Southeastern College-Charlotte
For-profit College in Charlotte, NC. Six-year graduation rate 77%. Median 10-year earnings $31,548.
Ten-year median earnings of $31,548 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate of 77% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,500 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.30 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 77% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 94% of applicants are accepted. With 221 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. Yield is high — 60% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate.
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
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A 77% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Retention of 73% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The part-time picture is harder: 61% return, against 73% full-time. The 14:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. As a for-profit two-year institution, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 217 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $30,380 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. Income makes less difference than usual: $30,476 at $0–30k, $36,136 at $110k+. 89% of students get grant aid averaging $7,566, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Most students borrow — 91% 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 · 101 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 | $30,476 |
| $30–48k | $30,396 |
| $48–75k | $31,707 |
| $75–110k | $29,567 |
| $110k+ | $36,136 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 198 of these 217 students, totalling $1,777,968 — an average of $8,980 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Mecklenburg 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)