How much does Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $2,882 a year, and $9,026 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $11,602 a year.

Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Q: Which Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $12,397 in federal loans, the lowest among 5 Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College associate's programs that report debt.

Q: How many Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College programs report graduate pay?

9 associate's programs and 5 certificate programs at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College report first-year pay, and 7 of them also report federal debt.

Public college
Asheville, NC
5,110 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

9 Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($63,410), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($29,456). The median program pays $36,095. Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College also has 5 certificate programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$2,882Per year. Out-of-state $9,026

Average net price after aid$11,602Per year

Graduation rate40%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 9 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in North Carolina" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across North Carolina. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in North Carolina
1	NursingAbout 78 graduates a year	$63,410	$62,627	$19,411	44th of 53
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 38 graduates a year	$48,052	$50,727	$21,000	19th of 22
3	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 11 graduates a year	$41,027	Not reported	Not reported	3rd of 7
4	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 10 graduates a year	$36,536	$48,356	Not reported	5th of 6
5	Veterinary TechnologyAbout 13 graduates a year	$36,095	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 3
6	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 27 graduates a year	$33,274	$31,352	$29,500	11th of 16
7	Business AdministrationAbout 25 graduates a year	$32,651	$38,269	$27,238	14th of 19
8	Culinary ArtsAbout 31 graduates a year	$32,602	$33,786	Not reported	1st of 3
9	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 292 graduates a year	$29,456	$33,556	$12,397	12th of 49

Program names link to the program's own page, and North Carolina ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five North Carolina programs in the field do too.

All 5 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in North Carolina" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across North Carolina. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in North Carolina
1	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 65 graduates a year	$37,714	$50,414	Not reported	3rd of 5
2	Welding and MachiningAbout 58 graduates a year	$37,078	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 5
3	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 25 graduates a year	$36,817	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 6
4	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 42 graduates a year	$30,592	Not reported	$14,375	6th of 12
5	Business AdministrationAbout 51 graduates a year	$29,126	Not reported	$10,760	10th of 15

One more certificate program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$63,410
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$48,052
Computer and Information Science$41,027
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$36,536
Veterinary Technology$36,095

Lowest median debt

Liberal Arts and General Studies$12,397
Nursing$19,411
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$21,000
Business Administration$27,238
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$29,500

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 292 graduates a year
NursingAbout 78 graduates a year
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 38 graduates a year
Culinary ArtsAbout 31 graduates a year
Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 27 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $63,410 in their first year, the most of 9 Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College associate's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of North Carolina rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels