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Charleston Southern University
Charleston, SC · Private (nonprofit) · 2,893 students · mostly bachelor degrees
67th-cheapest of 82 South Carolina colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$21,666
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$44,558
Graduation rate
47%
Admission rate
96%
Median graduate earnings
$45,898
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$26,471
Average SAT
1059
Median ACT
21
Pell grant recipients
34%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
82 programsComputer Science · Bachelor's Degree8 grads/yr$97,290Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree74 grads/yr$81,984Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree80 grads/yr$75,175Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree45 grads/yr$69,117Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Master's Degree12 grads/yr$66,271Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Master's Degree10 grads/yr$61,377Accounting · Bachelor's Degree6 grads/yr$58,600Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General · Bachelor's Degree9 grads/yr$57,482Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist · Bachelor's Degree11 grads/yr$57,253Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Bachelor's Degree14 grads/yr$57,179Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Bachelor's Degree23 grads/yr$53,162Communication, General · Bachelor's Degree16 grads/yr$50,824Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree20 grads/yr$48,154Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Bachelor's Degree25 grads/yr$47,715Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree32 grads/yr$46,399Survey Research/Methodology · Bachelor's Degree16 grads/yr$44,416Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree22 grads/yr$43,743Psychology, General · Bachelor's Degree29 grads/yr$41,934Design and Visual Communications, General · Bachelor's Degree19 grads/yr$41,925
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.