Durham Technical Community College

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#9647 / #2564
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
Public community college in Durham, North Carolina, United States

Durham Technical Community College at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#2564
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$1,986
Graduation rate
31%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
3,890

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Durham Technical Community College Featured Rankings

About Durham Technical Community College

According to Wikipedia, Durham Technical Community College is a public community college in Durham, North Carolina. The college serves Northern Durham County at its Northern Durham Center, and in Orange County at its Orange County Campus completed in 2008.

Durham Technical Community College's Online Degrees

Certificate in Accounting And Finance - Payroll Agent
  • Required Credits: 13
  • Completion Time: 1 Year
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Accounting And Finance - Bookkeeper Entrepreneur
  • Required Credits: 14
Certificate in Accounting And Finance - Income Tax Preparer
  • Required Credits: 15
Certificate in Business Administration - Human Resources Mgmt
  • Required Credits: 15
  • Completion Time: 1 Year
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Office Administration - Administrative Office
  • Required Credits: 15
Certificate in Business Administration - Management
  • Required Credits: 16
  • Completion Time: 1 Year
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Business Administration - Marketing
  • Required Credits: 16
  • Completion Time: 1 Year
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Business Core
  • Required Credits: 16
  • Completion Time: 1 Year
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Entrepreneurship
  • Required Credits: 16
AAS in Business Administration
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Information Technology - Ccna
  • Required Credits: 12
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Information Technology - Database Programming
  • Required Credits: 12
Certificate in Information Technology - Microsoft Developer
  • Required Credits: 12
Certificate in Emergency Management - Business Continuity
  • Required Credits: 12
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Criminal Justice Technology
  • Required Credits: 15
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Fire Protection Technology - Fire Inspection
  • Required Credits: 15
Certificate in Fire Protection Technology - Fire Management
  • Required Credits: 18
  • Format: Fully online
Diploma in Paralegal Technology
  • Required Credits: 46
AAS in Emergency Management
  • Required Credits: 67
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Paralegal Technology
  • Required Credits: 70
Diploma in Criminal Justice Technology
  • Required Credits: 39-40
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Fire Protection Technology
  • Required Credits: 66-67
AAS in Criminal Justice Technology
  • Required Credits: 67-68
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Early Childhood Education - Administration
  • Required Credits: 16
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Early Childhood Education - Child Development
  • Required Credits: 16
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Infant/Toddler Care
  • Required Credits: 16
  • Format: Fully online
AGE in General Education
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Associate In Arts
  • Required Credits: 60
AAS in Public Safety Administration
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Clinical Trials Research Associate - Core Competencies
  • Required Credits: 16
  • Completion Time: 1 Year
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Medical Product Safety And Pharmacovigilance
  • Required Credits: 17
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Optical Apprentice
  • Required Credits: 17
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Clinical Trials Research Associate - Advanced Topics
  • Required Credits: 18
Certificate in Clinical Trials Research Associate - Data Management
  • Required Credits: 18
  • Completion Time: 1 Year
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Medical Office Administration
  • Required Credits: 70
AAS in Clinical Trials Research
  • Required Credits: 71
AAS in Health Information Technology
  • Required Credits: 73
AGE in General Education-Nursing
  • Required Credits: 60-61
  • Format: Fully online

Durham Technical Community College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Retention RateGraduation Rate
66%31%

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.

How Much Does Durham Technical Community College Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$1,986
Average Net Price by Family Income (2024–25)
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$3,199
30K - 48K$2,060
48K - 75K$3,077
75K - 110K$5,082
110K+$9,827

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.

How Much Do Durham Technical Community College Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Durham Technical Community College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $40,827 a year, and 85% of those not still in school are working.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.

Durham Technical Community College's Demographics

Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.

Student BodyUnder-Grads
7,8217,821

Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.

Where is Durham Technical Community College?

Durham Technical Community College is located at 1637 Lawson Street, Durham, NC 27703-5023.

How Safe is Durham Technical Community College?

No violent or property offenses were reported on Durham Technical Community College’s campus in 2024. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.

Relative to its enrollment, Durham Technical Community College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. Durham has a violent crime rate of 0.62% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 3.81%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.

What Is Durham Technical Community College Known For?

Durham Technical Community College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:

Durham Technical Community College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

Each rank compares how much Durham Technical Community College's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence

Computer Science
#2206
World Rank
#2212
Historical Rank
#471
USA Rank

Durham Technical Community College ranks #471 in the U.S. and #2206 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.

computer-science Degrees
Criminal Justice
#3683
World Rank
#3686
Historical Rank
#1885
USA Rank

Durham Technical Community College ranks #1885 in the U.S. and #3683 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.

criminal-justice Degrees
Medical
#6919
World Rank
#6920
Historical Rank
#2000
USA Rank

Durham Technical Community College ranks #2000 in the U.S. and #6919 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees
Education
#11020
World Rank
#11026
Historical Rank
#2998
USA Rank

Durham Technical Community College ranks #2998 in the U.S. and #11020 worldwide for influence in Education.

education Degrees
Engineering
#12974
World Rank
#12977
Historical Rank
#3162
USA Rank

Durham Technical Community College ranks #3162 in the U.S. and #12974 worldwide for influence in Engineering.

engineering Degrees

Who Are Durham Technical Community College's Most Influential Alumni?

Elizabeth A. Fenn
Elizabeth A. Fenn
An American historian and professor.