Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College Business Programs

Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College is a public institution situated in Orangeburg, South Carolina. OCtech is located in the countryside, which is perfect for students who enjoy a rural lifestyle.

Where Is Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College?

Contact details for OCtech are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	3250 Saint Matthews Rd, Orangeburg, SC 29118-8299
Phone:	803-536-0311
Website:	www.octech.edu

How Do I Get Into OCtech?

You can apply to OCtech online at: https://www.applyweb.com/octech/index.ftl

Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At OCtech, approximately 10% of students took out student loans averaging $3,217 a year. That adds up to $12,868 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at OCtech is 14.1%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,257 undergraduate students at OCtech, with 646 being full-time and 1,611 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 646 full-time undergraduates at OCtech, 35% are male and 65% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	8
Black or African American	285
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	329
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Online Learning at Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College

In 2019-2020, 1,893 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at OCtech has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of OCtech

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College was 77.1%. This is the #418 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at OCtech regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	TOTAL
General Business/Commerce	0	20	20
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	0	2	2
Supply Chain Management	1	0	1
Accounting	0	0	0
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services	0	0	0
TOTAL	1	22	23

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.