-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Citadel Military College of South Carolina fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.3% → 0.0%).
South Carolina · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Citadel Military College of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina. 2,624 undergraduate students. 72 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Citadel Military College of South Carolina
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
+51%
Public bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Citadel Military College of South Carolina are 51% above the public bachelor's-predominant peer median ($72.1k vs $47.7k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. South Carolina
Each tile compares this institution to the South Carolina median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$72,085+20% · 6→10y
South Carolina median $39,325$60,168
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry72.8%+3% · '97→'24
South Carolina median 44.4%$18,000+156% · '97→'20
At program completion2,624+38% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS88.2%+7% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time98.1%-73% · '01→'24
latest cohort$12,570+269% · '00→'24
out-of-state $37,370SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.3%Median federal debt $18,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $72,085 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+21%
Citadel Military College of South Carolina · completion · 100% rose
56.1% → 68.0%
+38%
Citadel Military College of South Carolina · undergrad enrollment rose
1,967 → 2,705
+269%
Citadel Military College of South Carolina · in-state tuition rose
$3,404 → $12,570
+309%
Citadel Military College of South Carolina · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,426 → $38,508
+156%
Citadel Military College of South Carolina · median debt rose
$8,245 → $21,096
-100%
Citadel Military College of South Carolina · cohort default rate fell
3.8% → 0.0%
+35%
Citadel Military College of South Carolina · pell share rose
14.7% → 19.8%
+30%
Citadel Military College of South Carolina · earnings_median_10yr rose
$55,300 → $72,085
+37%
Citadel Military College of South Carolina · earnings_median_8yr rose
$49,300 → $67,667
+51%
Citadel Military College of South Carolina · earnings_median_6yr rose
$39,900 → $60,168
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Engineering-Related Fields.$113,528Engineering-Related Fields.$113,053Business Administration, Management and Operations.$109,667Civil Engineering.$89,930Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$86,870Business Administration, Management and Operations.$77,951Psychology, General.$75,261Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$70,220Criminal Justice and Corrections.$67,591Political Science and Government.$66,788Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$62,844History.$59,089Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$55,869Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$55,758Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$50,731Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$46,661
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
16 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Citadel Military College of South Carolina
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$571,214
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $18,467
- HS-only baseline · SC
- $33,700
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 43
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in South Carolina
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Citadel Military College of South Carolina graduates earn $X” — not “Citadel Military College of South Carolina makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Citadel Military College of South Carolina caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.