Florence-Darlington Technical College
Public Community College in Florence, SC. Six-year graduation rate 34%. Median 10-year earnings $32,748.
Students who entered Florence-Darlington Technical College reach a median of $32,748 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Only 34% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Median debt at graduation is $12,250, 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 34% — below national average
Academics
Only 34% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. Just 58% 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 18% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 34% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,890 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $2,772 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($1,589 versus $6,708), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid is widespread — 86% of students receive it, averaging $5,659. Only 14% 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 · 478 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 | $1,589 |
| $30–48k | $1,913 |
| $48–75k | $2,414 |
| $75–110k | $3,783 |
| $110k+ | $6,708 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 400 of these 2,890 students, totalling $1,907,831 — an average of $4,770 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Florence 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)