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CollegeROIData

College Debt & ROI in Sc

38 colleges and universities in Sc with 620 school+major combinations analyzed.

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38
Schools
$27K
Avg Median Debt
$56K
Avg Year 1 Earnings
100%
Avg Graduation Rate

All Schools in Sc

Strayer University-South Carolina

private · 6 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $5K
Avg earnings: $73K/yr

Voorhees University

private · 12 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $20K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Greenville Technical College

public · 1 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $20K
Avg earnings: $92K/yr

Spartanburg Methodist College

private · 2 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $21K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Wofford College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Bob Jones University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Citadel Military College of South Carolina

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $66K/yr

Presbyterian College

private · 18 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Clemson University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $68K/yr

Furman University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

Lander University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

University of South Carolina-Columbia

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

College of Charleston

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Morris College

private · 12 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Francis Marion University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Coastal Carolina University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Anderson University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $51K/yr

University of South Carolina Aiken

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Charleston Southern University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

South Carolina State University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Newberry College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

University of South Carolina Beaufort

public · 17 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Converse University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $50K/yr

Winthrop University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $51K/yr

Columbia International University

private · 19 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $47K/yr

Coker University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

North Greenville University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

University of South Carolina-Upstate

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Southern Wesleyan University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

Allen University

private · 8 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Clinton College

private · 2 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Claflin University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Columbia College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $30K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

American College of the Building Arts

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 96%

Avg debt: $33K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Erskine College

private · 15 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $34K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

South University-Columbia

private · 7 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $34K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Benedict College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $37K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Limestone University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $41K
Avg earnings: $60K/yr

Frequently Asked Questions

CollegeROIData tracks 38 colleges and universities in Sc, covering 620 school+major combinations with debt and earnings data.

The average median student debt across all school+major combinations in Sc is $27K. First-year earnings average $56K.

Among tracked schools, Strayer University-South Carolina has one of the lowest average debt levels in Sc. Use our school pages to compare ROI scores by major.

For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.

Every number on this page links back to the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.

For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. degree-granting institutions with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, 2026.