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Radiology & sonography programs in South Carolina
South Carolina has 13 accredited campuses awarding imaging tech credentials. If you finish and work as a radiologic technologist in South Carolina, expect to start around $51,860–$61,900 and reach a median of $69,600 with experience; the top quarter earn $82,560 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 $45,504 in their first year, against $45,833 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What radiologic technologists and technicians earn in South Carolina
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 3,630 employed in South Carolina. National median: $80,110.
Campuses in South Carolina, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: BeaufortCharlestonColumbiaConwayFlorenceGranitevilleGreenvilleGreenwoodNorth CharlestonOrangeburgRock HillSpartanburgWest Columbia
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spartanburg Community College | Spartanburg | Public | 22 | $50,031 | $6,100 | 28% | not reported |
| Aiken Technical College | Graniteville | Public | 8 | $49,239 | $14,788 | 34% | not reported |
| Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College | Orangeburg | Public | 8 | $48,369 | not reported | 32% | not reported |
| Greenville Technical College | Greenville | Public | 59 | $45,697 | $10,811 | not reported | not reported |
| Technical College of the Lowcountry | Beaufort | Public | 11 | $45,504 | not reported | 18% | not reported |
| Piedmont Technical College | Greenwood | Public | 16 | $45,103 | $18,750 | 33% | not reported |
| Horry-Georgetown Technical College | Conway | Public | 29 | $39,909 | $9,500 | 38% | not reported |
| York Technical College | Rock Hill | Public | 13 | $35,138 | not reported | 30% | not reported |
| Southeastern College-Charleston | North Charleston | for-profit | 44 | not reported | not reported | 67% | not reported |
| Southeastern College-Columbia | Columbia | for-profit | 25 | not reported | not reported | 67% | not reported |
| Trident Technical College | Charleston | Public | 19 | not reported | not reported | 30% | not reported |
| Midlands Technical College | West Columbia | Public | 16 | not reported | $17,000 | 18% | not reported |
| Florence-Darlington Technical College | Florence | Public | 14 | 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.