Technical College of the Lowcountry Business Programs

Technical College of the Lowcountry is a public institution located in Beaufort, South Carolina. The surrounding location of Beaufort is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

Where Is Technical College of the Lowcountry?

Contact details for TCL are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	921 Ribaut Road, Beaufort, SC 29901-1288
Phone:	800-768-8252
Website:	www.tcl.edu

How Do I Get Into TCL?

You can apply to TCL online at: https://www.applyweb.com/tcl/index.ftl

Technical College of the Lowcountry 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 Technical College of the Lowcountry?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At TCL, approximately 8% of students took out student loans averaging $6,531 a year. That adds up to $26,124 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at TCL is 10.9%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Technical College of the Lowcountry Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,119 undergraduate students at TCL, with 532 being full-time and 1,587 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 532 full-time undergraduates at TCL, 32% are male and 68% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Technical College of the Lowcountry students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	5
Black or African American	118
Hispanic or Latino	93
White	288
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	28

Over 4 countries are represented at TCL. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Brazil, Philippines, and Jamaica.

Online Learning at Technical College of the Lowcountry

In 2019-2020, 1,998 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of TCL

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Technical College of the Lowcountry was 78.8%. This is the #436 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at TCL 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%.

Technical College of the Lowcountry Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	3	9	0	12
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services	0	0	9	9
General Business/Commerce	0	9	0	9
Accounting	4	0	0	4
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	7	18	9	34

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.