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Mayland Community College: cost, admission and results

Mayland Community College is a public college in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. It has about 362 undergraduate students. The average net price for students with federal aid is $2,488 a year.

At a glance

  • $2,488Net price a year
  • 43%Graduation rate
  • $37,041Median earnings, 10 years on
Location
Spruce Pine, North Carolina 28777
Type
Public
Degrees
Mostly associate degrees (two-year)
Setting
Rural area some way from a city
Undergraduate students
362
Students per teacher
8 to 1
Accredited by
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Website
mayland.edu

Getting in

Mayland Community College has an open admission policy: it does not turn applicants away on grades or test scores, though some courses can have their own requirements.

What it costs

Tuition and fees, students from North Carolina$2,626
Tuition and fees, students from elsewhere$8,770
Books and supplies$1,194
Average full cost of a year (tuition, living, books), before aid$11,156
Average net price after grants and scholarships$2,488

The net price is what students who got federal aid paid on average for a year after grants and scholarships were taken off (for a public college, students from inside the state). It is 85% below the median net price of colleges in North Carolina on this site ($16,597). International students are normally charged the out-of-state tuition and do not receive US federal aid.

Net price by family income

Family income a yearAverage net price
Up to $30,000$1,266
$30,001 to $48,000$1,710
$48,001 to $75,000$2,341
$75,001 to $110,000$6,006
Above $110,000not reported

For students who received federal aid. A negative figure means grants were larger than the cost counted.

For an estimate that fits your own family, use the college's net price calculator.

Results

MeasureThis collegeNC medianUS median
Students who come back for a second year76%72%73%
Students who finish their degree (within one and a half times the normal length)43%45%49%
Median earnings 10 years after starting$37,041$46,097$53,132

Medians are the middle value of the colleges on this site in North Carolina and in the whole country. Completion and return rates count first-time, full-time students. Earnings and debt count students who received federal aid.

The students

27% of undergraduates receive a Pell Grant, the federal grant for students from lower-income families. 0% take a federal student loan. The undergraduate body is 65% women and 35% men. By undergraduate numbers it is number 83 of the 95 colleges in North Carolina on this site that report a size; the middle-sized one has 1,276.

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Common questions

How much is tuition at Mayland Community College?

Published tuition and fees are $2,626 a year for students from North Carolina and $8,770 for others. Most students with aid pay less: see the net price.

What is the graduation rate of Mayland Community College?

43% of first-time, full-time students finish within one and a half times the normal length of the course.

Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education, data released on 2 November 2026; checked in November 2026. Net price, debt and earnings describe students who received US federal aid. Costs change each year. This is official data for general information, not advice: confirm costs and admission rules on the college's own website and at collegescorecard.ed.gov.

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