unitid 217864 · Charleston, SC · public 4-year · city (midsize)
Citadel Military College of South Carolina
- enrollment 2023
- 4,446
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
23%
2nd pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
2,705
33rd pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
20%
undergrads on Pell grants
16th pctl among public 4-years
completion
75%
finish within 150% time
92nd pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$33,880
95th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$20,723
after aid, aided students
92nd pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$72,085
after entry, Title IV students
91st pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$21,096
65th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $15,430 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k18%
- 30-48k10%
- 48-75k15%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $70,469
- First-generation students
- 19%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $12,570
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.4× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business/Commerce, General. | 129 | — | — |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 120 | — | — |
| Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations. | 103 | — | $26,499 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 69 | — | $19,500 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 52 | $67,591 | $24,966 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 44 | $70,220 | $22,250 |
| Civil Engineering. | 38 | $89,930 | $24,500 |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | 36 | — | — |
| Political Science and Government. | 34 | $66,788 | $20,817 |
| Engineering-Related Fields. | 32 | $113,053 | — |
| Engineering-Related Fields. | 31 | $113,528 | — |
| Psychology, General. | 29 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.