Midlands Technical College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Midlands Technical College

Midlands Technical College operates as a public institution located in West Columbia, South Carolina (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 7,564 students of which 12,472 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Midlands Technical College is categorized as “4” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. Admission rate data is not currently reported for this institution. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $4,647, with published in-state tuition of $5,100 and a Pell grant recipient share of 37.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $12,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable, rising to 17.1% at six years. Graduates earn a median of $38,701 ten years after enrolling, compared with $33,067 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 705300.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 49.1% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.