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Community college · Public

Horry-Georgetown Technical College

Conway, SC1,921 online only

Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a public community college in Conway, SC, with about 5,432 students on campus and 1,921 more studying only online.

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Students on campus
5,432
plus 1,921 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$4,159
tuition and fees $4,468; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
38%
lower than at 81% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$35,507
lower than at 67% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Horry-Georgetown Technical College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Horry-Georgetown Technical College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $11,909 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $8,836

Tuition & fees (in state) $4,468Books & supplies $1,000Other costs $6,441

After grants, the average family on aid pays $4,159.

Tuition and fees are $4,468 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$4,457

About $8,914 over 2 years · 63% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
38%
within 3 years · Pell students 30%
Come back for year two
64%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$35,507
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$14,250
about $151 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

5.7%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$151 a month against about $2,629 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

29%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 16% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$33k
Middle income$30–75k
$41k
Higher incomeover $75k
$47k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Health professions 23%Liberal arts 22%Business 13%Culinary & personal services 7%Computer science 7%Mechanic & repair 5%Everything else 23%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities283 graduates a year · typical debt $11,878
$39k4 yrs out
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing112 graduates a year · typical debt $23,500
$75k4 yrs out
Business/Commerce, General67 graduates a year · typical debt $20,250
$38k4 yrs out
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions44 graduates a year · typical debt $24,875
$61k4 yrs out
Education, General42 graduates a year
—not reported
Culinary Arts and Related Services36 graduates a year · typical debt $16,500
$31k4 yrs out
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other30 graduates a year
$42k4 yrs out
Design and Applied Arts25 graduates a year
$36k4 yrs out
Who goes there

The students

6,274 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 60%Hispanic 11%Black 21%Asian 1%Two or more 4%

Women and men

Women 66%Men 34%
21 : 1
students per teacher
39%
get Pell grants (lower income)
24%
take federal loans
29%
undergrads 25 or older
50%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Conway

23% of Conway’s 30,627 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Conway pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

Straight-line distances from Horry-Georgetown Technical College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

Coastal Carolina UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Conway
0.5 mi10,318 students

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.