Central Carolina
Technical College
Public Community College in Sumter, SC. Six-year graduation rate 34%. Median 10-year earnings $32,603.
Students who entered Central Carolina Technical College reach a median of $32,603 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is the weak point: 34% graduate within six years. Median debt at graduation is $9,977, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 34% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 34% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Just 53% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. Transfer-out runs to 15% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. Retention drops to 32% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,330 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $5,685 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $5,526 at $0–30k against $6,400 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 87% of students get grant aid averaging $5,270, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Only 10% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 362 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $5,526 |
| $30–48k | $5,308 |
| $48–75k | $5,775 |
| $75–110k | $6,400 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 231 of these 2,330 students, totalling $1,413,813 — an average of $6,120 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Sumter County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)