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Central Piedmont Community College

1201 Elizabeth Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28204 · Public 2-year · (704) 330-2722 · School website

Average net price
$3,345
per year after grants, College Scorecard
Career completions
1,976
2023-24, IPEDS
Finish on time
30.9%
within 150% of normal time, Scorecard
Students with Pell
29.1%
share of undergraduates, Scorecard
Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Credit for military training (IPEDS) Open admission (IPEDS) On North Carolina's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025)

Career programs at Central Piedmont Community College

Central Piedmont Community College reported 1,976 certificate and associate completions in 15 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in IT support (716). College Scorecard counts 15,067 undergraduates.

ProgramAwardLengthProgram costCompletionsEarnings, 1 yrFunding and results
IT support Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 716 Not published WIOA list
Culinary Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 284 Not published
Welding Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 258 Not published WIOA list
Automotive Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 249 Not published
Electrician Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 163 Not published WIOA list
Cosmetology Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 69 Not published
HVAC Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 65 Not published
EMT and paramedic Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 50 Not published WIOA list
Medical assistant Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 48 Not published
Dental assistant Certificate Not reported Not reported 31 $31,360 WIOA list
Surgical tech Associate Not reported Not reported 18 Not published
LPN/LVN Certificate Not reported Not reported 18 Not published
Pharmacy tech Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 7 Not published
Billing and coding Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 0 Not published
CNA Certificate Not reported Not reported 0 Not published

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at Central Piedmont Community College

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools
$2,792
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS
$2,792
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS
$8,936
Books and suppliesIPEDS
$1,926
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid
$3,345
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs
$7,925
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students
$37,865

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.

More Central Piedmont Community College programs on the WIOA list

People who meet WIOA's rules for training services can have their local workforce board pay for a program on the state's eligible training provider list. Limits vary by area. How WIOA training funds work.

Listed programTuition and feesLengthCompletedEmployed, 2nd quarterMedian earnings, 2nd quarterStudents who exited
Massage TherapyLicensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist · In person · CIP 51.3501$676+ $1,075 books45 weeks, 15 hours a weekSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171): programs on state lists as of June 30, 2025; outcomes for all students who exited between July 2021 and June 2025, not only WIOA-funded ones. Median earnings are one quarter's pay in the second quarter after exit. Suppressed means DOL withheld the figure (a small group, nothing reported, or a data quality hold); for length it can also mean a competency-based program. IPEDS does not list these program types at this campus. Matched to Central Piedmont Community College by provider name and place, by DOL's provider ID, or as another site of the school (its exact name or website, the only match in the state; "Listed at" names that site's town).

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