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After Technical College of the Lowcountry: graduation, pay and debt

Beaufort, South Carolina · Public · 2,349 undergrads

The typical student earns $35,090 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $10,000 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$35.1k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$10k
median federal debt at graduation.
38%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
13%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
21%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
36%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
218
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
22%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$34,001
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$33,236
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$35,090
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
38%

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Debt and paying it back

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard
$10,000
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$6,431
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$7,500
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
38%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
40%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
44%

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from

Updated May 8, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers