unitid 199856 · Raleigh, NC · public 2-year · suburb (large)
Wake Technical Community College
- enrollment 2023
- 31,045
- predominant degree
- Certificate
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
19,675
99th pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
28%
undergrads on Pell grants
44th pctl among public 2-years
completion
33%
finish within 150% time
34th pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$15,953
62nd pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$8,759
after aid, aided students
59th pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$41,769
after entry, Title IV students
72nd pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$12,000
78th pctl among public 2-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $6,682 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 2-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k43%
- 30-48k22%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110k11%
- 110k+8%
- Median family income
- $24,587
- First-generation students
- 38%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $2,254
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.5× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 1,388 | $44,718 | $11,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 429 | $41,466 | $19,000 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 349 | — | $14,778 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 338 | $48,420 | $16,592 |
| Design and Applied Arts. | 254 | $43,918 | $13,414 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 240 | $65,963 | $17,698 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 171 | $41,101 | $21,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 124 | $29,403 | $18,602 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 120 | $72,186 | $24,750 |
| Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR). | 119 | $50,002 | — |
| Engineering, General. | 104 | $75,552 | $11,182 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 100 | — | $17,125 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.