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Human Services at Piedmont Technical College

If you plan to study Human Services, consider the program at Piedmont Technical College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Piedmont Technical College sits in Greenwood, SC.

In the most recent year for which we have data, 32 human services degrees were awarded at Piedmont Technical College.

Online Class Availability at Piedmont Technical College

Online coursework is an option at Piedmont Technical College. Of 5,143 students, 2,154 (42%) studied exclusively online and 1,643 (32%) took at least some classes online.

Human Services Rankings at Piedmont Technical College

Rankings can help you compare Piedmont Technical College’s Human Services program against peer institutions.

Associate-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Schools (Quality)	South Carolina	#7 of 10
Best Value	South Carolina	#7 of 10
Best Value	Southeast (Region)	#28 of 47
Best Schools (Quality)	Southeast (Region)	#35 of 47
Best Value	Nationwide	#109 of 205
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#185 of 207

Earnings for Human Services Graduates from Piedmont Technical College

Students who complete Piedmont Technical College’s Human Services program earn at the following median levels (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
1 year	$22,985
2 years	$22,420
4 years	$27,701
5 years	$27,346

Is this above or below average for the school? Four years after graduating, Human Services graduates from Piedmont Technical College earn a median of $27,701, compared with $38,261 for all Piedmont Technical College graduates — about 28% lower than the school-wide median.

Median Debt at Graduation

The median debt for Human Services graduates from Piedmont Technical College comes in at $19,781.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the composition of Human Services graduates at Piedmont Technical College, broken down by degree level.

Looking at the program as a whole, Human Services graduates at Piedmont Technical College are 94% women (30) and 6% men (2).

Human Services Associate’s Program at Piedmont Technical College

Among the 32 associate’s human services graduates at Piedmont Technical College, 94% were women (30) and 6% were men (2).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Human Services associate’s degree recipients at Piedmont Technical College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	14
Black / African American	17
Two or More Races	1

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 56% of Human Services associate’s degree recipients at Piedmont Technical College, lower than the national average of 57%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

More Specific Human Services Concentrations at Piedmont Technical College

The Human Services program at Piedmont Technical College offers more specialized concentrations:

Concentration	Graduates
General Human Services	32

Highest-Paying Careers for Human Services Graduates

Graduates of the Human Services program at Piedmont Technical College work across a variety of fields. The table below ranks the top-paying careers for Human Services graduates, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Social and Community Service Managers	$156,089
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	$75,358
Social and Human Service Assistants	$69,957

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.