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| Why Consider Durham Tech? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Durham Tech's College Transfer Success Course Gets You Started Off Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This course introduces the college’s physical, academic, and social environment and promotes the personal development essential for success. Topics include campus facilities and resources; policies, procedures, and programs; study skills; and life management issues such as health, self-esteem, motivation, goal-setting, diversity, and communication. Upon completion, students should be able to function effectively within the college environment to meet their educational objectives. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Small Classes, Caring Instructors, and Support Services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 At Durham Tech, the average class size is only 16. Small classes mean
more interaction with other students and more personal attention from
instructors who care about your success. Our well-qualified, dedicated
faculty focus their energies on student learning and work hard to teach
the skills, competencies, and knowledge today's students need to meet
future workplace challenges, to earn a good income, or to transfer to
a university. And because they care about your success in learning
and in life, Durham Tech's Student Services staff work with faculty
to offer a variety of support services, including tutoring, student
success workshops, peer mentoring, and much more. |
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| Choosing a Career or Program of Study | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
At large universities, classes in specific departments are often limited to students who have been accepted into that program, simply due to lack of space. At Durham Tech, if you want to take a class to learn about art, music, automobile repair, or the legal system, you can. Best of all, you can do this experimenting at a fraction of the cost of what you would be paying to take classes at a university. View the credit and noncredit program options at Durham Tech in our information guide. Tour our campus and learn about our programs! More information. |
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| Durham Tech Has One of the Top-Performing Transfer Programs in the State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Are you afraid of earning credits that won't transfer to a four-year college or university? North Carolina has a statewide agreement governing the transfer of credits between N.C. community colleges and N.C. public universities and has as its objective the smooth transfer of students. Durham Tech also has individual agreements (bilateral agreements) with several N.C. public and private universities for specific programs of study. And Durham Tech sends more students to UNC-Chapel Hill and North Carolina Central University than any other community college in the state.
Durham Tech's transfer program has been identified by the North Carolina Community College System as one of the top five performing transfer programs in the state for the past five years. Durham Tech University Transfer students receive help from an experienced advisor to assist with planning courses and to ensure students take the courses needed to graduate and transfer. How do Durham Tech students perform after they've transferred? Durham Tech’s graduates who transfer to institutions in the UNC System do as well or better than native students their junior year. 89 percent of Durham Tech transfer students (90 percent for Associate Degree recipients; 86 percent for students transferring with 24 or more semester hours) have a GPA above 2.0 after one year. Durham Tech also offers you a second chance at being alarge university, but you did not get accepted as a freshman, then you can look at Durham Tech as a second chance in being admitted into that institution. Read what Durham Tech graduates have to say about the University Transfer program. |
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| Student Involvement and Leadership | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| At Durham Tech, we realize much of the learning in college takes place outside the classroom. That's why we have an active Student Senate as well as over 20 student clubs and organizations. From honor societies and community service organizations to special interest clubs and career-specific associations, Durham Tech offers lots of opportunities for student involvement and for increasing your leadership and teamwork skills. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Affordable Education and Financial Aid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuition and fees at North Carolina's community colleges are among the
lowest in the country – and are only a fraction of the cost of a university
education.
Financial aid is also available for qualifying students. Federal financial aid, student scholarships, and the Hope and Lifetime Learning Credits which provide tax incentives make a community college education even easier to afford. |
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| Education Pays in Higher Earnings and Lower Unemployment Rates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The chart below shows US residents who have a high school diploma or GED can expect to increase their average yearly average weekly income by an average of 20 percent if they get some college credits (like a certificate or diploma) or an associate's degree. Continuing your education even further to obtain a bachelor's degree increases average average weekly income by 37 percent over an associate's degree. That's 65 percent more than the average high school graduate! |
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View the CNN Money article "Community college grads out-earn bachelor's degree holders." Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney of the Brookings Institution, in Where is the Best Place to Invest $102,000 -- In Stocks, Bonds, or a College Degree? (The Hamilton Project, the Brooking Institution, June 25, 2011), estimated the return on investing in an associate's degree is 20 percent a year. That's more than triple the average return in the stock market of 6.8 percent over the past 60 years.
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