Which Greenville Technical College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair graduates leave with a median of $11,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 15 Greenville Technical College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Greenville Technical College cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $5,495 a year, and $10,775 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $11,713 a year.

How many Greenville Technical College programs report graduate pay?

18 associate's programs and 7 certificate programs at Greenville Technical College report first-year pay, and 20 of them also report federal debt.

Greenville Technical College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Greenville, SC
8,916 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

18 Greenville Technical College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($72,879), and Human Development and Family Studies the least ($25,838). The median program pays $38,989. Greenville Technical College also has 7 certificate programs that report pay.

In-district tuition and fees$5,495Per year. Out-of-state $10,775

Average net price after aid$11,713Per year

Graduation rate21%Within 6 years

All 18 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in South Carolina" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across South Carolina. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in South Carolina
1	NursingAbout 154 graduates a year	$72,879	$72,911	$25,796	2nd of 14
2	Electromechanical TechnologyAbout 80 graduates a year	$70,688	$76,265	$12,911	1st of 4
3	Electrical Engineering TechnologyAbout 4 graduates a year	$69,797	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 2
4	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 69 graduates a year	$59,685	$54,020	$13,900	2nd of 9
5	Business AdministrationAbout 48 graduates a year	$44,362	$45,972	$29,397	1st of 5
6	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 49 graduates a year	$43,962	$47,651	$21,740	1st of 4
7	AccountingAbout 26 graduates a year	$41,619	$43,873	Not reported	1st of 3
8	Data ProcessingAbout 33 graduates a year	$39,062	$55,556	$21,083	3rd of 6
9	Paralegal StudiesAbout 53 graduates a year	$39,026	$48,349	$18,500	1st of 3
10	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 24 graduates a year	$38,952	$54,481	$11,000	1st of 1
11	Office AdministrationAbout 8 graduates a year	$35,672	$37,089	$31,500	1st of 4
12	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 12 graduates a year	$34,794	$47,203	$16,740	1st of 1
13	Criminal JusticeAbout 36 graduates a year	$33,307	$40,921	$15,475	3rd of 6
14	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 28 graduates a year	$31,783	$57,914	$17,814	8th of 9
15	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 350 graduates a year	$27,684	$43,418	$12,190	4th of 14
16	Sales and MerchandisingAbout 46 graduates a year	$27,524	$31,317	$13,953	2nd of 2
17	Culinary ArtsAbout 17 graduates a year	$26,268	$31,587	$19,434	1st of 2
18	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 14 graduates a year	$25,838	$31,089	Not reported	2nd of 4

Program names link to the program's own page, and South Carolina ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five South Carolina programs in the field do too.

One more associate's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

All 7 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in South Carolina" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across South Carolina. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in South Carolina
1	Electromechanical TechnologyAbout 93 graduates a year	$77,150	Not reported	$11,107	1st of 1
2	HVACAbout 92 graduates a year	$50,802	$54,689	$12,546	1st of 3
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 135 graduates a year	$48,292	$54,854	$13,062	2nd of 6
4	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 76 graduates a year	$40,140	$57,694	$9,500	1st of 2
5	Welding and MachiningAbout 132 graduates a year	$34,761	$48,205	$10,279	7th of 9
6	Veterinary TechnologyAbout 30 graduates a year	$24,600	$27,881	Not reported	1st of 1
7	CosmetologyAbout 58 graduates a year	$15,778	$25,889	Not reported	8th of 9

3 more certificate programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$72,879
Electromechanical Technology$70,688
Electrical Engineering Technology$69,797
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$59,685
Business Administration$44,362

Lowest median debt

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$11,000
Liberal Arts and General Studies$12,190
Electromechanical Technology$12,911
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$13,900
Sales and Merchandising$13,953

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 350 graduates a year
NursingAbout 154 graduates a year
Electromechanical TechnologyAbout 80 graduates a year
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 69 graduates a year
Paralegal StudiesAbout 53 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $72,879 in their first year, the most of 18 Greenville Technical College associate's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of South Carolina rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels