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McDowell Technical Community College (North Carolina): 20 training programs — cost, completion, employment and earnings from the federal record
McDowell Technical Community College (Higher Ed: Associate's Degree), 54 College Drive, Marion has 20 programs on North Carolina’s Training Provider Results list leading to: Associate in Applied Science - Automotive Systems Technology; Associate in Arts Degree - Business Administration-Marketing; Associate in General Education - Nursing; Associate's Degree - Business Administration-Operations Management; Associate's in Applied Science - Advertising and Graphic Design; Associate's in Applied Science - Health Information Technology and 14 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 | Advertising and Graphic Design | $6,021 | 80 wk · 15 hrs | 58 | 34% | 48% | $13,167 | — |
| 2 | Automotive Systems Technology- A60160 | $10,638 | 98 wk · 13 hrs | 59 | 34% | 74% | $10,394 | — |
| 3 | Automotive Systems Technology- D60160 | $5,848 | 72 wk · 47 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Basic Law Enforcement Training - C55120 | $2,442 | 13 wk · 16 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Business Administration, Marketing - A25120M | $8,675 | 96 wk · 12 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Business Administration, Operations Management- A25120O | $5,860 | 96 wk · 11 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Carpentry | $0 | 72 wk · 37 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Cosmetology- A55140 | $7,450 | 74 wk · 33 hrs | 49 | 18% | 65% | $8,704 | — |
| 9 | Early Childhood Diploma- D55220C | $5,494 | 48 wk · 41 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Esthetics Certificate- C55230 | $2,100 | 24 wk · 16 hrs | 57 | 14% | 61% | $7,116 | — |
| 11 | General Office Administration Certificate- C25370A | $1,982 | 32 wk · 8 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Health Information Technology- A45360 | $9,594 | 96 wk · 12 hrs | 22 | — | 94% | — | — |
| 13 | Mechatronics Engineering Technology - Associates - A40350 | $8,500 | 84 wk · 14 hrs | 54 | 20% | 91% | — | — |
| 14 | Nursing Aide- C45840 | $2,125 | 16 wk · 10 hrs | 91 | 3% | 66% | $6,355 | — |
| 15 | Nursing, Associate Degree- A45110 | $11,624 | 80 wk · 27 hrs | 159 | 20% | 93% | $22,873 | $8,485 |
| 16 | Phlebotomy Education & Clinical Experience | $386 | 14 wk · 8 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Practical Nursing Education (D45660) | $7,785 | 30 wk · 12 hrs | 147 | 52% | 97% | $21,262 | $7,785 |
| 18 | Welding Technology - Diploma- D50420 | $3,589 | 80 wk · 9 hrs | 30 | 53% | 71% | $11,350 | — |
| 19 | Welding Technology Level I Certificate C50420A | $0 | 16 wk · 15 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Welding Technology Level II Certificate C50420B | $0 | 16 wk · 15 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
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.