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Dental assistant schools in South Carolina
South Carolina has 10 accredited campuses awarding dental assisting credentials. If you finish and work as a dental assistant in South Carolina, expect to start around $37,070–$43,000 and reach a median of $47,320 with experience; the top quarter earn $50,780 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, South Carolina). Graduates of these South Carolina programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $28,979 in their first year, against $24,225 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What dental assistants earn in South Carolina
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 5,530 employed in South Carolina. National median: $48,070.
Campuses in South Carolina, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: CharlestonColumbiaConwayFlorenceGranitevilleGreenvillePendletonRock HillSpartanburgWest Columbia
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florence-Darlington Technical College | Florence | Public | 8 | $37,086 | not reported | 34% | not reported |
| York Technical College | Rock Hill | Public | 51 | $29,449 | $5,750 | 30% | not reported |
| Greenville Technical College | Greenville | Public | 26 | $28,979 | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Tri-County Technical College | Pendleton | Public | 18 | $27,540 | not reported | 42% | not reported |
| Spartanburg Community College | Spartanburg | Public | 8 | $27,250 | not reported | 28% | not reported |
| Fortis College-Columbia | Columbia | for-profit | 41 | $24,949 | $13,000 | 43% | not reported |
| Aiken Technical College | Graniteville | Public | 16 | not reported | not reported | 34% | not reported |
| Midlands Technical College | West Columbia | Public | 16 | not reported | not reported | 18% | not reported |
| Trident Technical College | Charleston | Public | 11 | not reported | not reported | 30% | not reported |
| Horry-Georgetown Technical College | Conway | Public | 10 | not reported | not reported | 38% | not reported |
Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.
Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.