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

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $9,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 2 Technical College of the Lowcountry associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Technical College of the Lowcountry cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $6,156 a year, and $11,916 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $14,724 a year.

How many Technical College of the Lowcountry programs report graduate pay?

3 associate's programs and one certificate program at Technical College of the Lowcountry report first-year pay, and 2 of them also report federal debt.

Technical College of the Lowcountry Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Beaufort, SC
1,679 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

3 Technical College of the Lowcountry associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($66,628), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($28,441). The median program pays $51,808. Technical College of the Lowcountry also has one certificate program that reports pay.

In-district tuition and fees$6,156Per year. Out-of-state $11,916

Average net price after aid$14,724Per year

Graduation rate18%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 3 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 31 graduates a year	$66,628	$77,312	$24,719	12th of 14
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 11 graduates a year	$51,808	Not reported	Not reported	5th of 9
3	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 58 graduates a year	$28,441	$28,791	$9,500	2nd 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.

One certificate program

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.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in South Carolina
Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 13 graduates a year	$31,348	Not reported	Not reported	3rd of 9

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $66,628 in their first year, the most of 3 Technical College of the Lowcountry 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