Program Payoff

Business Administration, Management and Operations programs in South Carolina

32 schools in South Carolina teach this, at certificate or associate level. 6 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $37,928 at Greenville Technical College.

What this work pays in South Carolina

General and Operations Managers in South Carolina earn a median of $106,080 a year across 32,230 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
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$62,92026,710
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$47,77019,390
Project Management Specialists$95,04017,040
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$77,50014,570
Human Resources Specialists$65,37013,720

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

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Greenville Technical College Greenville Associate's degree $26,452 $37,928 (58 grads) 46
Strayer University-South Carolina Greenville Associate's degree $36,992 (79 grads) 0
Spartanburg Community College Spartanburg Associate's degree $7,500 $32,925 (39 grads) 45
York Technical College Rock Hill Associate's degree $11,500 $32,925 (33 grads) 34
Tri-County Technical College Pendleton Associate's degree $30,305 (52 grads) 44
Midlands Technical College West Columbia Associate's degree $18,750 $27,048 (27 grads) 38
Central Carolina Technical College Sumter Associate's degree not published 21
Aiken Technical College Graniteville Associate's degree not published 3
Central Carolina Technical College Sumter Undergraduate certificate not published 7
Clemson University Clemson Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Clinton College Rock Hill Associate's degree not published 4
College of Charleston Charleston Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Columbia College Columbia Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Columbia International University Columbia Associate's degree not published 8
Florence-Darlington Technical College Florence Undergraduate certificate not published 21
Florence-Darlington Technical College Florence Associate's degree not published 18
Greenville Technical College Greenville Undergraduate certificate not published 61
Lander University Greenwood Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Midlands Technical College West Columbia Undergraduate certificate not published 4
North Greenville University Tigerville Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Northeastern Technical College Cheraw Undergraduate certificate not published 3
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College Orangeburg Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Southeastern College-Charleston North Charleston Associate's degree not published 0
Southeastern College-Columbia Columbia Associate's degree not published 0
Southern Wesleyan University Central Associate's degree not published 0
Spartanburg Community College Spartanburg Undergraduate certificate not published 16
Spartanburg Methodist College Spartanburg Associate's degree not published 30
Strayer University-South Carolina Greenville Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Technical College of the Lowcountry Beaufort Undergraduate certificate not published
Trident Technical College Charleston Associate's degree not published 50
Winthrop University Rock Hill Undergraduate certificate not published 0
York Technical College Rock Hill Undergraduate certificate not published 4

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.