Program Payoff

Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services programs in North Carolina

48 schools in North Carolina teach this, at certificate or associate level. 1 of them reports what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $19,045 at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute.

What this work pays in North Carolina

Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education in North Carolina earn a median of $35,710 a year across 18,370 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in North Carolina
Childcare Workers$29,14012,550
Social and Human Service Assistants$42,8509,020
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$54,8203,460
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other$81,4201,770
Farm and Home Management Educators$64,280910

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute Hudson Associate's degree $19,045 (18 grads)
Davidson-Davie Community College Thomasville Undergraduate certificate $27,216 not published 7
Wake Technical Community College Raleigh Undergraduate certificate $20,391 not published 128
Alamance Community College Graham Undergraduate certificate not published 36
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College Asheville Undergraduate certificate not published 5
Bladen Community College Dublin Undergraduate certificate not published 10
Blue Ridge Community College Flat Rock Undergraduate certificate not published 12
Brunswick Community College Bolivia Undergraduate certificate not published 7
Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute Hudson Undergraduate certificate not published
Catawba Valley Community College Hickory Undergraduate certificate not published 16
Central Carolina Community College Sanford Undergraduate certificate not published 26
Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte Undergraduate certificate not published 73
Cleveland Community College Shelby Undergraduate certificate not published 0
College of the Albemarle Elizabeth City Undergraduate certificate not published 16
Craven Community College New Bern Undergraduate certificate not published 10
Durham Technical Community College Durham Undergraduate certificate not published 18
Fayetteville Technical Community College Fayetteville Undergraduate certificate not published 56
Forsyth Technical Community College Winston-Salem Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Forsyth Technical Community College Winston-Salem Associate's degree not published 1
Gaston College Dallas Undergraduate certificate not published 5
Haywood Community College Clyde Undergraduate certificate not published 21
Isothermal Community College Spindale Undergraduate certificate not published 12
James Sprunt Community College Kenansville Undergraduate certificate not published 13
Johnston Community College Smithfield Undergraduate certificate not published 4
Lenoir Community College Kinston Undergraduate certificate not published 7
McDowell Technical Community College Marion Undergraduate certificate not published 3
Mid-Atlantic Christian University Elizabeth City Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Mitchell Community College Statesville Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Nash Community College Rocky Mount Associate's degree not published 1
Piedmont Community College Roxboro Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Piedmont Community College Roxboro Associate's degree not published 2
Pitt Community College Winterville Undergraduate certificate not published 3
Pitt Community College Winterville Associate's degree not published 3
Randolph Community College Asheboro Undergraduate certificate not published 22
Richmond Community College Hamlet Undergraduate certificate not published 9
Robeson Community College Lumberton Undergraduate certificate not published 11
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Salisbury Undergraduate certificate not published 41
South Piedmont Community College Polkton Undergraduate certificate not published 16
Southwestern Community College Sylva Undergraduate certificate not published 14
Stanly Community College Albemarle Undergraduate certificate not published 30
Surry Community College Dobson Undergraduate certificate not published 8
Vance-Granville Community College Henderson Undergraduate certificate not published 4
Vance-Granville Community College Henderson Associate's degree not published 2
Wake Technical Community College Raleigh Associate's degree not published 1
Wayne Community College Goldsboro Undergraduate certificate not published 15
Western Piedmont Community College Morganton Undergraduate certificate not published 4
Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro Undergraduate certificate not published
Wilson Community College Wilson Undergraduate certificate not published 13

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.