757 customers with 19,721 requested services (2019)
- Small Business Center served 608 participants
Continuing Education Student Profile
- Average age, 39
- 37% female, 63% male
Foundation
- Investments valued at $6,964,631
- $604,728 contributed in annual fund drive
SCC Employees, Part-time and Full-time
- 53 Full-time Curriculum faculty
- 18 Full-time Continuing education faculty
- 97 Staff
- 32 Part-time Curriculum faculty
- 156 Part-time Continuing education faculty
- 47 Part-time Staff
Funding Allocations (2018-2019)
- $14,913,379 State
- $5,202,211 Federal
- $1,739,170 County
- $306,500 Other
- $24,220,260 Total
*Except where noted, data reflect 2018-2019
*Southeastern Community College is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution. Revised 3-3-2020
