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Trident Technical College

7000 Rivers Avenue, Charleston, SC 29423 · Public 2-year · (843) 574-6111 · School website

Average net price

$1,406

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

528

2023-24, IPEDS

Finish on time

29.6%

within 150% of normal time, Scorecard

Students with Pell

28.2%

share of undergraduates, Scorecard

Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Credit for military training (IPEDS) Open admission (IPEDS)

Career programs at Trident Technical College

Trident Technical College reported 528 certificate and associate completions in 13 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in culinary (118). College Scorecard counts 10,512 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr
Culinary	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	118	Not published
Cybersecurity	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	114	Not published
CDL	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	59	Not published
LPN/LVN	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	54	Not published
Cosmetology	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	39	Not published
HVAC	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	31	Not published
Lineworker	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	27	Not published
Automotive	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	23	Not published
EMT and paramedic	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	19	Not published
Billing and coding	Associate	Not reported	Not reported	16	Not published
Dental assistant	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	14	Not published
Medical assistant	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	10	Not published
Welding	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	4	Not published

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at Trident Technical College

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $4,546
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $5,050
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS: $8,620
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $1,495
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $1,406
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs: $13,029
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $38,253

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

Trident Technical College net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)
Veterans and military page (link from IPEDS)

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.