LPN SCHOOLS IN SOUTH CAROLINA — Federal Data, September 2026
LPN Schools in South Carolina, Ranked On What Graduates Owe And Earn
6 accredited institutions in South Carolina report enough federal data on this program to be compared. They are ranked here on a single measure: how many months of gross pay it takes a graduate to cover the median debt.
See The RankingU.S. Department of Education data. No school paid to be listed.
Across the 6 ranked programs in South Carolina, the median graduate needs 5.4 months of gross pay to cover a median federal debt of $20,188, against median earnings of $47,962 one year after completion.
That is slower than the national median of 4.3 months for this field, measured across the 650 institutions in our national LPN schools ranking. The best performer in the state is York Technical College in Rock Hill, at 2.8 months.
Every figure on this page is recalculated on South Carolina institutions only. Nothing is carried over from the national page.
At A Glance
What the federal data says about LPN schools in South Carolina
The Ranking
6 LPN schools in South Carolina, ranked by months of gross pay to cover the debt
Lower is better.
| # | School | Type | Award | Months | Debt | Earnings | Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | York Technical CollegeRock Hill, SC | Public | Certificate | 2.8 | $12,434 | $54,238 | 30% |
| 2 | Orangeburg Calhoun Technical CollegeOrangeburg, SC | Public | Certificate | 4.1 | $17,525 | $51,754 | 32% |
| 3 | Midlands Technical CollegeWest Columbia, SC | Public | Certificate | 4.6 | $17,875 | $46,823 | 18% |
| 4 | Tri-County Technical CollegePendleton, SC | Public | Certificate | 6.2 | $25,506 | $49,100 | 42% |
| 5 | Piedmont Technical CollegeGreenwood, SC | Public | Certificate | 6.3 | $22,500 | $42,734 | 33% |
| 6 | Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegeConway, SC | Public | Certificate | 8.2 | $27,826 | $40,724 | 38% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Cohorts by Field of Study and by Institution (published 9 June 2026). Debt is the median federal Stafford and Grad PLUS loan debt of completers in this program; earnings are median earnings one year after completion. Where a school offers the program at both certificate and associate level, the shorter payback is shown. Completion is the institution’s published rate, not the program’s.
The Top Five, In Detail
The five fastest payback programs in South Carolina, one by one
York Technical College
Rock Hill, SC
York Technical College is a public institution in Rock Hill. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $12,434 and report median earnings of $54,238 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.8 months of gross pay: the fastest payback in the state, and 2.6 months faster than the South Carolina state median of 5.4. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 30% completion rate.
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College
Orangeburg, SC
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College is a public institution in Orangeburg. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $17,525 and report median earnings of $51,754 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 4.1 months of gross pay: the second fastest in the state, and 1.3 months faster than the South Carolina state median of 5.4. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 32% completion rate.
Midlands Technical College
West Columbia, SC
Midlands Technical College is a public institution in West Columbia. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $17,875 and report median earnings of $46,823 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 4.6 months of gross pay: the third fastest in the state, and 0.8 months faster than the South Carolina state median of 5.4. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 18% completion rate.
Tri-County Technical College
Pendleton, SC
Tri-County Technical College is a public institution in Pendleton. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $25,506 and report median earnings of $49,100 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 6.2 months of gross pay: fourth in the state, and 0.8 months slower than the South Carolina state median of 5.4. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 42% completion rate.
Piedmont Technical College
Greenwood, SC
Piedmont Technical College is a public institution in Greenwood. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $22,500 and report median earnings of $42,734 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 6.3 months of gross pay: fifth in the state, and 0.9 months slower than the South Carolina state median of 5.4. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 33% completion rate.
Read It Carefully
What this ranking does not measure
Absence from this page is not a verdict. The Department of Education suppresses figures for programs with small cohorts, so a small, excellent school will often have no publishable data at all. Schools that enroll no students on federal aid are outside this dataset entirely.
The measure is a ratio, not a repayment plan, and it counts federal loan debt only. Cash payments, private loans and employer sponsorship are invisible here. Local wages shape earnings as much as the school does, which is exactly why comparing inside one state, as this page does, is more informative than comparing across the country.
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