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Wake Technical Community College
Raleigh, NC · Public · 19,675 students · mostly certificate degrees
47th-cheapest of 146 North Carolina colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$8,759
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$15,953
Graduation rate
33%
Admission rate
—
Median graduate earnings
$41,769
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$12,000
Pell grant recipients
28%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
91 programsManagement Science · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma100 grads/yr$84,369Cloud Computing · Associate's Degree1 grads/yr$83,715Carpet, Floor, and Tile Worker · Associate's Degree28 grads/yr$81,319Clinical Nurse Leader · Associate's Degree120 grads/yr$80,488Engineering, General · Associate's Degree104 grads/yr$79,575Computer and Information Sciences, General · Associate's Degree240 grads/yr$74,241Carpet, Floor, and Tile Worker · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma86 grads/yr$68,939Dental Assisting/Assistant · Associate's Degree15 grads/yr$68,457Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist · Associate's Degree67 grads/yr$67,139Computer and Information Sciences, General · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma349 grads/yr$66,379Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance · Associate's Degree1 grads/yr$65,093Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician · Associate's Degree33 grads/yr$63,100Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma119 grads/yr$62,956Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology/Technician · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma14 grads/yr$62,938Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology/Technician · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma11 grads/yr$61,060Automotive Engineering Technology/Technician · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma24 grads/yr$55,780Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma14 grads/yr$53,531Automotive Engineering Technology/Technician · Associate's Degree19 grads/yr$53,082Accounting · Associate's Degree51 grads/yr$52,259Accounting · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma338 grads/yr$51,858Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician · Associate's Degree39 grads/yr$50,907Hospitality Administration/Management, General · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma16 grads/yr$50,065Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Associate's Degree27 grads/yr$50,013General Studies · Associate's Degree1,388 grads/yr$48,145Business Administration and Management, General · Associate's Degree171 grads/yr$48,130
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.