Gaston College
Dallas, North Carolina
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- Suburb
- 3,518 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 · 25 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 46 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 38 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 29 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 32 finishedGraduates here earned $38,039 a year after finishingNationally: $43,763
Cosmetology and barbering
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 41 finishedGraduates here earned $30,509 a year after finishingNationally: $23,574
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,214
Electrician
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate · 42 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,469
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,611
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,439
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $54,761
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,355
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $57,072
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,073
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717
- Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,323
- Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,437
- Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,794
HVAC and refrigeration
- Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Certificate · 28 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,278
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 54 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 19 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 · 14 finishedGraduates here earned $31,762 a year after finishingNationally: $33,452
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 3 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 · 83 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 223 finishedGraduates here earned $53,251 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingCertificate · 85 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $74,894
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 56 finishedGraduates here earned $76,348 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 58 finishedGraduates here earned $39,568 a year after finishingNationally: $42,421
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (27)
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $27,737
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 13 finishedNationally: $29,515
- BiotechnologyCertificate · 405 finishedNationally: $56,608
- BiotechnologyAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $44,861
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 148 finishedGraduates here earned $42,118 a year afterNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 47 finishedGraduates here earned $37,809 a year afterNationally: $41,208
- Civil Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 10 finishedNationally: $57,892
- Civil Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $54,362
- Educational Administration and SupervisionCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $45,148
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 11 finishedNationally: $47,691
- Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $36,179
- Homeland SecurityAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $45,677
- Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, OtherAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $39,673
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 475 finishedGraduates here earned $29,162 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 23 finishedNationally: $41,294
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $38,048
- Precision Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $44,679
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $42,034
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $36,320
- Security Science and TechnologyCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $45,055
- Security Science and TechnologyAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $39,731
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessCertificate · 13 finishedNationally: $28,258
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $32,424
- Textile Sciences and EngineeringCertificate · 1 finished
- Textile Sciences and EngineeringAssociate degree · 0 finished
- Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 23 finishedNationally: $29,038
- Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 17 finishedNationally: $37,661
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $3,981per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $14,217sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $3,229Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 0%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 60%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $37,1206 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $39,97810 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- Not reportedfederal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Gaston 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 5, 2026.
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