unitid 218733 · Orangeburg, SC · public 4-year · town (distant)
South Carolina State University
- enrollment 2023
- 3,019
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
83%
49th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
2,934
35th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
70%
undergrads on Pell grants
97th pctl among public 4-years
completion
37%
finish within 150% time
30th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$30,015
88th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$18,097
after aid, aided students
84th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$38,262
after entry, Title IV students
11th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$31,000
100th 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 $16,846 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
- 0-30k60%
- 30-48knot reported
- 48-75knot reported
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $22,852
- First-generation students
- 36%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $11,060
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.2× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General. | 28 | $35,649 | $34,625 |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | 25 | $95,203 | — |
| Biology, General. | 22 | $38,985 | $31,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 22 | $43,968 | $32,000 |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | 20 | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 20 | $45,814 | $31,000 |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services. | 16 | $63,874 | — |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services. | 12 | $56,801 | — |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 11 | $75,522 | $31,000 |
| Psychology, General. | 11 | $45,463 | — |
| Social Work. | 11 | $39,745 | — |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions. | 11 | $45,315 | — |
— 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.