Wake Tech is North Carolina's largest community college, serving about 64,000 adults annually, with seven campuses, two training centers, multiple community sites and a comprehensive array of online learning options. Wake Tech is accredited and offers more than 250 associate degree, diploma and certificate programs that prepare students for university transfer or immediate employment.

The college also offers short-term, non-degree programs in IT, health care, hospitality, public safety, skilled trades and more. Non-degree programs include small business support, customized corporate training and basic skills courses such as English as a Second Language and high school equivalency preparation.

Wake Tech also serves high school students at the Wake Early College of Health and Sciences, the Wake Early College of Information and Biotechnologies, Vernon Malone College and Career Academy and North Wake College and Career Academy, in partnership with the Wake County Public School System.

Accreditation 

Wake Technical Community College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award associate degrees. Wake Technical Community College also may offer credentials such as certificates and diplomas at approved degree levels. Questions about the accreditation of Wake Technical Community College may be directed in writing to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097, by calling 404-679-4500 or by using information available on SACSCOC's website (www.sacscoc.org).

Certain Wake Tech programs also have other forms of accreditation.

Mission, Vision, Goals & Values

Mission: Wake Technical Community College provides equitable access to education that transforms lives through economic mobility and personal fulfillment.

Vision: We will reach students in every part of Wake County and rally around them to go as far as their dreams, talents and resilience take them.