Durham Technical
Community College
Public Community College in Durham, NC. Six-year graduation rate 45%. Median 10-year earnings $36,142.
Students who entered Durham Technical Community College reach a median of $36,142 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 45% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation is $14,750, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.7 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 45%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. 66% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. Transfer-out runs to 15% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 48% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,249 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $7,163 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The income table below is the number that matters — $525 at $0–30k versus $9,930 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 52% of students at an average of $7,340. Only 9% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 140 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $525 |
| $30–48k | $1,495 |
| $48–75k | $2,850 |
| $75–110k | $9,407 |
| $110k+ | $9,930 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 295 of these 3,249 students, totalling $2,080,982 — an average of $7,054 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Durham County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)