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Greenville Technical College Data & Information Overview

28 awards Ranking Badges
Fair Price Value for Your Money
Find out more about how Greenville Technical College ranks, how diverse it is, what majors it offers, and other essential facts below. If you’re interested in learning more about a particular stat, just click on its tile to go to a new page that covers the topic more in-depth. Also, you can jump to any section of this page by clicking one of the links below.

How Well Is Greenville Technical College Ranked?

#805 Best Colleges in Nation
#7 Best Colleges in SC
Liberal Arts Highest Ranked Major

2025 Rankings

College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.

Greenville Technical College was awarded 28 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts.

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Overall Quality

GTC is ranked #805 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when GTC held the #1,044 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

GTC is also ranked #7 out of 45 schools in South Carolina.

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Is It Hard to Get Into GTC?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

Since Greenville Technical College has an open admissions policy, being accepted to the school isn't that hard. However, a full basic things - such as a high school diploma or equivalent - may be required. Also, go over your application to make sure it is complete before you submit it.

Learn more about Greenville Technical College admissions.

Greenville Technical College Faculty

17 to 1 Student to Faculty
42% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Greenville Technical College is about average at 17 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Greenville Technical College is 42%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  42 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Greenville Technical College

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Greenville Technical College Undergraduate Student Diversity

4,387 Full-Time Undergraduates
38.8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
57.3% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 10,536 undergraduates at GTC with 4,387 being full-time and 6,149 being part-time.

How Much Does Greenville Technical College Cost?

$6,773 Net Price
11% Take Out Loans
$20,252 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of GTC is $6,773. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for GTC

$0-30 K$30K-48K$48-75$75-110K$110K +
$6,410$6,819$7,002$7,939$9,069

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of GTC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At GTC, approximately 11% of students took out student loans averaging $5,063 a year. That adds up to $20,252 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do GTC Graduates Make?

$39,473 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from GTC with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $39,473 in their early years. This is in the same neighborhood of the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year. However, certain majors may produce higher-paying graduates.

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Location of Greenville Technical College

South Carolina State
4,387 Full-Time Undergraduates
Small City Campus Setting
Greenville Technical College is a public institution located in Greenville, South Carolina. The city atmosphere of Greenville makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

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Contact details for GTC are given below.

Contact Details
Address:506 S Pleasantburg Dr, Greenville, SC 29606
Phone:864-250-8000
Website:www.gvltec.edu/

Greenville Technical College Majors

47 Majors With Completions
4,250 Undergraduate Degrees
4,250 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 47 majors graduated from Greenville Technical College. Of these students, 4,250 received undergraduate degrees and 4,250 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular MajorsBachelor’s DegreesAverage Salary of Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies362NA
Allied Health Professions190NA
Nursing141NA
Electromechanical Engineering Technology125NA
Business Administration & Management107NA
Precision Metal Working91NA
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services85NA
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair84NA
General Sales & Marketing83NA
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration62NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Greenville Technical College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at GTC

63% Take At Least One Class Online
32% Take All Classes Online

Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.

In 2022-2023, 7,126 students took at least one online class at Greenville Technical College. This is a decrease from the 7,957 students who took online classes the previous year.

YearTook at Least One Online ClassTook All Classes Online
2022-20237,1263,692
2021-20227,9574,552
2020-20219,7667,798
2018-20194,8721,773

Learn more about online learning at Greenville Technical College.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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