Southeastern College-Charleston
For-profit College in North Charleston, SC. Six-year graduation rate 67%. Median 10-year earnings $30,737.
Students who entered Southeastern College-Charleston reach a median of $30,737 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 67% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $9,500.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 98% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool is small at 104, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. 64% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards.
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
Apply at Southeastern College-Charleston →Academics
A 67% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. First-year retention is 78% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention drops to 63% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. The 15:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a for-profit two-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 232 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $30,896 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($30,328 versus $38,014), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 94% of students get grant aid averaging $7,038, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Most students borrow — 83% 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 · 45 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 | $30,328 |
| $30–48k | $36,520 |
| $48–75k | $29,900 |
| $75–110k | $37,291 |
| $110k+ | $38,014 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 193 of these 232 students, totalling $1,802,626 — an average of $9,340 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Charleston 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)