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

Electromechanical Technology graduates leave with a median of $12,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 9 Piedmont Technical College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Piedmont Technical College cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $4,775 a year, and $6,923 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $11,366 a year.

How many Piedmont Technical College programs report graduate pay?

11 associate's programs and 5 certificate programs at Piedmont Technical College report first-year pay, and 14 of them also report federal debt.

Piedmont Technical College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Greenwood, SC
3,977 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

11 Piedmont Technical College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($69,883), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($25,532). The median program pays $33,486. Piedmont Technical College also has 5 certificate programs that report pay.

In-district tuition and fees$4,775Per year. Out-of-state $6,923

Average net price after aid$11,366Per year

Graduation rate33%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 11 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 71 graduates a year	$69,883	$75,776	$27,250	7th of 14
2	Electromechanical TechnologyAbout 36 graduates a year	$53,518	$60,159	$12,000	4th of 4
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 35 graduates a year	$50,683	$56,711	$20,630	7th of 9
4	Funeral Service and Mortuary ScienceAbout 15 graduates a year	$35,693	$51,554	Not reported	1st of 1
5	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 52 graduates a year	$34,517	$34,849	$15,551	6th of 9
6	BusinessAbout 88 graduates a year	$33,486	$41,209	$26,547	3rd of 3
7	Criminal JusticeAbout 29 graduates a year	$32,721	$42,853	$20,650	4th of 6
8	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 18 graduates a year	$30,194	Not reported	Not reported	4th of 4
9	Human ServicesAbout 26 graduates a year	$27,781	$27,346	$19,781	1st of 1
10	Office AdministrationAbout 23 graduates a year	$27,024	$32,950	$19,750	3rd of 4
11	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 130 graduates a year	$25,532	$36,983	$14,000	8th of 14

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.

All 5 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	Practical NursingAbout 45 graduates a year	$42,734	$42,615	$22,500	6th of 7
2	Welding and MachiningAbout 165 graduates a year	$34,928	$45,568	$11,625	5th of 9
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 32 graduates a year	$34,637	$39,969	$12,500	6th of 6
4	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 27 graduates a year	$28,238	$31,368	$12,292	5th of 9
5	Medical Laboratory ScienceGraduates a year not reported	$23,661	Not reported	$16,950	2nd of 2

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

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$69,883
Electromechanical Technology$53,518
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$50,683
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science$35,693
Other Interdisciplinary Studies$34,517

Lowest median debt

Electromechanical Technology$12,000
Liberal Arts and General Studies$14,000
Other Interdisciplinary Studies$15,551
Office Administration$19,750
Human Services$19,781

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 130 graduates a year
BusinessAbout 88 graduates a year
NursingAbout 71 graduates a year
Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 52 graduates a year
Electromechanical TechnologyAbout 36 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $69,883 in their first year, the most of 11 Piedmont 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