Which Forsyth Technical Community College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair graduates leave with a median of $7,916 in federal loans, the lowest among 9 Forsyth Technical Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Forsyth Technical Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $2,276 a year, and $6,884 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $7,200 a year.

How many Forsyth Technical Community College programs report graduate pay?

13 associate's programs and 6 certificate programs at Forsyth Technical Community College report first-year pay, and 15 of them also report federal debt.

Forsyth Technical Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Winston-Salem, NC
7,113 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

13 Forsyth Technical Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($68,379), and Teacher Education the least ($22,276). The median program pays $35,937. Forsyth Technical Community College also has 6 certificate programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$2,276Per year. Out-of-state $6,884

Average net price after aid$7,200Per year

Graduation rate34%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 13 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 104 graduates a year	$68,379	$73,441	$19,748	22nd of 53
2	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 10 graduates a year	$56,717	Not reported	Not reported	3rd of 6
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 71 graduates a year	$54,726	$62,317	$13,588	5th of 22
4	Business AdministrationAbout 76 graduates a year	$39,760	$43,696	$13,641	3rd of 19
5	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 43 graduates a year	$39,008	$42,743	$7,916	3rd of 6
6	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 57 graduates a year	$38,837	Not reported	$16,616	5th of 7
7	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 8 graduates a year	$35,937	Not reported	Not reported	8th of 16
8	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 46 graduates a year	$35,288	$36,439	$20,915	4th of 15
9	Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 28 graduates a year	$32,928	$29,816	$24,750	1st of 1
10	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 17 graduates a year	$29,715	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 3
11	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 469 graduates a year	$25,355	$38,787	$9,500	32nd of 49
12	Criminal JusticeAbout 18 graduates a year	$22,389	$43,228	Not reported	7th of 7
13	Teacher EducationAbout 19 graduates a year	$22,276	Not reported	$22,337	9th of 11

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 6 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	Practical NursingAbout 63 graduates a year	$48,466	$52,441	$15,550	4th of 14
2	Criminal JusticeAbout 23 graduates a year	$48,388	Not reported	$21,066	4th of 14
3	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 47 graduates a year	$32,036	$31,492	$17,167	4th of 12
4	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 77 graduates a year	$31,633	Not reported	$10,840	4th of 5
5	Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 34 graduates a year	$31,072	$29,038	$18,682	1st of 1
6	Teacher EducationAbout 73 graduates a year	$30,867	Not reported	$17,101	3rd of 7

3 more certificate programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$68,379
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$56,717
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$54,726
Business Administration$39,760
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$39,008

Lowest median debt

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$7,916
Liberal Arts and General Studies$9,500
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$13,588
Business Administration$13,641
Computer and Information Science$16,616

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 469 graduates a year
NursingAbout 104 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 76 graduates a year
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 71 graduates a year
Computer and Information ScienceAbout 57 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $68,379 in their first year, the most of 13 Forsyth 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