Southeastern College-Columbia

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Southeastern College-Columbia

Southeastern College-Columbia operates as a private for-profit institution located in Columbia, South Carolina (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 267 students of which 588 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. Southeastern College-Columbia is categorized as “10” 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 97.3%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $31,941, with published in-state tuition of $25,080 and a Pell grant recipient share of 77.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $9,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable, rising to 58.2% at six years. Graduates earn a median of $31,156 ten years after enrolling, compared with $26,719 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 26600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 33.9% 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.