Horry-Georgetown Technical College
Public Community College in Conway, SC. Six-year graduation rate 38%. Median 10-year earnings $35,507.
Students who entered Horry-Georgetown Technical College reach a median of $35,507 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 38% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $14,250 — modest by four-year standards.
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
- ! Mobility score 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 38% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention of 64% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 40% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. At 21:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,962 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $4,990 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $3,673 at $0–30k, $7,666 at $110k+. 100% of students get grant aid averaging $6,444, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Federal borrowing reaches 30% of students.
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 · 877 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 | $3,673 |
| $30–48k | $4,165 |
| $48–75k | $4,457 |
| $75–110k | $5,443 |
| $110k+ | $7,666 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,766 of these 5,962 students, totalling $10,957,917 — an average of $6,205 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Horry 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)