Carteret Community College

Morehead City, North Carolina

  • Public technical or community college
  • Public
  • Town
  • 1,172 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 Production OperationsCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,679
  • Agricultural Production OperationsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,686
  • Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesCertificate · 25 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,375
  • Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $37,113

Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic

  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 38 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683

Carpentry and construction

  • Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,572
  • Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,746

Child care and early education

  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190

Computers and IT

  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 24 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763

Cosmetology and barbering

  • Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 36 finishedGraduates here earned $23,238 a year after finishingNationally: $23,574

Culinary arts

  • Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 32 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
  • Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 26 finishedGraduates here earned $57,653 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169

Massage therapy

  • Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $27,959

Medical assisting and pharmacy tech

  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233

Medical billing and office

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

Paralegal

  • Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
  • Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 33 finishedGraduates here earned $46,436 a year after finishingNationally: $55,215
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997

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 · 27 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $75,149

Welding and machining

  • Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 20 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
  • Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (11)
  • Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 13 finishedNationally: $27,737
  • Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $29,515
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 33 finishedNationally: $44,510
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 12 finishedNationally: $41,208
  • Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $47,691
  • Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,179
  • Hospitality Administration/ManagementCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $41,933
  • Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $37,255
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 88 finishedGraduates here earned $24,317 a year afterNationally: $34,134
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 32 finishedNationally: $41,294
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 9 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$9,540$30–48k$10,486$48–75k$9,737$75–110k$9,021Over $110k$13,898Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$9,817per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$18,686sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$1,900Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
0%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
40%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$34,2436 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$36,10410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
Not reportedfederal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
46%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
16%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 Carteret 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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