{"id":23,"date":"2017-09-26T19:30:51","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T19:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nctc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2017-volume-2-issue-2\/why-nctc-the-value-of-a-degree\/"},"modified":"2017-11-13T16:35:17","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T16:35:17","slug":"why-nctc-the-value-of-a-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nctc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2017-volume-2-issue-2\/why-nctc-the-value-of-a-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"Why NCTC? The value of a degree"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Why make an investment in education? Well because it pays off!<\/span><\/p>\n

60 credit hours at NCTC for an in-district resident is $5,100<\/span><\/p>\n

Compare that to $21,810 for 60 hours at a public 4-year institution for an in-state resident\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s a savings of $16,710 on tuition\u00a0alone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now take a look at how your lifetime earnings are increased for each level of educational attainment to really see how an investment in education can pay off!<\/span><\/p>\n

Lifetime Earning Value of Associate Degree over High School
\n<\/span>Associate Degree \u2022 $1,727,000
\n<\/span>High School Diploma \u2022 $1,304,000<\/span><\/p>\n

An Associate degree is worth over $423,000 in lifetime earnings above what you can expect as a high school graduate<\/span><\/p>\n

A Bachelor\u2019s degree is worth even more at $964,000<\/span><\/p>\n

Invest in your education, advance your career, and enrich your life!<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nNCTC offers an easy way to earn credits and transfer<\/span><\/h2>\n

\nAA, AS & AAT Degree Transfer<\/span><\/h5>\n

NCTC graduates with an Associate of Arts (AA), an Associate of Science (AS), or an Associate of Arts in Teaching (AAT) degree can continue their education toward a four-year degree at any Texas university without the loss of credits earned at NCTC.<\/span><\/p>\n

AAS Degree Transfer<\/span><\/h5>\n

NCTC Associate of Applied Science (AAS) graduates can take advantage of NCTC\u2019s unique agreements with specific Texas universities to earn a Bachelor\u2019s of Applied Arts and Sciences (BAAS). Those universities include University of North Texas, University of Texas at Tyler, Texas Woman\u2019s University, Midwestern State University, Tarleton State University, and Texas A&M University-Commerce.<\/span><\/p>\n

ADN to BSN<\/span><\/h5>\n

The Associate Degree of Nursing (ADN) Program at NCTC partners with universities to offer students the opportunity for a smooth transition from ADN to a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) after passing the NCLEX-RN exam.\u00a0 <\/span>Partnering universities are:\u00a0 <\/span>Midwestern State University, Texas Tech University, Western Governor\u2019s University, Southwest Kingston University, and Texas Woman\u2019s University.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why make an investment in education? Well because it pays off! 60 credit hours at NCTC for an in-district resident is $5,100 Compare that to $21,810 for 60 hours at a public 4-year institution for an in-state resident\u00a0 That\u2019s a savings of $16,710 on tuition\u00a0alone. Now take a look at how your lifetime earnings are… read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"article_type":[],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nctc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2017-volume-2-issue-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nctc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2017-volume-2-issue-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nctc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2017-volume-2-issue-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nctc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2017-volume-2-issue-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nctc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2017-volume-2-issue-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nctc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2017-volume-2-issue-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124,"href":"https:\/\/nctc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2017-volume-2-issue-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions\/124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nctc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2017-volume-2-issue-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nctc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2017-volume-2-issue-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nctc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2017-volume-2-issue-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nctc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2017-volume-2-issue-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nctc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2017-volume-2-issue-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}