unitid 218229 · Greenwood, SC · public 4-year · town (distant)
Lander University
- enrollment 2023
- 4,659
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
81%
46th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
3,397
39th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
39%
undergrads on Pell grants
69th pctl among public 4-years
completion
50%
finish within 150% time
58th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$27,277
77th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$15,363
after aid, aided students
68th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$42,396
after entry, Title IV students
24th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$25,000
91st 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 $11,450 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
- 0-30k33%
- 30-48knot reported
- 48-75knot reported
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $40,987
- First-generation students
- 32%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $11,700
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.7× 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 Administration, Management and Operations. | 187 | $51,426 | $27,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 110 | $70,405 | $25,665 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 101 | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 56 | $40,438 | $26,075 |
| Psychology, General. | 53 | $38,866 | $27,062 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 29 | $41,247 | $24,995 |
| Criminology. | 28 | — | — |
| Biology, General. | 27 | — | $27,250 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 25 | $51,340 | — |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 24 | — | $26,500 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 19 | $39,448 | $27,125 |
| Public Health. | 17 | — | — |
— 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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built 2026-07-17
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.