Outcomes
What it pays
Former students earn a median $72,085 ten years after enrolling, more than at 85% of colleges; 74% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 1.7 years of that salary.
Earnings
Earnings climb with time
Staying and finishing
Retention
come back for year two
Graduation
graduate within six years
National median graduation rate: 59%
What graduates owe
$21.1K
According to Citadel Military College of South Carolina's most recent Common Data Set, 58% of its Class of 2025 graduates (455 students) borrowed from any source: federal, institutional, state, or private, averaging $38,217 among those who did.
Counts students who started here as first-time students and earned a bachelor's; the federal median counts federal loans only, including students who left without a degree.
Everyone who starts here, 8 years later
Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.
71 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 20 more are enrolled at another college. (923 students)
All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.
65 of 100 finish within 4 years, 71 within 6, and 71 within 8.
| Earned a credential within | 4 yrs | 6 yrs | 8 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| All students | 65% | 71% | 71% |
| Started in college here | 64% | 70% | 71% |
| Transferred in | 70% | 72% | 73% |
Transfer students' clock starts when they arrive here, not when they first started college.
National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.
Do lower-income students finish?
Pell Grant recipients: 75%, 1 point above students with no need-based federal aid (74%). First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.
- Pell Grant recipients158 students
75% · 1 point above students with neither
- Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant170 students
76% · 2 points above students with neither
- Neither Pell nor subsidized loan372 students
74% · comparison group
By race and ethnicity
First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.
- White524 students
79% · 4 points above all students
- Asian9 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Hispanic/Latino62 students
63% · 12 points below all students
- Black53 students
62% · 13 points below all students
- Two or more races37 students
73% · 2 points below all students
- International6 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- American Indian/Alaska Native2 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander1 students
Not shown: under 30 students
Cost vs. earnings
The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus Citadel Military College of South Carolina. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.
↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)
Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;Citadel Military College of South Carolina Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;Citadel Military College of South Carolina Common Data Set 2025–26, Class of 2025About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)