Durham Technical Community College
Durham, North Carolina
- Two-year college
- Public
- City
- 3,890 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.
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 27 finishedGraduates here earned $41,912 a year after finishingNationally: $32,866
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 15 finishedGraduates here earned $38,690 a year after finishingNationally: $30,190
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 14 finishedGraduates here earned $68,497 a year after finishingNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 23 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,279
Electrician
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,469
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,611
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 · 25 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $57,072
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,073
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 24 finishedGraduates here earned $42,796 a year after finishingNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 25 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 17 finishedGraduates here earned $52,780 a year after finishingNationally: $33,452
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 40 finishedGraduates here earned $56,889 a year after finishingNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 24 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 38 finishedGraduates here earned $78,517 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 27 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
Other programs (18)
- Architectural Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $39,059
- Architectural Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $44,791
- BiotechnologyAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $44,861
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 40 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 16 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $47,691
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $36,179
- Homeland SecurityCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $51,940
- Homeland SecurityAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $45,677
- Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, OtherAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $39,673
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $41,933
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $37,255
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 268 finishedGraduates here earned $39,477 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and ServicesCertificate · 73 finishedGraduates here earned $41,281 a year afterNationally: $40,010
- Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $35,580
- Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 13 finishedGraduates here earned $63,645 a year afterNationally: $44,660
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $54,959
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $3,152per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $10,327sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $1,986Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 6%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 31%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $38,1026 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $40,82710 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $10,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 25%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 34%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 Durham Technical 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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