Presbyterian College
Private College in Clinton, SC. Six-year graduation rate 51%. Median 10-year earnings $60,194.
Students who entered Presbyterian College reach a median of $60,194 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. Six-year completion sits at 52%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $26,000, roughly typical for an undergraduate 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
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 68% puts Presbyterian College on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. 3,297 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. A 12% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 31% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
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 | 500–620 | 81 (31%) |
| SAT Math | 480–580 | |
| ACT Composite | 21–26 | 46 (18%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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52% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention is strong at 80%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. With 41% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. A 11:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 862 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $20,840 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $18,277 at the $0–30k band to $27,032 at $110k+. 99% of students get grant aid averaging $39,692, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Federal borrowing reaches 53% of students.
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 · 264 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 | $18,277 |
| $30–48k | $15,985 |
| $48–75k | $19,366 |
| $75–110k | $19,901 |
| $110k+ | $27,032 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 456 of these 862 students, totalling $2,797,655 — an average of $6,135 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Laurens 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)