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Craven Community College

New Bern, North Carolina Public 2-year Town

Overview

Located in New Bern, North Carolina, Craven Community College is a public two-year institution. The campus sits in a town setting. Fall 2024 enrollment was 3,103 students. It is part of North Carolina Community College System.

Craven Community College offers certificates and associate degrees across 32 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other, and Registered Nursing. It awarded 937 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 6 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 66% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 13 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
3,103
Students enrolled
66%
First-year retention
937
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
32
Programs and majors
13:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociate

Programs and majors offered 32

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Liberal Arts and General Studies 3
Health Professions 6
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 2
Computer and Information Sciences 2
Business, Management and Marketing 4
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 2
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Precision Production 2
Education 1
Engineering Technologies 5
Engineering 1
Transportation and Materials Moving 1
Family and Consumer Sciences 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
66%
First-year retention, part-time students
66%
Student-to-faculty ratio
13:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Associate degrees
572
Certificates under 1 year
264
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
101

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
3,103
Undergraduates, fall 2024
3,103
Full-time, fall 2024
28%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
4,556
Full-time, 2024-25
26%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
58%
Men
42%
White
55%
Hispanic or Latino
10%
Black or African American
18%
Asian
4%
Two or more races
6%
International (U.S. nonresident)
2%
Race or ethnicity unknown
5%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
6
Programs with a fully online option
5
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
0%
Students taking some online courses
100%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Town
Academic calendar
Semester
Part of
North Carolina Community College System
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional
President
Raymond Staats
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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