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Nursing, associate's programs in North Carolina

Among 34 North Carolina associate's programs in Nursing with federal earnings data, Vance-Granville Community College graduates earn the highest median, $87,707 four years after graduating. Fayetteville Technical Community College follows at $86,783. The national median for associate's graduates in the same program is $80,813. (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard.)

Programs with data
34
Highest median
$87,707
National median
$80,813
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Nursing, associate's programs in North Carolina: median earnings four years after graduating and median federal debt, in order of earnings.
CollegeMedian earnings, 4 yrs aftervs national medianDebt borrowed at this college (median)
Vance-Granville Community College$87,707+9%—
Fayetteville Technical Community College$86,783+7%$10,500
Bladen Community College$86,715+7%—
Sampson Community College$83,909+4%—
Durham Technical Community College$83,872+4%$13,000
Beaufort County Community College$82,317about the same—
Wake Technical Community College$80,488about the same$17,104
Wilson Community College$80,091about the same$10,500
Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute$80,000about the same—
Craven Community College$78,654−3%—
Johnston Community College$78,523−3%—
Forsyth Technical Community College$78,305−3%$12,718
Stanly Community College$77,888−4%—
Nash Community College$77,542−4%$11,332
Piedmont Community College$76,596−5%—
Lenoir Community College$76,317−6%—
Davidson-Davie Community College$76,316−6%$10,500
Wayne Community College$75,708−6%—
Cabarrus College of Health Sciences$75,513−7%$18,500
Guilford Technical Community College$75,382−7%$11,577
Cape Fear Community College$75,252−7%—
Mitchell Community College$75,218−7%—
Surry Community College$75,036−7%—
Pitt Community College$74,964−7%$12,617
Carolinas College of Health Sciences$74,659−8%$16,088

The 25 highest of 34 programs. Ordered by median earnings four years after graduating: one federal measure, not a ranking of program quality.

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What these numbers are

Earnings: graduates of 2017-18 and 2018-19, earnings measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. Only programs with at least 30 graduates in the earnings cohort are listed, and a multi-state system whose figure pools campuses in several states is left out of state lists. Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, worked, and were not enrolled in school; debt is the median federal loans borrowed at this college by graduates who borrowed (Direct Subsidized, Unsubsidized and Grad PLUS; not Parent PLUS, private loans or interest). Programs with too few graduates are suppressed by the Department of Education. Federal program group: Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. Earnings reflect who enrolls and where graduates work as well as the program itself.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field-of-study data, 10 June 2026. Download every program (CSV).