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

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $11,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 8 Wake Technical Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Wake Technical Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $2,254 a year, and $6,862 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $8,759 a year.

How many Wake Technical Community College programs report graduate pay?

8 associate's programs and 7 certificate programs at Wake Technical Community College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

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

Public college
Raleigh, NC
19,675 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

8 Wake Technical Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($68,266), and Teacher Education the least ($16,949). The median program pays $40,870. Wake Technical Community College also has 7 certificate programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$2,254Per year. Out-of-state $6,862

Average net price after aid$8,759Per year

Graduation rate33%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 8 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 120 graduates a year	$68,266	$72,186	$24,750	23rd of 53
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 67 graduates a year	$51,707	$60,517	$17,090	13th of 22
3	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 240 graduates a year	$48,280	$65,963	$17,698	1st of 7
4	AccountingAbout 51 graduates a year	$44,616	$48,728	$20,953	2nd of 3
5	Business AdministrationAbout 171 graduates a year	$37,124	$41,101	$21,000	7th of 19
6	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 78 graduates a year	$35,381	$36,047	$31,304	3rd of 15
7	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 1,388 graduates a year	$30,373	$44,718	$11,000	10th of 49
8	Teacher EducationAbout 34 graduates a year	$16,949	$30,633	$20,582	11th 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.

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

All 7 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	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 349 graduates a year	$55,264	Not reported	$14,778	1st of 6
2	AccountingAbout 338 graduates a year	$38,258	$48,420	$16,592	2nd of 3
3	Business AdministrationAbout 429 graduates a year	$35,574	$41,466	$19,000	4th of 15
4	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 95 graduates a year	$34,372	$35,298	$19,000	2nd of 12
5	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 254 graduates a year	$32,153	$43,918	$13,414	1st of 1
6	Teacher EducationAbout 124 graduates a year	$28,498	$29,403	$18,602	4th of 7
7	CosmetologyAbout 78 graduates a year	$23,286	$29,405	$7,693	3rd of 22

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

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$68,266
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$51,707
Computer and Information Science$48,280
Accounting$44,616
Business Administration$37,124

Lowest median debt

Liberal Arts and General Studies$11,000
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$17,090
Computer and Information Science$17,698
Teacher Education$20,582
Accounting$20,953

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 1,388 graduates a year
Computer and Information ScienceAbout 240 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 171 graduates a year
NursingAbout 120 graduates a year
Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 78 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $68,266 in their first year, the most of 8 Wake 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