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

Data Processing graduates leave with a median of $14,013 in federal loans, the lowest among 12 Midlands Technical College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Midlands Technical College cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $5,100 a year, and $14,700 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $4,647 a year.

How many Midlands Technical College programs report graduate pay?

14 associate's programs and 8 certificate programs at Midlands Technical College report first-year pay, and 18 of them also report federal debt.

Midlands Technical College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
West Columbia, SC
7,564 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

14 Midlands Technical College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($70,571), and Criminal Justice the least ($20,266). The median program pays $40,623. Midlands Technical College also has 8 certificate programs that report pay.

In-district tuition and fees$5,100Per year. Out-of-state $14,700

Average net price after aid$4,647Per year

Graduation rate18%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 14 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 87 graduates a year	$70,571	$74,968	$24,649	5th of 14
2	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 16 graduates a year	$56,771	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 2
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 17 graduates a year	$50,643	$55,693	$19,350	8th of 9
4	Other Computer SciencesAbout 27 graduates a year	$48,473	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
5	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 18 graduates a year	$43,709	Not reported	$15,750	2nd of 4
6	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 67 graduates a year	$41,730	$42,294	$16,000	5th of 9
7	AccountingAbout 21 graduates a year	$41,233	$47,806	$19,675	2nd of 3
8	Data ProcessingAbout 15 graduates a year	$40,012	$52,772	$14,013	1st of 6
9	Paralegal StudiesAbout 13 graduates a year	$37,615	$40,079	$21,320	2nd of 3
10	Business AdministrationAbout 26 graduates a year	$31,245	$46,561	$22,500	4th of 5
11	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 337 graduates a year	$29,688	$42,520	$14,550	1st of 14
12	Sales and MerchandisingAbout 14 graduates a year	$28,150	$45,660	$16,361	1st of 2
13	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 29 graduates a year	$25,285	$24,422	$22,291	4th of 4
14	Criminal JusticeAbout 34 graduates a year	$20,266	$40,524	$17,313	6th of 6

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 8 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	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 36 graduates a year	$47,834	$57,355	Not reported	3rd of 6
2	Welding and MachiningAbout 51 graduates a year	$47,556	Not reported	$10,500	2nd of 9
3	Practical NursingAbout 63 graduates a year	$46,823	$39,060	$17,875	5th of 7
4	HVACAbout 39 graduates a year	$46,803	$59,159	Not reported	2nd of 3
5	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 17 graduates a year	$31,912	Not reported	$19,024	2nd of 9
6	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 23 graduates a year	$30,639	Not reported	$10,506	2nd of 2
7	Pre-Health StudiesAbout 160 graduates a year	$30,101	$45,428	$13,250	1st of 1
8	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 37 graduates a year	$24,352	$27,680	$21,472	1st of 1

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$70,571
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$56,771
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$50,643
Other Computer Sciences$48,473
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$43,709

Lowest median debt

Data Processing$14,013
Liberal Arts and General Studies$14,550
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$15,750
Other Interdisciplinary Studies$16,000
Sales and Merchandising$16,361

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 337 graduates a year
NursingAbout 87 graduates a year
Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 67 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 34 graduates a year
Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 29 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $70,571 in their first year, the most of 14 Midlands 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