This post includes an overview of GED® prep sites and testing centers in the Aiken area. South Carolina is using the GED exam for its high school equivalency (HSE) testing program.
GED testing is available online and at state-designated test centers.
The HSE exam offers adults who never completed high school the chance to obtain an equivalent credential.
The GED is computer-based and has four independent modules (subtests) in Social Studies, Language Arts, Science, and Math.
You have the option to sit for the four GED modules one at a time. So prepare for one subject test, pass that part, and move on to the next subtest.
For details about the recently launched GED online proctored test, check the bottom of this page.
Aiken GED prep classes
Aiken County Adult Education
1 Willis Circle | Aiken | SC 29829 | Phone: (803) 663.4920
Aiken County Adult Education Center
1000 Brookhaven Drive | Aiken | SC 29803 | Phone: (803) 641.2476
Aiken Goodwill
1015 Pine Log Road | Aiken | SC 29803 | Phone: (803) 649.7694
Christ Central North Campus (at Crossroads Church)
1411 York Street | Aiken | SC 29801 | Phone: (803) 640.1708
Christ Central offers a free fast-track GED program to individuals who quit high school prematurely so they can earn a secondary education degree. This way they can get better jobs, get a college education, and meet entrance requirements of the military. North campus classes are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays (9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the River of Life Education Building), and at the Central Missions Division on Saturdays when needed.
Christ Central Missions Division Office
267 Laurens Street | Aiken | SC 29801 | Phone: (803) 640.1708
Aiken Academy Education Center
832 Harold Lane | Aiken | SC 29801 | Phone: (803) 979.0212
Paxen Learning Center Aiken
140 York Street | Aiken | SC 29801 | Phone: (843) 206.2918
River of Life Church HSE Classes (Christ Central)
1411 Columbia Highway N | Aiken | SC 29801 | Phone: (803) 648.4047
Aiken County Vocational Rehabilitation Center
855 York Street NE | Aiken | SC 29801 | Phone: (803) 641.2476
Aiken One-Stop Transition Center
1040 York Street | Aiken | SC 29801 | Phone: (803) 641.2476
St. John’s United Methodist Church
104 Newberry Street NW | Aiken | SC 29801 | Phone: (803) 641.2476
Prep sites around Aiken (cities by alphabet)
Augusta Tech HSE Instruction
3200 Augusta Tech Drive (300 Bldg) | Rm 305 | Augusta | GA 30906 | Phone: (706) 771.4131
For all Augusta locations check out this post
Paxen Education Barnwell
10870 Ellenton Street | Barnwell | SC 29812 | Phone: (843) 206.2918
Bamberg-Barnwell Adult Ed. HSE Classes
10370 Ellenton Street | Barnwell | SC 29812 | Phone: (803) 541.6021
Batesburg-Leesville Lifelong Learning Center
101 W Columbia Avenue | Batesburg-Leesville | SC 29006 | Phone: (803) 532.2141
Edgefield County Adult Ed. (Piemont Tech)
506 Main Street | Edgefield | SC 29824 | Phone: (803) 275.1788
Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Ctr
2429 Augusta Road | Gloverville | SC 29828 | Phone: (803) 593.2623
Aiken Technical College POST ChalleNGe program
2276 Jefferson Davis Hwy | Graniteville | SC 29829 | Phone: (803) 508.7337 / 508.7263
The POST ChalleNGe is a 20-week program set up by the Aiken County Public School District, Aiken Tech, the South Carolina Army National Guard, Clemson University, and the Lower Savannah Council of Governments’ Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act. The program includes a 20-week extension to the ChalleNGe Academy of South Carolina Army National Guard at McCrady Training Center in Eastover, SC.
Byrd Learning Ctr (Aiken County Ad. Education)
1 Willis Circle | Graniteville | SC 29829 | Ph: (803) 663.4920 / 641.2476
Hope Center (Christ Central)
3 Hickman Street | Graniteville | SC 29829 | Phone: (803) 646.2519
Edgefield County Adult Ed. Center
425 Lee Street | Johnston | SC 29832 | Phone: (803) 275.1788
Edgefield County Adult Ed. Center
117 Cardinal Street | Johnston | SC 29832 | Ph: (803) 275.4158
Trenton Correctional Institution GED Program
84 Greenhouse Road | Trenton | SC 29847 | Phone: (803) 896.3000
Not available to the public
Wagener-Salley High (Aiken Co. Adult Ed)
272 Main Street S | Wagener | SC 29164 | Phone: (803) 641.2476
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Free South Carolina GED Online ClassesAiken area GED testing centers
Augusta Technical College
3200 Augusta Tech Drive | Augusta | GA 30906 | Phone 706-771-4153
Batesburg-Leesville
101 W Columbia Avenue | Batesburg-Leesville | SC 29006 | Phone 803-532-2141
Aiken County Adult Education Center
2432 Jefferson Davis Highway | Graniteville | SC 29829 | Phone 803-663-4920
Edgefield County Adult Education
117 Cardinal Street | Johnston | SC 29832 | Phone 803-275-4158
Saluda GED Testing Center
401 N Calhoun Street | Saluda | SC 29138 Phone 864-445-3346
Introducing an online GED testing option
The GED exam was, until recently, not offered online. To secure their high school equivalency diploma, students had to come, in person, to an official South Carolina HSE (high school equivalency) testing center.
But the introduction of an online proctored GED test has now made an end to that. More information can be found in this post: ‘Introducing online GED testing’.
Last Updated on January 8, 2021.