Rockingham Community College

Wentworth, North Carolina

  • Two-year college
  • Public
  • Rural
  • 1,065 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 Business and ManagementCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,907
  • Agricultural Business and ManagementAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,343
  • 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 · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,375
  • Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $37,113

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Child care and early education

  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190

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 · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763

Cosmetology and barbering

  • Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,574
  • Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,214

Electrician

  • Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,469
  • Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,611

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 20 finishedGraduates here earned $58,860 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169

Engineering technology

  • Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $57,072
  • Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
  • Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717

HVAC and refrigeration

  • Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Certificate · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,278

Industrial and equipment maintenance

  • Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,388

Medical billing and office

  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 22 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
  • Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 17 finishedGraduates here earned $46,933 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 44 finishedGraduates here earned $69,759 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149

Welding and machining

  • Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 46 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
  • Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (4)
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $44,510
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $41,208
  • Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,179
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 151 finishedGraduates here earned $23,489 a year afterNationally: $34,134
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$2,006$30–48k$2,173$48–75k$1,686$75–110k$5,768Over $110k$5,548Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$2,457per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$8,834sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$2,006Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
1%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
36%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$35,3586 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$38,20910 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
Not reportedfederal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
38%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
27%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 Rockingham 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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