Tri-County Technical College Trade Programs

Tri-County Technical College is a public institution located in Pendleton, South Carolina. Pendleton is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Where Is Tri-County Technical College?

Contact details for TCTC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	7900 U.S. Hwy 76, Pendleton, SC 29670
Phone:	864-646-8282
Website:	www.tctc.edu

Can I Afford TCTC?

For the <nil> academic year, part-time TCTC students paid $247 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $451 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$5,744	$10,640
Fees	$192	$192
Books and Supplies	$1,300	$1,300

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At TCTC, approximately 22% of students took out student loans averaging $6,843 a year. That adds up to $27,372 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at TCTC is 1.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Tri-County Technical College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,617 undergraduate students at TCTC, with 3,147 being full-time and 2,470 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,147 full-time undergraduates at TCTC, 52% are male and 48% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Tri-County Technical College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	60
Black or African American	215
Hispanic or Latino	217
White	2,489
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	166

Online Learning at Tri-County Technical College

In 2020-2021, 2,574 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at TCTC has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of TCTC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Tri-County Technical College was 36.6%. This is the #685 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at TCTC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.