Morris College
Private College in Sumter, SC. Six-year graduation rate 17%. Median 10-year earnings $30,614.
Students who entered Morris College reach a median of $30,614 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is the weak point: 17% graduate within six years. Median debt at graduation reaches $31,400, 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
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 1.03 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Graduation rate 17% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 17% graduate within six years. Retention is weak: only 41% of full-time first-years return, so roughly three in five leave after one year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. The 36% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. At 10:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 426 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $19,180 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $20,485 at $0–30k against $21,121 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is widespread — 96% of students receive it, averaging $7,450. Most students borrow — 100% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 132 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 | $20,485 |
| $30–48k | $20,609 |
| $48–75k | $20,727 |
| $75–110k | $21,121 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 426 of these 426 students, totalling $2,594,023 — an average of $6,089 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Sumter 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)