2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology in South Carolina

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in South Carolina” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Engineering Technology is the 203rd most popular major in the country with 3,685 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across South Carolina, there were 15 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 14 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,672 and $16,280 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in South Carolina” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in engineering technology. That schools that top this list have a program in engineering technology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in South Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for south carolina associate degree engineering technology students.

Top 5 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology in South Carolina

1

Tri-County Technical College
Pendleton, South Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tri-County Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in South Carolina list. Located in Pendleton, South Carolina, this medium-sized public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering technology students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Engineering Technology at Tri-County Technical College

2

York Technical College
Rock Hill, South Carolina

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, York Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and it awarded 3 associates’s engineering technology degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Engineering Technology at York Technical College

3

Horry-Georgetown Technical College
Conway, South Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Horry-Georgetown Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in South Carolina list. Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a medium-sized school located in Conway, South Carolina that handed out 0 associates’s engineering technology degrees in 2021-2022.

Read more about Engineering Technology at Horry-Georgetown Technical College

4

Midlands Technical College
West Columbia, South Carolina

#23 overall quality in South Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Midlands Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in South Carolina list. Midlands Technical College is a public institution located in West Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Midlands Technical College Engineering Technology Report

4

Spartanburg Community College
Spartanburg, South Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Spartanburg Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in South Carolina list. Spartanburg Community College is a public institution located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Engineering Technology at Spartanburg Community College

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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