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Catawba Valley Community College (North Carolina): 35 training programs — cost, completion, employment and earnings from the federal record
Catawba Valley Community College (Public), 2550 Highway 70 Se, Hickory has 35 programs on North Carolina’s Training Provider Results list leading to: Accounting and Finance: Accounting General Certificate; Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Technology Diploma; American Academy of Professional Coders, national certification for the Certified Professional Coder (CPC); Associate Degree Nursing; Associate in Applied Science Degree - Surgical Technology; Associate in Applied Science in Electronics Engineering Technology and 29 more. The table prints what the provider reported for each: the published cost, how many students exited, the share who completed, the share employed in the second quarter after exit, and their median earnings in that quarter — as reported, with the federal definition of every column below. Nothing is ranked, imputed or estimated. Snapshot taken 2026-09-02.
| # | Program (provider’s page) · credential · code | Published cost basis | Length | Exited | Completed | Employed Q2 after exit | Median earnings, Q2 (one quarter) | Avg WIOA ITA $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accounting and Finance: Accounting General Certificate | $1,926 | 32 wk · 9 hrs | 26 | — | 84% | $11,614 | — |
| 2 | Air Conditioning, Heating, Refrigeration Technology- D35100 | $5,307 | 58 wk · 20 hrs | 26 | 12% | 86% | $11,222 | — |
| 3 | Associate Degree Nursing - A45110 | $10,657 | 64 wk · 24 hrs | 347 | 45% | 93% | $17,793 | — |
| 4 | Associate in Engineering (A10500) | $6,697 | 64 wk · 19 hrs | 113 | 4% | 73% | $10,659 | — |
| 5 | Barber College | $1,359 | 54 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Basic Law Enforcement Training | $1,086 | 19 wk · 40 hrs | 34 | 59% | 97% | $10,033 | — |
| 7 | Business Administration - A25120 | $6,840 | 74 wk · 18 hrs | 561 | 28% | 81% | $12,663 | — |
| 8 | Computer Information Technology - A25260 | $9,690 | 72 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Computer Integrated Machining Technology | $10,181 | 48 wk · 25 hrs | 23 | 43% | 78% | $11,516 | — |
| 10 | Cosmetology | $6,122 | 56 wk · 28 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Dental Assisting Certificate Program | $1,871 | 24 wk · 16 hrs | 10 | 80% | 89% | $5,171 | $1,703 |
| 12 | Electrical Systems Technology, AAS | $6,916 | 72 wk · 26 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Electronics Engineering Technology - A40200 | $6,823 | 80 wk · 15 hrs | 50 | 28% | 91% | $16,148 | — |
| 14 | Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) | $602 | 16 wk · 15 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Fire Academy | $941 | 11 wk · 40 hrs | 79 | 96% | 90% | $17,856 | — |
| 16 | General Occupational Technology Diploma (D55280) | $4,906 | 64 wk · 12 hrs | 1,517 | — | 84% | $10,004 | — |
| 17 | Healthcare Management Technology - A25200 | $6,618 | 74 wk · 20 hrs | 85 | 24% | 90% | $10,287 | — |
| 18 | Healthcare Management Technology - C25200 | $1,886 | 32 wk · 9 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Infant/Toddler Care Certificate - C55290 | $1,570 | 32 wk · 6 hrs | 13 | 23% | 62% | $3,211 | — |
| 20 | Information Technology: Programming and App Development | $7,638 | 74 wk · 22 hrs | 320 | 19% | 76% | $14,471 | — |
| 21 | IT: Specialist Certificate - C2559002 | $1,854 | 32 wk · 12 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | LPN-RN - Associate Degree Nursing Bridge Program | $4,431 | 32 wk · 24 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Mechanical Engineering Technology - A40320 | $7,751 | 75 wk · 12 hrs | 112 | 20% | 83% | — | — |
| 24 | Mechatronics Engineering Technology | $7,025 | 72 wk · 25 hrs | 166 | 37% | 88% | $23,623 | — |
| 25 | Medical Assisting - Continuing Education | $1,505 | 63 wk · 6 hrs | 13 | 54% | 91% | $9,392 | $1,569 |
| 26 | Medical Coding and Billing - Continuing Education | $1,455 | 56 wk · 12 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Medical Coding Outpatient: Basic and Advanced | $1,493 | 65 wk · 12 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | Medical Office Administration (A25310) | $8,049 | 72 wk · 18 hrs | 149 | 39% | 80% | $10,121 | $8,782 |
| 29 | Nursing Assistant I - Continuing Ed | $976 | 8 wk · 32 hrs | 195 | 76% | 77% | $6,660 | $1,031 |
| 30 | Pharmacy Technician | $331 | 17 wk · 12 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Phlebotomy - Continuing Ed | $816 | 16 wk · 10 hrs | 106 | 75% | 85% | $7,086 | $710 |
| 32 | Radiography - A45700 | $10,554 | 72 wk · 34 hrs | 73 | 22% | 94% | $18,708 | — |
| 33 | Respiratory Therapy - A45720 | $9,731 | 75 wk · 16 hrs | 55 | 33% | 98% | $15,152 | — |
| 34 | Surgical Technology - A45740 | $8,986 | 74 wk · 21 hrs | 72 | 18% | 90% | $13,383 | — |
| 35 | Truck Driver Training | $3,950 | 5 wk · 40 hrs | 27 | 85% | 85% | $8,038 | $3,777 |
Source and date: U.S. Department of Labor, Training Provider Results — the open program index behind trainingproviderresults.gov (state Eligible Training Provider performance reports, form ETA-9171), snapshot taken 2026-09-02; the site states the data cover programs approved as of June 30, 2025 and outcomes for July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2025. Cost is tuition and fees for a non-WIOA participant where the provider reported it (books and supplies added only when reported separately), otherwise the average WIOA training-account dollars per participant — the basis is printed under each figure. The provider’s own program page is linked where it reported one; RetrainMap has not verified those links.
How to read the columns — the federal data dictionary
Definitions from the TrainingProviderResults.gov Data Dictionary v4.0 (2024-05-15), as shipped in the dataset’s data_dictionary.csv. Median earnings are one calendar quarter, not a year. Percentages of small cohorts are noisy — read the exited count first. A dash means the federal file prints −1 (suppressed: small cohort, not reported, or flagged) — blank here, never zero.
- all_completed_pct (federal field field_c_completed_percent)
- Percent of All Students who completed the program (DE122/DE121) Percent, 0-100 (the federal file stores a 0-1 fraction; converted here).
- all_employed_q2_pct (federal field field_c_q2_employment_percent)
- Percent of All Students Exiters who were employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE123/DE129) Percent, 0-100 (the federal file stores a 0-1 fraction; converted here).
- all_median_earnings_q2_usd (federal field field_c_median_earnings)
- Median Earnings in the 2nd Quarter after Exit of All Students that are Employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE125)
- avg_ita_cost_per_wioa_participant_usd (federal field field_c_cost_per_wioa)
- Average number of dollars the training program received from each WIOA participant Individual Training Account (ITA) during the time period (DE138/DE135)
- non_wioa_tuition_fees_usd (federal field field_non_wioa_tuition_cost)
- Out-of-Pocket Cost for a Non-WIOA Participant: Tuition and Requested Fees (DE111)
- non_wioa_books_supplies_usd (federal field field_non_wioa_supplies_cost)
- Out-of-Pocket Cost for a Non-WIOA Participant: Books and Supplies (DE112)
- length_weeks (federal field field_program_length_weeks)
- Length of the training program in weeks, as completed by a full-time student (DE114); a suppressed value (-1) indicates it was reported as a competency-based program
- length_hours (federal field field_program_length_hours)
- Length of the training program in clock/contact hours (DE113); a suppressed value (-1) indicates it was reported as a competency-based program
- all_students_exited (federal field field_c_total_exited)
- Total number of individuals exited from the training program (DE121)
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Sources and dates
- U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration — Training Provider Results program index, https://www.trainingproviderresults.gov/ · snapshot 2026-09-02 · normalised in the RetrainMap Training Provider Outcomes dataset (suppressed −1 cells blank; percentages 0–100; nothing imputed)
- TrainingProviderResults.gov Data Dictionary v4.0, 2024-05-15 — https://www.trainingproviderresults.gov/assets/ETP_Data_Dictionary.pdf
Other providers in North Carolina: the North Carolina provider index.