Southern Careers
Institute-Corpus Christi
For-profit College in Corpus Christi, TX. Six-year graduation rate 64%. Median 10-year earnings $27,035.
Ten-year median earnings of $27,035 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. 64% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $8,708.
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
Six-year completion sits at 64%, meaning about one in three students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention is 63% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The 25:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. Being a for-profit two-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. This is a small school — 863 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 863 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $29,297 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Income makes less difference than usual: $29,242 at $0–30k, $31,799 at $110k+. About 82% get grants averaging $4,147, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 64% 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 · 555 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 | $29,242 |
| $30–48k | $28,671 |
| $48–75k | $29,625 |
| $75–110k | $32,172 |
| $110k+ | $31,799 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 554 of these 863 students, totalling $3,117,449 — an average of $5,627 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Nueces 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)