Asheville, NC · Public
Net price / yr
After grant aid
Median debt
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
21 listings on file
Painter programs in North Carolina
21 trade schools, and no registered apprenticeships. We hold no apprenticeship records for this trade in North Carolina yet, which is a gap in our coverage rather than a statement about the trade. The schools are below.
What the job pays in North Carolina
$44,110median, per year
This is what painters, construction and maintenance earn across North Carolina, half above and half below. It is an experienced-worker figure, not a starting wage. Nationally the median is $49,400.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, SOC 47-2141 · survey 2025-05 · retrieved 2026-08-26
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Price on file
Trade schools · 21
You pay for these, and most students are not earning while they study.
Wilmington, NC · Public
Net price / yr
$9,610
After grant aid
Median debt
$9,500
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
34%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Morehead City, NC · Public
Net price / yr
$10,764
After grant aid
Completion
49%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Trade school
Sanford, NC · Public
Net price / yr
$5,446
After grant aid
Completion
43%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Trade school
Charlotte, NC · Public
Net price / yr
$3,345
After grant aid
Median debt
$7,925
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
31%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Shelby, NC · Public
Net price / yr
$995
After grant aid
Completion
32%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Tarboro, NC · Public
Median debt
$15,917
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
37%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Trade school
Fayetteville, NC · Public
Net price / yr
$3,589
After grant aid
Median debt
$11,500
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
24%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Trade school
Jamestown, NC · Public
Net price / yr
$15,002
After grant aid
Median debt
$14,901
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
31%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Clyde, NC · Public
Net price / yr
$6,723
After grant aid
Completion
34%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Spindale, NC · Public
Net price / yr
$10,758
After grant aid
Completion
55%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Troy, NC · Public
Net price / yr
$13,832
After grant aid
Completion
84%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Winterville, NC · Public
Net price / yr
$7,337
After grant aid
Median debt
$11,977
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
35%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Trade school
Salisbury, NC · Public
Net price / yr
$7,981
After grant aid
Median debt
$9,458
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
35%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Clinton, NC · Public
Net price / yr
$3,108
After grant aid
Completion
56%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Trade school
Whiteville, NC · Public
Net price / yr
$9,148
After grant aid
Completion
43%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Dobson, NC · Public
Net price / yr
$4,961
After grant aid
Completion
6%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Trade school
Raleigh, NC · Public
Net price / yr
$8,759
After grant aid
Median debt
$12,000
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
33%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Trade school
Morganton, NC · Public
Net price / yr
$6,448
After grant aid
Completion
49%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Wilkesboro, NC · Public
Median debt
$7,625
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
55%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Wilson, NC · Public
Net price / yr
$3,064
After grant aid
Median debt
$10,500
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
27%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Requirements, the test, timing
How to actually get in
Finding the program is the easy part. The application is where people fall down.
How to get into a painter apprenticeship21 listings matched. Figures come from the publishers named on each card. Nothing on this page is estimated.