Blue Ridge Community College

Flat Rock, North Carolina

  • Public technical or community college
  • Public
  • Suburb
  • 1,758 students

What you can study

Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.

Agriculture and horticulture

  • Agricultural and Food Products ProcessingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $54,086
  • Agricultural and Food Products ProcessingAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,882
  • Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,375
  • Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $37,113

Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic

  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 53 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 43 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Child care and early education

  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 27 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174

Computers and IT

  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763

Cosmetology and barbering

  • Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 34 finishedGraduates here earned $16,638 a year after finishingNationally: $23,574
  • Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,214

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169

Engineering technology

  • Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,355
  • Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $57,072
  • Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
  • Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,073
  • Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,323
  • Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,437

Medical billing and office

  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
  • Fire ProtectionCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
  • Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 40 finishedGraduates here earned $72,119 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149

Welding and machining

  • Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 68 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
  • Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (17)
  • American Sign LanguageCertificate · 29 finishedNationally: $38,250
  • American Sign LanguageAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $32,528
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 63 finishedGraduates here earned $38,607 a year afterNationally: $44,510
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 28 finishedGraduates here earned $37,328 a year afterNationally: $41,208
  • Educational Administration and SupervisionCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $45,148
  • Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $47,691
  • Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $43,067
  • Film/Video and Photographic ArtsCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $29,024
  • Film/Video and Photographic ArtsAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $28,195
  • Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $36,179
  • Homeland SecurityCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $51,940
  • Homeland SecurityAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $45,677
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, OtherAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $39,673
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 163 finishedGraduates here earned $27,082 a year afterNationally: $34,134
  • Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $31,627
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 17 finishedNationally: $41,294
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $38,048
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$3,267$30–48k$4,647$48–75k$4,649$75–110k$6,792Over $110kNot reportedSource: College Scorecard
Average net price
$4,341per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$13,610sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$2,690Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
6%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
50%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$37,8536 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$38,90210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$13,823federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
45%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
5%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard

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Where these numbers come from

Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Blue Ridge Community College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.

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