Program Payoff

Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians programs in South Carolina

16 schools in South Carolina teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.

What this work pays in South Carolina

Architectural and Civil Drafters in South Carolina earn a median of $64,680 a year across 1,170 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in South Carolina
Mechanical Drafters$63,740640
Electrical and Electronics Drafters$76,440290
Drafters, All Other$61,25060

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Aiken Technical College Graniteville Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Central Carolina Technical College Sumter Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Central Carolina Technical College Sumter Associate's degree not published 15
Florence-Darlington Technical College Florence Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Florence-Darlington Technical College Florence Associate's degree not published 0
Greenville Technical College Greenville Undergraduate certificate not published 12
Greenville Technical College Greenville Associate's degree not published 4
Midlands Technical College West Columbia Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College Orangeburg Undergraduate certificate not published 7
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College Orangeburg Associate's degree not published 8
Piedmont Technical College Greenwood Associate's degree not published 6
Technical College of the Lowcountry Beaufort Undergraduate certificate not published
Tri-County Technical College Pendleton Associate's degree not published 8
Trident Technical College Charleston Undergraduate certificate not published 29
York Technical College Rock Hill Undergraduate certificate not published 0
York Technical College Rock Hill Associate's degree not published 2

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.