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Highest earning associate's registered nursing programs in South Carolina
South Carolina registered nursing programs, ranked by median earnings one year after completion, from the College Scorecard field-of-study file (September 18, 2026). Only programs with at least 30 counted graduates in the earnings sample are shown, and at least 5 programs must qualify for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Median earnings, 1 year after | Graduates counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tri-County Technical College | Pendleton | Public, 2-year | $73,667 | 91 |
| 2 | Greenville Technical College | Greenville | Public, 4-year | $72,879 | 73 |
| 3 | Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College | Orangeburg | Public, 2-year | $72,237 | 61 |
| 4 | Aiken Technical College | Graniteville | Public, 2-year | $72,146 | 43 |
| 5 | Midlands Technical College | West Columbia | Public, 2-year | $70,571 | 181 |
| 6 | Spartanburg Community College | Spartanburg | Public, 2-year | $70,419 | 37 |
| 7 | Piedmont Technical College | Greenwood | Public, 2-year | $69,883 | 173 |
| 8 | Fortis College | Columbia | For-profit, 2-year | $69,200 | 206 |
| 9 | Central Carolina Technical College | Sumter | Public, 2-year | $68,914 | 123 |
| 10 | York Technical College | Rock Hill | Public, 2-year | $68,550 | 59 |
| 11 | Galen Health Institutes | Myrtle Beach | For-profit, 2-year | $68,114 | 1,711 |
| 12 | Trident Technical College | Charleston | Public, 2-year | $67,607 | 150 |
| 13 | Technical College of the Lowcountry | Beaufort | Public, 2-year | $66,628 | 53 |
| 14 | Horry-Georgetown Technical College | Conway | Public, 2-year | $66,034 | 197 |
Earnings cover federally aided graduates only, as published by College Scorecard.
How to read this. A smaller program can show a high or low figure from just a few graduates, and this earnings figure only ever covers students who received federal aid, so it does not describe every graduate.
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