Clinton College
Private Community College in Rock Hill, SC. Six-year graduation rate 100%. Median 10-year earnings $30,180.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $30,180, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Completion is a strength: 100% of students finish within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $28,987 — a substantial load to service on these earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 100% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.96 — elevated (above 0.60)
Academics
A 100% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. 58% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. A 10:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. This is a small school — 198 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 198 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $11,159 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($11,105 versus $15,514), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid is widespread — 98% of students receive it, averaging $9,534. 89% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 39 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $11,105 |
| $30–48k | $11,999 |
| $48–75k | $6,854 |
| $75–110k | $12,222 |
| $110k+ | $15,514 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 177 of these 198 students, totalling $1,232,342 — an average of $6,962 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (York County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)