How much does Cape Fear Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $2,748 a year, and $8,892 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $9,610 a year.

How many Cape Fear Community College programs report graduate pay?

One associate's program and 2 certificate programs at Cape Fear Community College report first-year pay, and 2 of them also report federal debt.

Cape Fear Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Wilmington, NC
9,764 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

Cape Fear Community College has two certificate programs that report what graduates earn. Criminal Justice pays more in the first year ($52,282) than Truck Driving and Equipment Operation ($46,329). Cape Fear Community College also has one associate's program that reports pay.

In-state tuition and fees$2,748Per year. Out-of-state $8,892

Average net price after aid$9,610Per year

Graduation rate34%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

One associate's program

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.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in North Carolina
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 962 graduates a year	$30,056	$40,084	$8,734	11th of 49

Program names link to the program's own page, and North Carolina ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

Both certificate programs

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.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in North Carolina
Criminal JusticeAbout 86 graduates a year	$52,282	$47,840	$16,042	1st of 14
Truck Driving and Equipment OperationGraduates a year not reported	$46,329	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 2

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.

Common questions

Criminal Justice graduates earn a median of $52,282 in their first year, the most of 2 Cape Fear Community College certificate 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