Wake Technical Community College
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Wake Technical Community College, a two-year accredited institution of higher education and technical training school, is located approximately five miles south of Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina and county seat of Wake County. WTCC, also known colloquially as Wake Tech, is part of the North Carolina Community College System, a state-supported body of fifty-nine campuses throughout the State of North Carolina.
WTCC was founded on April 3, 1958 as the Wake County Industrial Education Center. The school opened its doors on October 7, 1963 with 304 enrolled students, thirty-four of whom were registered in curriculum studies and 270 who were enrolled in vocational training programs. The school became Wake Technical Community College on December 1, 1987.
Today WTCC offers ninety curriculum educational programs, including health sciences, business education, and college-university transfer programs leading to bachelors' degrees at four-year institutions.
Wake Technical Community College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, located in Decatur, Georgia.