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Located in Charleston, South Carolina, Trident Technical College is a public institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

308 Undergraduate Degrees

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Trident Technical College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Trident Technical College.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#2 Most Popular Online Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#3 Most Popular Online Business Support & Assistance Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#9 Most Popular Business Support & Assistance Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#23 Most Popular Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Trident Technical College?

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Contact details for Trident Technical College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 7000 Rivers Avenue, Charleston, SC 29423-8067
Phone: 843-574-6111
Website: www.tridenttech.edu

How Do I Get Into Trident Technical College?

You can apply to Trident Technical College online at: https://www.applyweb.com/trident/index.ftl

Trident 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 Trident Technical College?

24% Take Out Loans
14.4% Loan Default Rate

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Trident Technical College, approximately 24% of students took out student loans averaging $3,816 a year. That adds up to $15,264 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Trident Technical College is 14.4%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Trident Technical College Undergraduate Student Diversity

4,225 Full-Time Undergraduates
60% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 11,650 undergraduate students at Trident Technical College, with 4,225 being full-time and 7,425 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 4,225 full-time undergraduates at Trident Technical College, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 96
Black or African American 969
Hispanic or Latino 332
White 2,532
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 296

Over 11 countries are represented at Trident Technical College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, Philippines, and Brazil.

Online Learning at Trident Technical College

9,415 Took All Classes Online
10,398 Took At Least One Class Online
81.9% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 10,398 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the 8th most popular in South Carolina for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Trident Technical College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Trident Technical College was 81.9%. This is the #423 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Trident Technical College regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Trident Technical College ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Trident Technical College.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management #4
Hospitality Management #22
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science #45
Business Support & Assistant Services #64
Accounting #68
General Business/Commerce #93
General Business/Commerce #93
Accounting #136

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%.

Trident Technical College Business Concentrations

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

Major Basic Certificate Associate’s TOTAL
Accounting 55 22 77
General Business/Commerce 7 58 65
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management 40 21 61
General Business Administration and Management 0 53 53
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science 18 29 47
Entrepreneurship 5 0 5
Business & Office Technology 0 0 0
General Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations 0 0 0
TOTAL 125 183 308

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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