Wilkes Community College
⌖ Wilkesboro, NC · 10 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
10-year estimate · Uncertain payoff
Payoff needs your actual price
ROI withheld because the institution-wide price is missing, below the reliability floor or produces an extreme price-sensitive scenario.
There is not enough reported information to classify the payoff reliably.
—Modeled economic break-even
Not availableModeled 10-year ROI
$37,335Observed earnings · year 5
—Maximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
Not enough reliable price data to model ROI.
FEDERAL COST DATA
Four ways to read college price.
Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE
Institution details
Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
- Main award level
- Certificates
- Campus setting
- Town
- Admissions
- Open admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
Not availableAverage net price / year
$9,844Cost of attendance
$7,625Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$81/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$37,335Median earnings · year 5 after completion
55.4%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
1,355Student size
Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
WHAT STANDS OUT
A faster read on this college
These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.
EARNINGS PATH
Reported earnings over time
$34,672Year 1
$41,911Year 4
$37,335Year 5
Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.
The college average is not the whole story.
Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.
1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$68,0762Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$57,8493Criminal Justice and Corrections · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$52,7074Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$47,7385Criminal Justice and Corrections · Associate's Degree$47,2716Business Administration, Management and Operations · Associate's Degree$41,4097Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$40,2168Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Associate's Degree$34,852Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark
This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential—not simply majors that pay more everywhere.
1Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree · $47,271 reported+1%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt2Criminal Justice and CorrectionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $52,707 reported-9%vs same-degree national median$11,000federal debt3Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree · $57,849 reported-12%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt4Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree · $41,409 reported-15%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt5Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree · $68,076 reported-16%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt6Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree · $47,738 reported-18%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt
Comparable colleges in NC
Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Lumberton, NC
Robeson Community College
- Annual net price
- $2,892
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $38,016
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -136%
Piedmont Community College
- Annual net price
- $1,095
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $34,379
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -158%
Sandhills Community College
- Annual net price
- $4,157
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $36,926
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -141%
Craven Community College
- Annual net price
- $3,289
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $38,699
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -133%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2023–24 awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Associate's Degree | $68,076 | Not available | Not reported |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate's Degree | $57,849 | Not available | Not reported |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $52,707 | $11,000 | 24 |
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians | Associate's Degree | $47,738 | Not available | Not reported |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Associate's Degree | $47,271 | Not available | Not reported |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Associate's Degree | $41,409 | Not available | Not reported |
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $40,216 | Not available | 27 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Associate's Degree | $34,852 | $7,250 | Not reported |
| Agricultural Production Operations | Associate's Degree | $31,127 | Not available | Not reported |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate's Degree | $30,091 | Not available | Not reported |
Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.
Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.