Wayne Community College

Goldsboro, North Carolina

  • Public technical or community college
  • Public
  • City
  • 2,739 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 · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,907
  • Agricultural Business and ManagementAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,343
  • Agricultural Production OperationsCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,679
  • Agricultural Production OperationsAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,686
  • Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesCertificate · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,375
  • Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $37,113
  • Animal SciencesAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,006

Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic

  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 64 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 14 finishedGraduates here earned $47,489 a year after finishingNationally: $48,683

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 51 finishedGraduates here earned $40,915 a year after finishingNationally: $40,897
  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Child care and early education

  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 25 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174

Clinical lab technician

  • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,694

Computers and IT

  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 270 finishedGraduates here earned $32,362 a year after finishingNationally: $44,167
  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 25 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
  • Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926

Dental assisting and hygiene

  • Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575
  • Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 22 finishedGraduates here earned $61,739 a year after finishingNationally: $62,279

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169

Engineering technology

  • Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 64 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
  • Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,073
  • Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 30 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,323
  • Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,437

Graphic and applied design

  • Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 52 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
  • Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,578

HVAC and refrigeration

  • Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Certificate · 20 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,278

Medical assisting and pharmacy tech

  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233

Medical billing and office

  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 96 finishedGraduates here earned $31,901 a year after finishingNationally: $33,067
  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 10 finishedGraduates here earned $32,172 a year after finishingNationally: $33,452

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 26 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 38 finishedGraduates here earned $69,739 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149

Welding and machining

  • Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 166 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
  • Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (14)
  • Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 33 finishedNationally: $27,737
  • Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $29,515
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 193 finishedGraduates here earned $31,643 a year afterNationally: $44,510
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 37 finishedGraduates here earned $26,007 a year afterNationally: $41,208
  • Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $47,691
  • ForestryCertificate · 14 finishedNationally: $41,922
  • ForestryAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $39,285
  • Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,179
  • Homeland SecurityCertificate · 31 finishedNationally: $51,940
  • Homeland SecurityAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $45,677
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 211 finishedGraduates here earned $27,954 a year afterNationally: $34,134
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $38,048
  • Security Science and TechnologyCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $45,055
  • Security Science and TechnologyAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $39,731
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$1,610$30–48k$1,810$48–75k$2,585$75–110k$4,021Over $110kNot reportedSource: College Scorecard
Average net price
$2,093per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$9,197sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$2,598Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
0%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
57%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$36,8686 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$40,59710 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 Wayne 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 5, 2026.

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