Gaston College
Gaston College at a Glance
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About Gaston College
According to Wikipedia, Gaston College is a public community college in Dallas, North Carolina. Serving Gaston County and Lincoln County, Gaston College enrolls over 5,000 students each term in curriculum programs and about 16,000 students in continuing education programs. It is part of the North Carolina Community College System and accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees.
Gaston College's Online Degrees
Certificate in Starting Your Own Business In Health And Healing
- Required Credits: 11
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Business Administration
Degree Concentrations
- Human Resources Management
- Basic Business
- Small Business Management
- Core
- Required Credits: 12
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Office Administration
Degree Concentrations
- General
- Customer Service
- Required Credits: 12
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Supply Chain Management
- Required Credits: 12
- Format: Fully online
AAS in Business Administration
Degree Concentrations
- Human Resources Management
- General
- Required Credits: 65
- Format: Fully online
AAS in Office Administration
Degree Concentrations
- General
- Office Finance
- Required Credits: 69
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Information Technology
Degree Concentrations
- Information Systems Support Core
- Required Credits: 15
- Format: Fully online
AAS in Information Technology
Degree Concentrations
- Applications Development
- Data Analytics And Database Management
- Digital Media
- Required Credits: 68
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Criminal Justice Technology
Degree Concentrations
- General
- Corrections
- Homeland Security
- Required Credits: 12
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Legal And Ethical Issues In Healthcare
- Required Credits: 12
- Completion Time: 3 months
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Violence Prevention And Awareness
- Required Credits: 13
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Fire Protection Technology
Degree Concentrations
- Industrial Fire Protection
- Required Credits: 16
- Format: Fully online
AAS in Criminal Justice Technology
- Required Credits: 65
- Format: Fully online
AAS in Fire Protection Technology
- Required Credits: 67
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Early Childhood Education
Degree Concentrations
- Special Needs
- Required Credits: 16
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Music Therapy And Sound Healing
- Required Credits: 8
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Spirituality, Health, And Healing
- Required Credits: 25
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
AA in Associate In General Education
- Required Credits: 64-65
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Holistic And Integrative Health: Foundations 3
- Required Credits: 9
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Brain Health
- Required Credits: 10
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Healthy Aging
- Required Credits: 10
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Holistic And Integrative Health: Foundations 2
- Required Credits: 10
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Nutrition, Chronic Disease, And Health Promotion
- Required Credits: 12
- Completion Time: 3 months
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Global Healing Systems
- Required Credits: 13
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Infectious Diseases And Infection Control
- Required Credits: 13
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Holistic And Integrative Health: Foundations 1
- Required Credits: 14
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Women'S Health Issues
- Required Credits: 14
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Medical Office Administration
Degree Concentrations
- General
- Billing And Coding
- Required Credits: 15
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Food, Nutrition, And Health
- Required Credits: 16
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Healing Environments For Body, Mind, And Spirit
- Required Credits: 16
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Perinatal Issues
- Required Credits: 20
- Completion Time: 3 months
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Complementary And Integrative Health
- Required Credits: 24
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Integrative Behavioral Health
- Required Credits: 24
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Gerontology
- Required Credits: 25
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Holistic And Integrative Health
- Required Credits: 33
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
AAS in Medical Office Administration
Degree Concentrations
- General
- Billing And Coding
- Document Specialist
- Required Credits: 69
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Meditation
- Required Credits: 8
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Mindfulness
- Required Credits: 8
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Stress Management
- Required Credits: 14
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Energy Medicine
- Required Credits: 10
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Biotechnology
Degree Concentrations
- Foundations Of Biotechnology
- Basic Biotechnology
- Required Credits: 14
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in End Of Life Care
- Required Credits: 19
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Gaston College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information
| Retention Rate | Graduation Rate |
|---|---|
| 54% | 60% |
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 Gaston College Cost To Attend?
| Tuition and fees (in-state) |
|---|
| $3,229 |
| Income | Average Net Cost |
|---|---|
| 0 - 30K | $3,196 |
| 30K - 48K | $3,264 |
| 48K - 75K | $4,548 |
| 75K - 110K | $9,171 |
| 110K+ | $3,125 |
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 Gaston College Graduates Make?
Ten years after starting college, former Gaston College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $39,978 a year, and 84% 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.
Gaston College's Demographics
Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.
| Student Body | Under-Grads |
|---|---|
| 8,026 | 8,026 |
Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.
Where is Gaston College?
Gaston College is located at 201 Hwy 321 S, Dallas, NC 28034.
How Safe is Gaston College?
No violent or property offenses were reported on Gaston 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, Gaston College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. Dallas has a violent crime rate of 0.26% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 1.83%. 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 Gaston College Known For?
Gaston College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:
Gaston College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered
Each rank compares how much Gaston 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
Gaston College ranks #1263 in the U.S. and #2462 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.
criminal-justice DegreesGaston College ranks #1542 in the U.S. and #3995 worldwide for influence in Social Work.
social-work DegreesGaston College ranks #1583 in the U.S. and #5475 worldwide for influence in Medical.
medicine DegreesGaston College ranks #1909 in the U.S. and #7240 worldwide for influence in Education.
education DegreesGaston College ranks #2274 in the U.S. and #8763 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.
computer-science DegreesGaston College ranks #2490 in the U.S. and #6425 worldwide for influence in Nursing.
nursing DegreesGaston College ranks #2956 in the U.S. and #12406 worldwide for influence in Engineering.
engineering Degrees