unitid 251312 · Columbia, SC · private for-profit 4-year · suburb (large)
South University-Columbia
- enrollment 2023
- 879
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private for-profit 4-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
450
49th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
Pell share
58%
undergrads on Pell grants
61st pctl among private for-profit 4-years
completion
23%
finish within 150% time
17th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$35,322
53rd pctl among private for-profit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$27,693
after aid, aided students
43rd pctl among private for-profit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$34,421
after entry, Title IV students
21st pctl among private for-profit 4-years
median grad debt
$26,123
75th pctl among private for-profit 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 $26,588 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private for-profit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k51%
- 30-48k18%
- 48-75k13%
- 75-110k9%
- 110k+8%
- Median family income
- $20,000
- First-generation students
- 47%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $18,145
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.3× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 37 | $90,784 | $41,815 |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions. | 24 | $47,527 | — |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services. | 21 | $47,529 | $30,694 |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 11 | $63,788 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 10 | $118,330 | — |
| Public Health. | 9 | — | $56,262 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 8 | $60,102 | — |
| Psychology, General. | 6 | $38,844 | $54,702 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 6 | $54,466 | $55,162 |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 6 | $45,275 | $55,123 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 2 | $47,301 | $55,652 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | 1 | $47,545 | $57,500 |
— 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
- sticker
- 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.