unitid 218645 · Aiken, SC · public 4-year · suburb (large)
University of South Carolina Aiken
- enrollment 2023
- 4,764
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
79%
42nd pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
2,962
35th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
39%
undergrads on Pell grants
71st pctl among public 4-years
completion
40%
finish within 150% time
38th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$21,540
45th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$11,641
after aid, aided students
41st pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$45,603
after entry, Title IV students
36th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$24,275
86th 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 $8,987 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
- 0-30k32%
- 30-48k19%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $38,484
- First-generation students
- 33%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $10,760
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.9× 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. | 225 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 143 | $56,391 | $28,725 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 109 | $77,864 | $28,500 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 57 | $40,901 | $24,776 |
| Psychology, General. | 42 | $37,835 | $27,000 |
| Biology, General. | 38 | $49,899 | $27,000 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 38 | $52,499 | $30,975 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 31 | $37,483 | $28,000 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 21 | — | — |
| Sociology. | 19 | $40,850 | $28,750 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | 14 | — | — |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | 12 | $28,243 | $23,567 |
— 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.