Erskine College
Private College in Due West, SC. Six-year graduation rate 45%. Median 10-year earnings $53,459.
Ten years after entry, the median Erskine College student earns $53,459 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. 45% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation reaches $27,000, heavy enough to shape the years right after the degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.2 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 63% puts Erskine College on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. 1,892 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. 22% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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45% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention is weak: only 56% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in five leave after one year. The 15:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. This is a small school — 812 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 812 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $23,882 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($14,555 versus $18,942), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 100% of students get grant aid averaging $41,620, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 75% 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 · 297 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 | $14,555 |
| $30–48k | $12,666 |
| $48–75k | $18,652 |
| $75–110k | $16,405 |
| $110k+ | $18,942 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 612 of these 812 students, totalling $5,058,734 — an average of $8,266 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Abbeville 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)