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Wilkes Community College

Wilkesboro, NC · 10 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · 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.

Available federal data is not complete enough for a confident payoff classification.

Modeled economic break-even
Not availableModeled 10-year ROI
$37,335Observed earnings · year 5
Economic ROI includes direct price and earnings forgone during study · $45,000 comparison earnings · values held flat · see the formula
PAYOFF CURVE

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.

Published in-state tuition$2,572
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$8,716
Sticker price
Average net priceNot available
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$9,844
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

Not availableAverage net price / year
$9,844Cost of attendance
$37,335Median earnings · year 5 after completion
55.4%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
1,355Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

33thEarnings percentile
45thCompletion percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$34,672Year 1
$41,911Year 4
$37,335Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

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$34,852

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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%
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Roxboro, NC

Piedmont Community College

Annual net price
$1,095
Observed earnings · year 5
$34,379
Modeled 10-year ROI
-158%
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Pinehurst, NC

Sandhills Community College

Annual net price
$4,157
Observed earnings · year 5
$36,926
Modeled 10-year ROI
-141%
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New Bern, NC

Craven Community College

Annual net price
$3,289
Observed earnings · year 5
$38,699
Modeled 10-year ROI
-133%
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree$68,076Not available
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$57,849Not available
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$52,707$11,000
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree$47,738Not available
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree$47,271Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree$41,409Not available
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$40,216Not available
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree$34,852$7,250
Agricultural Production OperationsAssociate's Degree$31,127Not available
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree$30,091Not available

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.