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Surry Community College

Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection

Dobson, North Carolina · Public · SOC 47-2141

Net price, per year
$4,961

Average paid after grant aid, across all first-time students at this institution.

Published tuition
$2,668 in-state · $8,812 out

Before tools, books, exam fees and living costs.

Completion rate
6%

Finished within 150% of normal time. Institution-wide, all programmes.

Earnings, 10 years after starting
$36,012

Institution-wide and measured from entry, so it includes people who never finished. Not specific to this programme.

Credential
Associate's Degree

Four years from now

This is a 2-year program. Over four years you would pay $9,922 in net price.

We do not show what you would earn afterwards, because nobody publishes year-one earnings for a specific program. Guessing it would be the kind of number this site exists to avoid. The North Carolina median below is what the job pays across the whole state, for workers at every stage of a career.

What painters earn in North Carolina

$44,110median, per year

Half earn more, half less, across all experience levels. National median $49,400.

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · SOC 47-2141 · survey 2025-05 · retrieved 2026-08-26

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