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Midlands Technical College

West Columbia, SC 7,564 Undergrads 21.5% Grad Rate
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Total Cost
$14,274
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$4,647
After Aid
Median Earnings
$46,832
4yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$4,647
Peer Midpoint: $9,847
Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$46,832
Peer Midpoint: $50,128
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$38,701
Peer Midpoint: $40,451
Graduation Rate21.5%
Peer Midpoint: 34.6%
Warning: The majority of students at this institution do not graduate. Non-completers typically earn significantly less and face higher debt risks.
Average Starting Age24.2
Warning: High average starting age indicates non-traditional students with prior work experience, which may inflate the median earnings shown.
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients44.0%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time47.0%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS56.8%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance
100.0%
SAT Avg
-
SAT Reading
25th: --75th: -
SAT Math
25th: --75th: -
ACT Composite
25th: --75th: -

ROI Sensitivity Analysis
Assuming 2 Years to Graduation

This analysis tests three cost scenarios (Scholarship, Average Net Price, Full Sticker Price) to show how college costs impact your long-term return compared to the average student and a high school graduate.

Lifetime Value Added (NPV)
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Institution Lifetime NPV
Vs Median Peer
Vs HS Grad
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
+$501k
-$14k
+$17k
Median Cost$5k/yr
+$493k
-$23k
+$8k
Full Cost$14k/yr
+$475k
-$41k
-$9k

ROI Efficiency Metrics
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
40
∞
Median Cost$5k/yr
49
96%
Full Cost$14k/yr
Never
-36%
Analysis Assumptions:
  • Starting Salary: Estimated from the 4-year post-graduation median earnings (assuming 2% annual growth from graduation).⚠️ Warning: The high average starting age or low completion rate may inflate the Median earnings and ROI shown.
  • Comparisons: "Vs Median Peer" compares to the median student nationwide in a similar level program. "Vs HS Grad" compares to a median high school graduate.
  • Break-Even: The age at which the college investment net income exceeds the median high school graduate's lifetime earnings.
  • NPV: Net Present Value of all future earnings minus costs and taxes, discounted at 7.8%.

Social Impact ROINew
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Measures the societal return on a donor's investment. Calculated as the incremental pre-tax lifetime earnings vs. HS grad, divided by the tax-adjusted donation cost.

Donor Return51%

Gov. Pell Grant ROINew
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Measures the government's return on Pell Grants via increased tax revenue. Calculated as the portion of incremental lifetime taxes (discounted at 5.4%) attributed to the Pell Grant investment.

Taxpayer Return-24%
Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator, or for more sophisticated analysis, the Guided ROI Interview, with your specific estimates of cost and salary.

Program ROI Analysis
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Certificates

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$40,372
Natl Median: $34,272
Lifetime Value Added
-$16k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$65,924
Natl Median: $57,584
Lifetime Value Added
+$252k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,771
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $53,214
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $32,681
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$38,039
Natl Median: $60,097
Lifetime Value Added
-$42k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,028
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $38,675
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $37,083
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,162
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician
CertCIP: 1510
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,671
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,702
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Data Processing
CertCIP: 1103
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $46,061
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$43,383
Natl Median: $33,673
Lifetime Value Added
+$17k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $53,359
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $53,078
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CertCIP: 1503
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $49,492
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
CertCIP: 4701
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $43,027
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians
CertCIP: 1504
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,202
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $35,447
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $46,980
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$9,000
Earnings (4yr)
$47,295
Natl Median: $54,229
Lifetime Value Added
+$59k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$60,853
Natl Median: $48,148
Lifetime Value Added
+$201k
Median Debt
$10,968
Earnings (4yr)
$34,471
Natl Median: $31,135
Lifetime Value Added
-$81k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,294
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$35,060
Natl Median: $49,747
Lifetime Value Added
-$59k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $44,906
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $54,024
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $71,963
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$13,350
Earnings (4yr)
$64,083
Natl Median: $56,073
Lifetime Value Added
+$233k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$49,092
Natl Median: $48,702
Lifetime Value Added
+$78k
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
CertCIP: 4706
Median Debt
$9,000
Earnings (4yr)
$51,086
Natl Median: $51,586
Lifetime Value Added
+$99k

Associate's Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$46,546
Natl Median: $47,660
Lifetime Value Added
+$5k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$54,282
Natl Median: $42,269
Lifetime Value Added
+$81k
Median Debt
$17,000
Earnings (4yr)
$55,844
Natl Median: $65,389
Lifetime Value Added
+$96k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,767
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $59,378
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$18,750
Earnings (4yr)
$36,033
Natl Median: $48,733
Lifetime Value Added
-$100k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $37,587
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $64,519
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,472
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$35,060
Natl Median: $55,378
Lifetime Value Added
-$96k
Median Debt
$15,575
Earnings (4yr)
$44,673
Natl Median: $46,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$13k
Data Processing
AssocCIP: 1103
Median Debt
$10,250
Earnings (4yr)
$53,618
Natl Median: $51,859
Lifetime Value Added
+$75k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$64,752
Natl Median: $61,982
Lifetime Value Added
+$180k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $38,127
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians
AssocCIP: 1503
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$73,982
Natl Median: $67,792
Lifetime Value Added
+$263k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$37,299
Natl Median: $46,500
Lifetime Value Added
-$88k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $37,073
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$58,589
Natl Median: $58,236
Lifetime Value Added
+$112k
Median Debt
$11,250
Earnings (4yr)
$35,648
Natl Median: $34,184
Lifetime Value Added
-$104k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$48,014
Natl Median: $39,422
Lifetime Value Added
+$20k
Median Debt
$12,625
Earnings (4yr)
$46,996
Natl Median: $44,669
Lifetime Value Added
+$10k
Median Debt
$10,965
Earnings (4yr)
$42,751
Natl Median: $44,125
Lifetime Value Added
-$33k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $64,773
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$12,000
Earnings (4yr)
$51,834
Natl Median: $50,491
Lifetime Value Added
+$57k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,451
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$16,000
Earnings (4yr)
$71,179
Natl Median: $80,813
Lifetime Value Added
+$238k
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
AssocCIP: 4706
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$34,967
Natl Median: $58,424
Lifetime Value Added
-$118k

Other Programs

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,308
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate (for undergraduate programs) or a median bachelor's degree holder (for graduate programs), accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes. Computed over a career to retirement age.

For graduate programs (Master's, Doctoral, etc.), the calculation assumes a starting age of 22 (after undergraduate completion) and does not include the sunk costs of prior degrees. It represents the value added of the graduate decision moving forward. Note that the institution's average undergraduate net price is used as a proxy for annual cost, which may differ from actual graduate tuition. These Lifetime Value Added results for graduate degrees should not be compared with those for Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors.

Completers Only: Federal median earnings data strictly reflects outcomes for students who successfully graduated. Students who do not complete their degree typically earn significantly less and face higher risks of debt default.