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Tri-County Technical College

Community collegePublicPendleton, SCwww.tctc.edu ↗

Tri-County Technical College is a public community college in Pendleton, SC, with about 4,978 students on campus. the average family on aid pays $14,670 a year, and 42% of students graduate.

Students on campus
4,978
5,780 undergrad · 802 online only
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$14,670
costs less than 74% of 4-year colleges
Graduation rate
42%
higher than 24% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$40,101
higher than 48% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Tri-County Technical College?

Openanyone with a diploma can enroll
No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Tri-County Technical College is likely test-optional.
What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $25,057 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $11,815
Tuition & fees (in state) $4,448Books & supplies $2,600Other costs $18,009

What families on aid pay, by income

Average net price a year after grants and scholarships
Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k

Families earning under $30,000 pay about $11,937 a year; families over $110,000 pay about $19,459.

Who goes there

The students

Undergraduates by race and ethnicity

5,071 degree-seeking undergrads
White 71%Hispanic 10%Black 12%Asian 1%Two or more 4%

Women and men

undergraduates
Women 54%Men 46%
20 : 1students per teacher
36%get Pell grants (lower income)
16%undergrads 25 or older
33%study part time
Majors

The biggest programs, and what they pay

Associate degree programs with the most graduates, and their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year later where that’s all that’s reported).

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities375 graduates a year · typical debt $5,727
$41,3844 yrs out
Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians110 graduates a year
—not reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing94 graduates a year · typical debt $15,000
$76,5764 yrs out
Business/Commerce, General40 graduates a year
—not reported
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians34 graduates a year
$42,0774 yrs out
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians28 graduates a year
—not reported
Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians27 graduates a year
$71,1464 yrs out
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other24 graduates a year
$62,9014 yrs out
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
42%
within 3 years · Pell students 35%
Come back for year two
55%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$40,101
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$9,000
about $95 a month over 10 years

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college
45%of borrowers had paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 49% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years of starting repayment (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income when they enrolled
Lower income (under $30k)$36,453
Middle income ($30–75k)$43,281
Higher income (over $75k)$50,574
The town around it

Living in Pendleton

11% of Pendleton’s 3,594 residents are enrolled in college. Here is what the town is like, from TownTapestry’s Pendleton pages.

$1,034/momedian rent · 12% below the stateHousing in Pendleton → $250,500median home value · 3% below the stateHousing in Pendleton → 33° / 90°January low / July high · 2" of snowClimate in Pendleton →

Other colleges within 30 miles

Clemson University 3.6 mi Southern Wesleyan University 6.2 mi Anderson University 12.3 mi Strayer University-South Carolina 26.1 miGreenville Technical College 27.1 mi Furman University 27.9 mi Bob Jones University 29 mi

Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings are for students who received federal aid.

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