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2023 Most Popular Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina

66 Colleges
$43,116 Avg Salary
$21,919 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Health Professions Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, health professions students earned 18,617 degrees and certificates from a North Carolina school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

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The Most Popular Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 66 schools in North Carolina to see which ones were the most popular associate degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Health Professions program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Health Professions Associate Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found Wake Technical Community College to be the most popular school for health professions students who want to pursue a associate degree in North Carolina. Located in the large suburb of Raleigh, Wake Technical Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 86% of the health professions majors at the school.

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#2

Pitt Community College

Winterville, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pitt Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Pitt Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Winterville.

Of the 369 students majoring in health professions at Pitt Community College, 8% are male and 92% are female.

Full Health Professions at Pitt Community College Report

Out of the 66 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Fayetteville Technical Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. FTCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Fayetteville.

Of the 300 students majoring in health professions at FTCC, 16% are male and 84% are female.

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Out of the 66 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Piedmont Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Central Piedmont Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

Of the 280 students majoring in health professions at Central Piedmont Community College, 16% are male and 84% are female.

Full Health Professions at Central Piedmont Community College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Forsyth Technical Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Forsyth Tech is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Winston-Salem.

Women make up 90% of the health professions majors at the school.

Full Health Professions at Forsyth Technical Community College Report

Guilford Technical Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health professions students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Jamestown, Guilford Technical Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 236 students majoring in health professions at Guilford Technical Community College, 13% are male and 87% are female.

Full Health Professions at Guilford Technical Community College Report

Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. A-B Tech is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Asheville.

About 83% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 17% are male.

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Davidson County Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the rural area of Thomasville, DCCC is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 188 students majoring in health professions at DCCC, 12% are male and 88% are female.

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Rowan-Cabarrus Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health professions students to get a associate degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Salisbury.

Of the 177 students majoring in health professions at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, 14% are male and 86% are female.

Full Health Professions at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Report

#10

Cape Fear Community College

Wilmington, NC

With a ranking of #10, Cape Fear Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health professions students working on their associate degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington, CFCC is a public school with a large student population.

About 85% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 15% are male.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina award.

Rank College Location
11 Johnston Community College Smithfield, NC
12 Gaston College Dallas, NC
13 Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute Hudson, NC

Best Health Professions Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Health Professions Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
West Virginia 5,590
South Carolina 7,283
Florida 49,046
Virginia 17,510
Arkansas 6,286
Mississippi 6,374
Louisiana 7,992
Alabama 12,636
Kentucky 10,991
Georgia 15,658
Tennessee 13,576

Health Professions Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596
Health Sciences & Services 35,945
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 29,833
Mental & Social Health Services 29,053
Medicine 28,629
Dental Support Services 26,399
Communication Sciences 22,298
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 20,393
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 18,901
Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services 10,751
Health/Medical Prep Programs 9,210
Other Health Professions 7,984
Dentistry 6,770
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 6,158
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 5,115
Alternative Medicine & Systems 3,564
Chiropractic 2,658
Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies 2,374
Medical Illustration & Informatics 2,089
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,775
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 960
Medical Science 909
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 294
Alternative Medical Support Services 227
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 68

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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