9101 Fayetteville Road
Raleigh, NC 27603

Wake Technical community college offers more than 90 different programs of study, offered by six different academic divisions. Students completing these programs may earn associate degrees, diplomas or certificates at the North Carolina college. Full-time students can usually complete an associate degree program within two years, a diploma program within one year or a certificate program within six months. Some programs may take longer.

Most curriculum programs at Wake Technical Community College are designed to prepare students for specific career opportunities. Some, but not all, programs offer students the opportunity to transfer college credits to private universities and North Carolina colleges. The Associate in Arts and Associate in Science programs, offered by the Arts & Sciences Division, are designated as university transfer programs. Selected associate in applied science degree programs, primarily in the engineering Technology Division, may also offer transferable credits.

Wake Technical Community College offers continuing education classes to those who are interested. Continuing education programs provide courses for those who need to train, retrain, and update themselves in a vocational or professional area, for those who desire instruction enabling them to grow in basic knowledge, improve in home and community life, and develop or improve leisure time activities, and for those individuals whose education stopped short of high school.

Quick Facts:

The North Carolina college has five core values: communication, collaboration, critical thinking, responsibility and respect.

Many students enroll in Wake Technical Community College on a part-time basis through classes that are offered in the evening so they may juggle the responsibilities of family and educational life.

Wake Technical Community College's Honors Program is designed for students who are committed to developing their intellects and gaining an edge in transferring to competitive colleges and universities.

There are various campuses at Wake Technical Community College: main campus, health sciences, northern wake, western wake, the adult education center, and the personnel development center.

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