South University-Savannah Online
For-profit College in Savannah, GA. Six-year graduation rate 6%. Median 10-year earnings $34,421.
Students who entered South University-Savannah Online reach a median of $34,421 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is the weak point: 6% graduate within six years. Graduates carry a median of $26,123 in debt — in line with the national norm.
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)
- ! Graduation rate 6% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 6% graduate within six years. Retention is weak: only 34% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in three leave after one year. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. Retention drops to 12% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. A 30:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 6,492 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $27,841 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($27,856 versus $34,298), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 83% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,440 — common but not automatic. Most students borrow — 73% 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 · 770 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 | $27,856 |
| $30–48k | $28,368 |
| $48–75k | $29,209 |
| $75–110k | $34,126 |
| $110k+ | $34,298 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 4,758 of these 6,492 students, totalling $39,327,842 — an average of $8,266 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Chatham County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026