Wilkes Community College
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/Technicians
Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Public · SOC 49-9044
As published · retrieved 2026-08-26
What the record says
- Published tuition
- $2,572 in-state · $8,716 out
- Median debt at completion
- $7,625
- Completion rate
- 55%
- Earnings, 10 years after starting
- $34,728
- Credential
- Associate's Degree
Before tools, books, exam fees and living costs.
Federal loans, institution-wide, among students who completed.
Finished within 150% of normal time. Institution-wide, all programs.
Institution-wide and measured from entry, so it includes people who never finished. Not specific to this program.
The occupation, not this program
What millwrights earn in North Carolina
$62,990median, per year
Half earn more, half less, across all experience levels. National median $65,700.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · SOC 49-9044 · survey 2025-05 · retrieved 2026-08-26
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