Southern Careers Institute-Brownsville
For-profit College in Brownsville, TX. Six-year graduation rate 68%. Median 10-year earnings $27,035.
Students who entered Southern Careers Institute-Brownsville reach a median of $27,035 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate of 68% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Graduates leave owing a median of $8,708 — 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 0.32 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A 68% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Retention of 74% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The 25:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. 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. At 1,073 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,073 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $17,791 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $17,716 at $0–30k, $19,346 at $110k+. 84% of students receive grant aid, averaging $4,228 — common but not automatic. 69% 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 · 673 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 | $17,716 |
| $30–48k | $17,283 |
| $48–75k | $18,620 |
| $75–110k | $20,687 |
| $110k+ | $19,346 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 743 of these 1,073 students, totalling $4,164,936 — an average of $5,606 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cameron 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)