Durham Technical Community College
Durham Technical Community College is a public community college in Durham, NC, with about 1,941 students on campus and 2,413 more studying only online. Price, graduation and earnings figures on this page count online students too.
Durham Technical Community College, in brief
Most of Durham Technical Community College’s students study online
About 2,413 students take classes only online, against 1,941 on campus. Price, graduation and earnings figures on this page count online students too, so they describe the online college as much as the campus. The students ↓
Durham Technical Community College is nearly free for lower-income families
Families earning under $30,000 pay about $525 a year after grants. Families earning $48,000–75,000 pay about $2,850, and those over $110,000 pay about $9,930. What it costs ↓
A graduation gap for lower-income students
30% of students with Pell grants finish, against 45% overall, a gap of 15 points. 31% of undergraduates get Pell grants. Outcomes ↓
Most students study part-time
67% of undergraduates attend part-time. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students, so it covers a minority of the people studying here. The students ↓
Fewer borrowers paying down loans than at most colleges
Only 24% of federal borrowers had paid down any of their loan within three years, fewer than at 92% of U.S. colleges. Outcomes ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; price, graduation and earnings include online students; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students.
The students
3,890 degree-seeking undergraduates.
By race and ethnicity
Women and men
How hard is it to get into Durham Technical Community College?
anyone with a high school diploma can enroll
Test scores of admitted students
No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Durham Technical Community College is likely test-optional.
The sticker price, and what families really pay
Sticker price: $10,430 a year
Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $6,594
After grants, the average family on aid pays $1,664.
Tuition and fees are $1,986 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.
Your family’s price
Average net price after grants, by family income
About $5,700 over 2 years · 73% off the sticker price
Do students finish, and does it pay off?
Debt vs. the paycheck
The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting
$156 a month against about $2,594 a month in pay.
Paying back loans
Federal student loans, this college
of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 8% of U.S. colleges.
Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).
What students study, and what it pays
Share of degrees by field
Associate degree programs with the most graduates
And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).
Living in Durham
11% of Durham’s 305,561 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Durham pages.
Other colleges within 30 miles
Straight-line distances from Durham Technical Community College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.
Ask around
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.