Voorhees University
Private College in Denmark, SC. Six-year graduation rate 43%. Median 10-year earnings $35,339.
Ten-year median earnings of $35,339 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 43%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $26,700, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
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 0.76 — elevated (above 0.60)
Academics
43% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 56% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 13:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 459 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $13,307 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $11,968 at the $0–30k band to $24,543 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 93% of students receive it, averaging $12,711. 56% 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 · 103 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 | $11,968 |
| $30–48k | $13,701 |
| $48–75k | $18,453 |
| $75–110k | $21,067 |
| $110k+ | $24,543 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 257 of these 459 students, totalling $1,471,490 — an average of $5,726 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bamberg 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)