A Great Place to Work An Even Better Place to Live
The Myrtle Beach area has become a hotbed of business because employers don't have to go far to find great talent. Horry County's workforce is skilled and educated. Its school system is among the highest performing in the state and two institutions of higher learning are only minutes from ITAP.
Coastal Carolina University in Conway has been ranked in the top 15 percent for affordability and productivity in 2009.
Horry-Georgetown Technical College is the 4th largest in South Carolina's 16 strong technical college system.
Because a great place to live it makes working here
even more enjoyable. With over fourteen million visitors annually to the Grand Strand, discover what we've known
for a long time: the warm hospitality and temperatures, miles of wide sandy beaches, and world-class golf, shopping and dining make this a great place to live.
Why We Love it Here:
The ACCRA Cost of Living Index (Q2/2007) for Myrtle Beach was much lower than many southeastern cities.
The Grand Strand is home to 100 championship golf courses, eight shopping malls, some 1,900 restaurants and two state parks.
Myrtle Beach typically logs over 215 days of sunshine per year.
Coastal Carolina University:
CCU has been ranked in the top 15 percent of the nation's four-year undergraduate institutions in America's Best Colleges 2009.*
In 2008, CCU enrolled 8,100 students from 44 states and 33 foreign countries with an average SAT score of 1,039 and GPA of 3.35.
* Compiled by Forbes and the Center for College Affordability and Productivity.
