The main focus area for this major is Pre-Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
General Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at Wake Technical Community College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the associate degree program in engineering, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Wake Technical Community College paid an average of $268 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $76 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $2,432 | $8,576 |
Books and Supplies | $1,800 | $1,800 |
Learn more about Wake Technical Community College tuition and fees.
One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Engineering students who received their associate degree at Wake Technical Community College took out an average of $12,000 in student loans. That is 18% higher than the national average of $10,173.
The median early career salary of engineering students who receive their associate degree from Wake Technical Community College is $37,748 per year. That is about the same as the national average of $0.
Wake Technical Community College does not offer an online option for its engineering associate degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Wake Technical Community College Online Learning page.
About 22.6% of the students who received their AS in engineering in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 17.7%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 35.5% of the engineering associate degrees at Wake Technical Community College in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 40%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 13 |
Black or African American | 6 |
Hispanic or Latino | 21 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 68 |
International Students | 8 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 8 |
General Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Pre-Engineering | 124 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.