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Medical assistant programs in South Carolina
South Carolina has 19 accredited campuses awarding medical assistant credentials. If you finish and work as a medical assistant in South Carolina, expect to start around $34,730–$37,290 and reach a median of $41,160 with experience; the top quarter earn $46,950 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, South Carolina). Graduates of these South Carolina programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $25,557 in their first year, against $26,692 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What medical assistants earn in South Carolina
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 12,110 employed in South Carolina. National median: $45,690.
Campuses in South Carolina, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: BeaufortCharlestonColumbiaConwayFlorenceGranitevilleGreenvilleGreenwoodNorth CharlestonOrangeburgPendletonRock HillSpartanburgSumterWest Columbia
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville Technical College | Greenville | Public | 64 | $41,755 | $13,087 | not reported | not reported |
| Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College | Orangeburg | Public | 12 | $41,461 | not reported | 32% | not reported |
| South University-Columbia | Columbia | for-profit | 21 | $39,095 | $23,000 | not reported | not reported |
| Horry-Georgetown Technical College | Conway | Public | 25 | $39,086 | not reported | 38% | not reported |
| Spartanburg Community College | Spartanburg | Public | 20 | $27,527 | not reported | 28% | not reported |
| Piedmont Technical College | Greenwood | Public | 35 | $27,141 | $9,842 | 33% | not reported |
| Tri-County Technical College | Pendleton | Public | 11 | $26,248 | not reported | 42% | not reported |
| Fortis College-Columbia | Columbia | for-profit | 44 | $24,867 | $9,500 | 43% | not reported |
| Central Carolina Technical College | Sumter | Public | 14 | $23,820 | $10,056 | 34% | not reported |
| Southeastern College-Columbia | Columbia | for-profit | 28 | $23,159 | $9,500 | 67% | not reported |
| Southeastern College-Charleston | North Charleston | for-profit | 26 | $23,093 | $9,500 | 67% | not reported |
| Aiken Technical College | Graniteville | Public | 15 | $22,652 | not reported | 34% | not reported |
| York Technical College | Rock Hill | Public | 23 | $21,675 | not reported | 30% | not reported |
| Miller-Motte College-Conway | Conway | for-profit | 42 | $19,946 | $12,668 | not reported | not reported |
| Miller-Motte College-Charleston | Charleston | for-profit | 27 | $19,946 | $12,668 | not reported | not reported |
| Trident Technical College | Charleston | Public | 32 | not reported | not reported | 30% | not reported |
| Technical College of the Lowcountry | Beaufort | Public | 24 | not reported | not reported | 18% | not reported |
| Midlands Technical College | West Columbia | Public | 18 | not reported | not reported | 18% | not reported |
| Florence-Darlington Technical College | Florence | Public | 12 | not reported | not reported | 34% | not reported |
Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.
Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.