The Current Data / By State / South Carolina

South Carolina bachelor's earnings

A salary explorer for 35 schools in South Carolina (35 with published 4-year medians) and 406 bachelor's programs. Federal outcomes are shown as-is. Schools are listed most programs first. There are no ranks. Grades are our own modeled ranking of schools against each other, kept to two small columns.

Schools
35
with published 4-Yr medians
Programs
406
observed 4-Yr medians
Typical School Median
$49,157
median of school medians
High-School Benchmark
$33,014
state median, employed HS grads 25–34

Schools on the Map

Each dot is a school, colored by its median 4-year earnings. Hover a dot for its name.

<$40k$40–55k$55–70k$70–90k$90k+

no published median · Each state map is zoomed to fill its frame.

Program Earnings

Published 4-year medians across 406 programs.

$40k$60k$80k$100k

How to Read

Median EarningsMedian of published 4-year earnings across the school's programs.
Earnings RangeLowest to highest program median at the school.
GradesAdj. Grade adjusts for selectivity, state, and peer group; Raw Grade ranks unadjusted 4-year medians.
DistributionOverview of observed program medians — the black tick marks the school median. Schools with under 5 programs show one bar per program.
DetailsAddress, website, enrollment, admit rate, and top programs per school.

Grades: Our Value-Add

Our modeled ranking of schools against each other — kept to two small columns below.

A 1 B 11 C 3 D/F 0 20 ungraded

Medians and spreads come straight from federal data (College Scorecard / Census). Our grades are modeled estimates.

Click a column header to change the sort.

SchoolEnrollmentMedian EarningsEarnings Range# Programs ↓Adj. GradeRaw GradeDistribution
University of South Carolina-Columbia 29,820 $62,214 $39,517–$109,116 53 B B $40k$60k$80k$100k
Clemson University 23,300 $68,635 $35,526–$105,646 52 B B+ $40k$60k$80k$100k
College of Charleston 10,558 $56,122 $38,378–$98,059 29 B− B− $40k$60k$80k$100k
Coastal Carolina University 10,377 $50,546 $33,962–$77,999 28 C+ C $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Winthrop University 3,523 $46,548 $37,440–$61,987 19 B C+ $40k$45k$50k$55k$60k
Charleston Southern University 2,893 $51,993 $41,925–$97,290 16 B+ C+ $40k$60k$80k$100k
Anderson University (SC) 3,183 $50,409 $36,872–$79,844 15 C+ C+ $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
University of South Carolina-Upstate 4,038 $45,761 $35,612–$79,947 15 B− C− $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Lander University 3,397 $43,368 $36,568–$75,458 12 B C− $40k$50k$60k$70k
Francis Marion University 2,628 $42,964 $29,602–$72,580 12 B− C− $30k$40k$50k$60k$70k
Claflin University 1,706 $40,132 $34,128–$83,436 12 — F $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Wofford College 1,816 $65,072 $52,046–$86,520 10 B+ B+ $50k$60k$70k$80k
Limestone University 1,482 $51,483 $42,759–$73,092 10 — C $50k$60k$70k
North Greenville University 1,819 $46,625 $39,535–$62,411 10 C C $40k$45k$50k$55k$60k
University of South Carolina Aiken 2,962 $45,263 $31,931–$78,231 10 B C $30k$40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Citadel Military College of South Carolina 2,705 $73,116 $64,869–$88,869 9 A− B+ $65k$70k$75k$80k$85k$90k
Bob Jones University 2,005 $50,422 $31,332–$84,369 9 — C $40k$60k$80k
South University-Columbia 450 $47,390 $39,694–$91,363 9 — C− $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
University of South Carolina Beaufort 2,052 $48,625 $44,888–$70,311 8 — C $45k$50k$55k$60k$65k$70k
Columbia College (SC) 1,343 $45,483 $32,207–$71,888 8 — C+ $30k$40k$50k$60k$70k
South Carolina State University 2,934 $43,068 $33,586–$66,821 8 — F $40k$50k$60k
Furman University 2,379 $61,904 $52,225–$74,476 7 B B+ $55k$60k$65k$70k$75k
Newberry College 1,479 $46,620 $38,192–$72,303 7 — C $40k$50k$60k$70k
Benedict College 1,536 $39,337 $34,129–$41,811 7 — F $35k$38k$40k
Strayer University-South Carolina 1,868 $66,108 $53,916–$87,413 5 — B− $60k$70k$80k$90k
Coker University 840 $46,921 $41,738–$60,372 5 — C− $45k$50k$55k$60k
Presbyterian College 852 $52,681 $45,470–$67,278 4 — — $45k$50k$55k$60k$65k
Southern Wesleyan University 747 $50,208 $47,528–$62,278 4 — — $50k$55k$60k
Allen University 576 $36,992 $29,249–$45,474 4 — — $30k$35k$40k$45k
Columbia International University 716 $40,432 $38,117–$43,210 3 — — $38k$39k$40k$41k$42k$43k
Converse University 1,173 $50,000 $44,498–$55,503 2 — — $45k$48k$50k$52k$55k
Medical University of South Carolina 303 $78,576 $78,576–$78,576 1 — — $79k
Erskine College 766 $54,921 $54,921–$54,921 1 — — $55k
Voorhees University 440 $49,157 $49,157–$49,157 1 — — $49k
Morris College 383 $46,257 $46,257–$46,257 1 — — $46k

"—" means the value was not published. Distribution histograms are smoothed views of observed program medians — never imputed values, and never used in grades.