Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma · Raleigh, NC
At Wake Technical Community College, the Design and Applied Arts undergraduate certificate or diploma program reported $41,857 median earnings four years after completion and $13,414 median federal debt among 138 working graduates.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 releaseDownload source data ↗
01 · Published outcomes
Four-year median earnings were $41,857, five-year median earnings were $43,918, and median federal debt was $13,414 for the published program cohorts.
Earnings cover graduates who were working and not enrolled. Median debt uses a separate federal borrower cohort and is not a yearly payment.
02 · Same-field context
Among 2 published undergraduate certificate or diploma records in this field, earnings ranked at the 100th percentile and debt was lower than about 0% of peers.
Higher earnings than about 100% of published same-field, same-credential records.
Lower median debt than about 0% of published same-field, same-credential records.
Percentiles describe this published peer group; they are not a rating of instruction, selectivity, or individual outcomes.
03 · Comparison records
The comparison group contains 2 institution-program records with the same field and credential, at least 75 working graduates, and published earnings and debt.
04 · Institution context
The Wake Technical Community College institution report publishes school-level net price, completion, retention, undergraduate aid, and debt; those measures use cohorts separate from this program’s earnings and debt cohorts.
Raleigh, North Carolina · Public
Answers at a glance
The program FAQ reports $41,857 four-year median earnings, $13,414 median federal debt, 138 working graduates, and 2 same-field peer records.
Median earnings were $41,857 four years after completion and $43,918 five years after completion for working graduates who were not enrolled.
The published median federal debt was $13,414 across a reported debt cohort of 110 borrowers.
Peers share CIP field 50.04 and the Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma credential level, have at least 75 working graduates, and have published earnings and debt medians.
