Citadel Military College of South Carolina

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Citadel Military College of South Carolina

Citadel Military College of South Carolina operates as a public institution located in Charleston, South Carolina (city: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 2,705 students of which 2,826 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Citadel Military College of South Carolina is categorized as “18” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 22.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,208. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $20,723, with published in-state tuition of $12,570 and a Pell grant recipient share of 19.8%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $21,096, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 73.9%, and the first-year retention rate is 85.8%. Graduates earn a median of $72,085 ten years after enrolling, compared with $60,168 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 89800.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 74.6% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.