Which Spartanburg Community College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $8,250 in federal loans, the lowest among 5 Spartanburg Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Spartanburg Community College cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $5,071 a year, and $10,135 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $2,405 a year.

How many Spartanburg Community College programs report graduate pay?

9 associate's programs and 3 certificate programs at Spartanburg Community College report first-year pay, and 6 of them also report federal debt.

Spartanburg Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Spartanburg, SC
5,006 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

9 Spartanburg Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($70,419), and Office Administration the least ($25,548). The median program pays $31,353. Spartanburg Community College also has 3 certificate programs that report pay.

In-district tuition and fees$5,071Per year. Out-of-state $10,135

Average net price after aid$2,405Per year

Graduation rate28%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 9 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 45 graduates a year	$70,419	$76,227	$12,894	6th of 14
2	Electromechanical TechnologyAbout 79 graduates a year	$65,388	Not reported	$9,250	2nd of 4
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 39 graduates a year	$59,412	$66,900	$9,187	3rd of 9
4	Data ProcessingAbout 23 graduates a year	$39,702	$44,529	Not reported	2nd of 6
5	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 62 graduates a year	$31,353	$48,371	Not reported	9th of 9
6	Business AdministrationAbout 56 graduates a year	$31,087	$41,215	$11,820	5th of 5
7	Applied HorticultureAbout 20 graduates a year	$29,260	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
8	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 243 graduates a year	$28,222	$39,808	$8,250	3rd of 14
9	Office AdministrationAbout 13 graduates a year	$25,548	$33,941	Not reported	4th 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.

All 3 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 21 graduates a year	$48,434	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 6
2	Welding and MachiningAbout 106 graduates a year	$38,147	$38,887	Not reported	3rd of 9
3	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 32 graduates a year	$32,200	$31,240	$9,490	1st of 9

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$70,419
Electromechanical Technology$65,388
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$59,412
Data Processing$39,702
Other Interdisciplinary Studies$31,353

Lowest median debt

Liberal Arts and General Studies$8,250
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$9,187
Electromechanical Technology$9,250
Business Administration$11,820
Nursing$12,894

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 243 graduates a year
Electromechanical TechnologyAbout 79 graduates a year
Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 62 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 56 graduates a year
NursingAbout 45 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $70,419 in their first year, the most of 9 Spartanburg Community 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