by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Horry-Georgetown Technical College was awarded 87 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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Horry-Georgetown Technical College landed the #1,848 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Horry-Georgetown Technical College held the #2,004 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 44 colleges in South Carolina, Horry-Georgetown Technical College is ranked at #36.
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If you are worried about getting into Horry-Georgetown Technical College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Horry-Georgetown Technical College, this rate is 20 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Horry-Georgetown Technical College is 53%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 43% rate at Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,409 undergraduates at Horry-Georgetown Technical College with 3,056 being full-time and 3,353 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2,954 | $2,824 | $4,915 | $8,201 | $8,531 |
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 Horry-Georgetown Technical College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Horry-Georgetown Technical College, approximately 33% of students took out student loans averaging $5,217 a year. That adds up to $20,868 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Horry-Georgetown Technical College is 13.2%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Horry-Georgetown Technical College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2050 Highway 501 East, Conway, SC 29526 |
| Phone: | 843-347-3186 |
| Website: | www.hgtc.edu/ |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 4,646 students took at least one online class at Horry-Georgetown Technical College. This is an increase from the 4,037 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 4,646 | 2,967 |
| 2019-2020 | 4,037 | 1,518 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,286 | 1,256 |
| 2017-2018 | 3,219 | 1,153 |
| 2016-2017 | 3,336 | 1,127 |
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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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