South University-Austin
For-profit College in Round Rock, TX. Median 10-year earnings $34,421.
Ten-year median earnings of $34,421 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is the weak point: 0% graduate within six years. Median debt at graduation is $26,123, 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
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.76 — elevated (above 0.60)
Academics
Only 0% finish within six years, so roughly nine in ten students leave without the credential. Just 38% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. At 10:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a for-profit four-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 243 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $26,168 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $25,420 at $0–30k against $24,982 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is widespread — 86% of students receive it, averaging $6,324. 56% 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 · 17 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 | $25,420 |
| $30–48k | $25,441 |
| $48–75k | $27,004 |
| $75–110k | $27,670 |
| $110k+ | $24,982 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 135 of these 243 students, totalling $1,098,846 — an average of $8,140 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Williamson 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)