Strayer University-South Carolina
For-profit College in Greenville, SC. Six-year graduation rate 17%. Median 10-year earnings $40,092.
Ten-year median earnings of $40,092 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is the weak point: 17% graduate within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $40,621 — a substantial load to service on these earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 1.01 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Graduation rate 17% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 17% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. First-year retention of 100% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. The 33% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. Retention drops to 39% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,830 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $17,979 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $22,134 at $0–30k, $17,979 at $30–48k. Most students get help: 96% receive grants worth $6,424 on average. Borrowing is widespread: 89% take federal loans.
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 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 | $22,134 |
| $30–48k | $17,979 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,623 of these 1,830 students, totalling $15,705,046 — an average of $9,677 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Greenville County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026