Wilkes Community College
Wilkesboro, North Carolina
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- Town
- 1,355 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 · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,907
- Agricultural Business and ManagementAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,343
- Agricultural MechanizationAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,110
- Agricultural Production OperationsCertificate · 36 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,679
- Agricultural Production OperationsAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,686
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesCertificate · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,375
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $37,113
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 84 finishedGraduates here earned $34,422 a year after finishingNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Carpentry and construction
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionCertificate · 45 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,572
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,746
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 31 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
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 44 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 48 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 16 finishedGraduates here earned $31,287 a year after finishingNationally: $30,575
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 24 finishedGraduates here earned $53,051 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralCertificate · 25 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,439
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $54,761
Graphic and applied design
- Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 25 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
- Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,578
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,265
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 11 finishedGraduates here earned $31,985 a year after finishingNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 76 finishedGraduates here earned $44,088 a year after finishingNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 27 finishedGraduates here earned $72,114 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 86 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
Other programs (11)
- Architectural Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 12 finishedNationally: $39,059
- Architectural Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $44,791
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 142 finishedGraduates here earned $33,440 a year afterNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 36 finishedGraduates here earned $36,232 a year afterNationally: $41,208
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $47,691
- Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,179
- Human Services, GeneralCertificate · 22 finishedNationally: $34,193
- Human Services, GeneralAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $32,008
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 161 finishedGraduates here earned $26,942 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 24 finishedNationally: $41,294
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 13 finishedNationally: $38,048
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- Not reportedper year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $10,775sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $2,572Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 0%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 61%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $36,2486 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $40,18810 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- Not reportedfederal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 48%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 15%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 Wilkes 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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