Robeson Community College

Lumberton, NC · Public · 1,454 students · Visit Website

Robeson Community College offers hands-on training for skilled trades like Electrical Systems Technology, which includes a lab with a full-size frame house for residential wiring practice and solar panel arrays for outdoor instruction. The college also provides programs in nursing, with pathways available for Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) to become Registered Nurses (RN) through a partnership with UNC Pembroke. Additionally, Robeson Community College emphasizes employer connections through apprenticeship opportunities in fields such as healthcare, public safety, industrial maintenance, and welding.

Programs Analyzed

6

Avg Grad Earnings

$52,950/yr

Avg TradeSchoolOutlook Score

73/100

Tuition (In-State)

$2,571/yr
Out-of-state: $8,715/yr

All Programs at Robeson Community College

6 trade programs at Robeson CC, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.

Program Score Earnings Debt 10yr ROI AI Risk Job Market
Nursing
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
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90 $77,475/yr 129.8x High Very Large
292 openings/yr
Practical Nursing
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
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81 $42,123/yr 162.8x Low Very Large
258 openings/yr
Electromechanical Technology
Electromechanical Instrumentation and Maintenance Technologies/Technicians
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73 $77,593/yr 149.9x Moderate Medium
26 openings/yr
Allied Health Professions
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
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73 $54,305/yr 106.9x Moderate Very Large
124 openings/yr
Electrical Installation
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers
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72 $40,495/yr 77.8x Low Very Large
230 openings/yr
Liberal Arts & Humanities
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
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49 $25,714/yr 68.2x Low Medium
13 openings/yr

Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.

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Apprenticeship Pathways in North Carolina

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About This Data

TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 6 trade and vocational programs at Robeson Community College using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).

The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections). Last updated 2026.