-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Horry-Georgetown Technical College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (6.8% → 0.0%).
South Carolina · Public · Predominantly certificates
Horry-Georgetown Technical College
Conway, South Carolina. 5,962 undergraduate students. 55 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Horry-Georgetown Technical College
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
+50%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Horry-Georgetown Technical College rose 50% between 2021 and 2024 (42.9% → 64.2%).
+20%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Horry-Georgetown Technical College rose 20% between 2021 and 2024 (5.2k → 6.3k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. South Carolina
Each tile compares this institution to the South Carolina median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$35,507+13% · 6→10y
South Carolina median $39,325$31,547
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry28.2%-28% · '97→'09
South Carolina median 44.4%$8,250+443% · '97→'20
At program completion5,962+144% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS59.2%+40% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$4,468+244% · '00→'24
out-of-state $8,836SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.1%Median federal debt $8,250 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $35,507 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
-28%
Horry-Georgetown Technical College · completion · 150% fell
17.5% → 12.7%
+40%
Horry-Georgetown Technical College · retention rose
46.0% → 64.2%
+144%
Horry-Georgetown Technical College · undergrad enrollment rose
2,576 → 6,274
+244%
Horry-Georgetown Technical College · in-state tuition rose
$1,300 → $4,468
+163%
Horry-Georgetown Technical College · out-of-state tuition rose
$3,360 → $8,836
+443%
Horry-Georgetown Technical College · median debt rose
$2,625 → $14,250
-100%
Horry-Georgetown Technical College · cohort default rate fell
12.7% → 0.0%
+204%
Horry-Georgetown Technical College · pell share rose
12.8% → 39.0%
+25%
Horry-Georgetown Technical College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$28,400 → $35,507
+29%
Horry-Georgetown Technical College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$25,800 → $33,162
+29%
Horry-Georgetown Technical College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$24,400 → $31,547
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$73,559Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$59,338Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$54,681Forestry.$49,650Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$48,888Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$48,731Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$48,205Data Processing.$46,849Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$45,099Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.$42,903Culinary Arts and Related Services.$42,743Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$42,352Criminal Justice and Corrections.$42,298Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$37,867Business/Commerce, General.$31,153Human Services, General.$30,592Business Operations Support and Assistant Services.$28,287Design and Applied Arts.$28,147Health and Medical Administrative Services.$26,945Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.$24,089
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
20 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
PERSONAL & CULINARY SERVICES · CIP 12
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$73,559Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$45,099Health and Medical Administrative Services.$26,945Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$48,731Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$42,352Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$48,205Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$59,338
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Horry-Georgetown Technical College
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$115,049
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 14
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $4,770
- HS-only baseline · SC
- $33,700
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 24
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in South Carolina
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Horry-Georgetown Technical College graduates earn $X” — not “Horry-Georgetown Technical College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Horry-Georgetown Technical College caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.