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Trident Technical College is a public institution situated in Charleston, South Carolina. The city atmosphere of Charleston makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

Where Is Trident Technical College?

Contact details for Trident Technical College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	7000 Rivers Avenue, Charleston, SC 29423-8067
Phone:	843-574-6111
Website:	www.tridenttech.edu

Can I Afford Trident Technical College?

For the <nil> academic year, part-time Trident Technical College students paid $209 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $357 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$5,024	$8,571
Fees	$35	$35
Books and Supplies	$1,460	$1,460

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Trident Technical College, approximately 19% of students took out student loans averaging $3,294 a year. That adds up to $13,176 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Trident Technical College is 4.9%. 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.

Trident Technical College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 11,286 undergraduate students at Trident Technical College, with 4,060 being full-time and 7,226 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,060 full-time undergraduates at Trident Technical College, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	84
Black or African American	908
Hispanic or Latino	371
White	2,362
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	335

Over 11 countries are represented at Trident Technical College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, Philippines, and Brazil.

Online Learning at Trident Technical College

In 2020-2021, 8,453 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 2nd most popular in South Carolina for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Trident Technical College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Trident Technical College was 81.9%. This is the #395 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Trident Technical College 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.