Piedmont Technical College
Piedmont Technical College at a Glance
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About Piedmont Technical College
According to Wikipedia, Piedmont Technical College is a public community college with its main campus in Greenwood, South Carolina. It serves seven counties in the Lakelands region of South Carolina. Six additional County Centers also serve students in Abbeville County, Edgefield County, Laurens County, McCormick County, Newberry County, and Saluda County. Piedmont Technical College serves the largest geographic area of any institution in the South Carolina Technical College System. The college was founded in 1966.
Piedmont Technical College's Online Degrees
AAS in Administrative Office Technology
Degree Concentrations
- Accounting
- Legal
- Medical
- Required Credits: 60
- Completion Time: 2 years
- Format: Fully online
AAS in Business Administration
- Required Credits: 60
- Completion Time: 2 years
- Format: Fully online
AA in Liberal Arts
- Required Credits: 60
- Completion Time: 2 years
- Format: Fully online
AS in Liberal Arts
- Required Credits: 60
- Completion Time: 2 years
- Format: Fully online
Piedmont Technical College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information
| Retention Rate | Graduation Rate |
|---|---|
| 61% | 33% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.
How Much Does Piedmont Technical College Cost To Attend?
| Tuition and fees (in-state) |
|---|
| $4,969 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.
How Much Do Piedmont Technical College Graduates Make?
Ten years after starting college, former Piedmont Technical College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $38,504 a year, and 84% of those not still in school are working.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.
Piedmont Technical College's Demographics
Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.
| Student Body | Under-Grads |
|---|---|
| 6,714 | 6,714 |
Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.
Where is Piedmont Technical College?
Piedmont Technical College is located at 620 North Emerald Road, Greenwood, SC 29646.
How Safe is Piedmont Technical College?
No violent or property offenses were reported on Piedmont Technical College’s campus in 2024. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.
Relative to its enrollment, Piedmont Technical College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. Greenwood has a violent crime rate of 0.51% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 3.35%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.
What Is Piedmont Technical College Known For?
Piedmont Technical College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:
Piedmont Technical College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered
Each rank compares how much Piedmont Technical College's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence
Piedmont Technical College ranks #2470 in the U.S. and #5097 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.
criminal-justice DegreesPiedmont Technical College ranks #3748 in the U.S. and #13435 worldwide for influence in Medical.
medicine DegreesPiedmont Technical College ranks #4175 in the U.S. and #15487 worldwide for influence in Business.
business Degrees