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Education

BUILDING A BETTER TOMORROW

Public schools in the area offer dedicated staff and LORDS PROPRIETORS
progressive curricula to sharpen the minds of children and
prepare them for advanced degrees.

its new advanced manufacturing center in Coastal Carolina University offers
Conway in late 2017 to train workers in the 73 major fields of study toward the
fields of welding, machine tool technology, baccalaureate degree and 22 master’s degree Education
and computerized numerical control. HGTC programs, plus two educational specialist
expects to open a second such facility on its degrees and a Ph.D. in Marine Science:
Horry Georgetown Technical College Georgetown campus in 2019. Coastal and Marine Systems Science to a
Other opportunities for career education student population of more than 10,000.
can be found at Miller-Motte Technical The most popular undergraduate majors are
high quality of life is built on high Just over the Georgetown County line, College in Conway, which offers programs marine science, management, exercise and
quality education. Residents of Horry County Schools serves more than in business administration, CDL tractor sport science, and communication.
A Georgetown and Horry counties 43,500 students in 53 schools and is the third trailer driving, cosmetology, criminal justice, Webster University’s Myrtle Beach campus
embrace the ingrained values of lifelong largest school district in the state. A recent esthetics technology, massage therapy, offers the Master of Business Administration,
graduating class of more than 2,500 students medical billing and coding, medical clinical Master of Health Administration, and Master
learning and academic achievement from
earned a record 3,030 dual-credit courses, assistant, and paralegal; and the Pittsburgh of Arts degrees in Counseling, Human
Pre-K to high school graduation and beyond.
giving them a jump start toward college Institute of Aeronautics in Myrtle Beach, Resources Development, Human Resources
Public schools in the area offer dedicated
degrees and potentially reducing the amount which offers a 16-month course in aviation Management, Information Technology
staff and progressive curricula to sharpen
of time and money that it takes to complete maintenance technology. Management, and Management and
the minds of children and prepare them for post-secondary programs. High school graduates aiming for a four- Leadership. Six of the programs are also
advanced degrees. The Georgetown County
Serving as the bridge between the two year college degree or higher have access to available online.
School District, which educates more than
school systems and local employers, Horry Coastal Carolina University, a comprehensive,
9,500 students in 19 schools, consistently Georgetown Technical College (HGTC) public liberal arts institution with locations Did YOU Know?
earns “Excellent” status in state rankings, offers more than 7,000 students more in Conway, Georgetown and Pawleys Island,
affirming the county’s students show than 80 associate degree, diploma and and to Webster University’s Myrtle Beach Private schools in Georgetown
sustained academic growth. Also, Georgetown certificate programs in a variety of career and campus. The region is near several top- County offer secular and
County School District’s graduation rate of academic fields, many of which will transfer tier research universities as well, including religious programs for
90.3 percent exhibits an outstanding effort in completely or in part to four-year colleges the Medical University of South Carolina, ages ranging from
seeing that its students are prepared for the and universities. In response to industry Clemson University, and the University of six months to 12th grade.
choices in their career paths. demand for skilled workers, HGTC opened South Carolina.
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