Undergraduate certificate · Conway, South Carolina

Is Electrical and Power Transmission Installers at Horry-Georgetown Technical College worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 0.1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $44,466; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $61,155; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $3,900; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $834 (likely $834 – $1k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $24k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in SC; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 0.1 years (likely 0.1–0.3); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $191k (likely $134k – $258k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $499k (likely $359k – $656k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 34%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26