Forsyth Technical Community College

Forsyth Technical Community College logo
#12168 / #3212
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
Public community college in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Forsyth Technical Community College at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#3212
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$2,276
Graduation rate
45%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
7,113

Reviewed by , Vice President and Academic Editor. Influence ranks come from our InfluenceRanking™ methodology; other figures come from federal data, with the year shown under each section. Report an error

Forsyth Technical Community College Featured Rankings

About Forsyth Technical Community College

According to Wikipedia, Forsyth Technical Community College, is a public community college in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The college is one of the largest in the North Carolina Community College System, with an enrollment of over 11,000 credit students and over 24,000 Corporate and Continuing Education students.

Forsyth Technical Community College's Online Degrees

Certificate in Business Administration
Degree Concentrations
  • Customer Service
  • Global Entrepreneurship
  • Human Resources
  • International Business
  • Required Credits: 14
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Entrepreneurship
Degree Concentrations
  • Small Business Management
  • Required Credits: 18
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Project Management Technology
Degree Concentrations
  • Information Systems
  • Required Credits: 18
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Supply Chain Management
Degree Concentrations
  • Global Logistics Technology
  • Required Credits: 18
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Accounting
Degree Concentrations
  • Financial Services
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Business Administration
Degree Concentrations
  • Public Administration
  • International Business
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Project Management Technology
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Supply Chain Management
Degree Concentrations
  • Distribution Management
  • Global Logistics Technology
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Entrepreneurship
  • Required Credits: 72
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Information Technology-Systems Security
  • Required Credits: 15
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Information Technology
Degree Concentrations
  • Cybersecurity
  • Required Credits: 16
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in It-Technical Support & Services
Degree Concentrations
  • A+
  • Helpdesk
  • Required Credits: 18
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Information Technology-Systems Security
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in It-Technical Support & Services
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Information Technology
Degree Concentrations
  • Cybersecurity
  • Required Credits: 68
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Criminal Justice Technology
  • Required Credits: 18
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Criminal Justice Technology
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Emergency Management
  • Required Credits: 65
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Human Services Technology
Degree Concentrations
  • Social Gerontology
  • Required Credits: 18
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Associate In Arts
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Interventional Cardiac And Vascular Technology
Degree Concentrations
  • Cardiac
  • Vascular
  • Required Credits: 16
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Computed Tomography And Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technology
  • Required Credits: 18
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Health Information Technology
  • Required Credits: 67
  • Format: Fully online

Forsyth Technical Community College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Retention RateGraduation Rate
73%45%

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 Forsyth Technical Community College Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$2,276
Average Net Price by Family Income (2024–25)
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$1,018
30K - 48K$913
48K - 75K$2,106
75K - 110K$6,450
110K+$9,255

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 Forsyth Technical Community College Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Forsyth Technical Community College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $40,074 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.

Forsyth 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
11,84711,847

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

Where is Forsyth Technical Community College?

Forsyth Technical Community College is located at 2100 Silas Creek Pky, Winston-Salem, NC 27103-5197.

How Safe is Forsyth Technical Community College?

Like every college that receives federal student aid, Forsyth Technical Community College publishes an annual security report with its campus crime statistics and safety policies. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.

Relative to its enrollment, Forsyth Technical Community College has a violent crime rate of 0.01% and a property crime rate of 0.01%. Winston-Salem has a violent crime rate of 0.81% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 2.96%. 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 Forsyth Technical Community College Known For?

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

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

Each rank compares how much Forsyth 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

Engineering
#10116
World Rank
#10122
Historical Rank
#2238
USA Rank

Forsyth Technical Community College ranks #2238 in the U.S. and #10116 worldwide for influence in Engineering.

engineering Degrees
Computer Science
#9333
World Rank
#9339
Historical Rank
#2433
USA Rank

Forsyth Technical Community College ranks #2433 in the U.S. and #9333 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.

computer-science Degrees
Medical
#8580
World Rank
#8582
Historical Rank
#2443
USA Rank

Forsyth Technical Community College ranks #2443 in the U.S. and #8580 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees
Criminal Justice
#5838
World Rank
#5840
Historical Rank
#2784
USA Rank

Forsyth Technical Community College ranks #2784 in the U.S. and #5838 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.

criminal-justice Degrees
Education
#13144
World Rank
#13148
Historical Rank
#3534
USA Rank

Forsyth Technical Community College ranks #3534 in the U.S. and #13144 worldwide for influence in Education.

education Degrees