Southern Careers
Institute-San Antonio
For-profit College in San Antonio, TX. Six-year graduation rate 61%. Median 10-year earnings $27,035.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $27,035, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. 61% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation is $8,708, a light load against those earnings.
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
61% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 76% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 25:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,636 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $29,804 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($29,456 versus $33,821), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 83% get grants averaging $3,841, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. About 51% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 1,119 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 | $29,456 |
| $30–48k | $28,379 |
| $48–75k | $29,502 |
| $75–110k | $31,595 |
| $110k+ | $33,821 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 838 of these 1,636 students, totalling $4,468,512 — an average of $5,332 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bexar County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026