SCHOOLS / SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY

South Carolina State University

ORANGEBURG, SCIPEDS 218733CARNEGIE CLASS 20

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2025-26

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§ Academic profile

Where you'd land in this school's admitted class.

SAT compositeNot reported

§ SAT composite NOT REPORTED IN THIS CDS YEAR

ACT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters

25th14

Median16

75th19

§ 9% OF ADMITS SUBMITTED ACT SCORES · 2025-26 CDS · METHOD →

ADMIT RATE 68%SAT SUBMIT 2%ACT SUBMIT 9%

Add your GPA and test score to compare against this school's published CDS bands.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2025-26 · §C.7 §C.9 §C.11 §C.12ARCHIVED SOURCE →

§ Admission rounds

How the class gets assembled.

No Early Decision reported

§ Adjusted admission flow

This school does not report an Early Decision lane, so the flow collapses to the school-reported applicant, admit, and enrolled totals.

Each column is scaled within that stage. Labels show exact counts.

All applicants

Applicants13,536reported count

Admits9,20168%

Class seats99911% yield

Exact admission data

Admission flow data
Path	Applicants	Admitted	Admit rate	Class seats	Note
All applicants	13,536	9,201	68%	999	School-reported totals.

Overall yield: 11%. Published yield blends high-commitment ED admits with the rest of the admitted pool.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2025-26 · §C.21 §C.22 §C.2 §C.7 §C.13METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →

NCES/IPEDS baseline

Source-labeled federal facts

These values come from official NCES/IPEDS tables. They are not Common Data Set fields unless the source note says the alignment is direct or near.

Provisional 2024-25 release, data year 2024

Academics

Academics IPEDS baseline facts
Fact	Value	Source
Student-faculty ratio	19	EF2024D.STUFACR

Admissions

Admissions IPEDS baseline facts
Fact	Value	Source
Admissions total first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates	9102	ADM2024.ADMSSN
Admit rate	83%	DRVADM2024.DVADM01
Applicants total first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates	11017	ADM2024.APPLCN
Enrolled full time first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates	942	ADM2024.ENRLFT
Enrolled total first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates	1042	ADM2024.ENRLT
Open admissions policy	No	IC2024.OPENADMP
Yield rate	11%	DRVADM2024.DVADM04

Admissions testing

Admissions testing IPEDS baseline facts
Fact	Value	Source
ACT composite 25th percentile	15	ADM2021.ACTCM25
ACT composite 75th percentile	19	ADM2021.ACTCM75
ACT submit rate	9%	ADM2021.ACTPCT
SAT EBRW 25th percentile	400	ADM2021.SATVR25
SAT EBRW 75th percentile	530	ADM2021.SATVR75
SAT math 25th percentile	400	ADM2021.SATMT25
SAT math 75th percentile	520	ADM2021.SATMT75
SAT submit rate	6%	ADM2021.SATPCT

Completions

Completions IPEDS baseline facts
Fact	Value	Source
Bachelor's degrees awarded	268	DRVC2024.BASDEG
Doctor's degrees awarded	27	DRVC2024.DOCDEGRS
Master's degrees awarded	52	DRVC2024.MASDEG

Costs

Costs IPEDS baseline facts
Fact	Value	Source
In-state required fees	$1,532	COST1_2024.FEE2
In-state tuition	$9,528	COST1_2024.TUITION2
Out-of-state required fees	$1,532	COST1_2024.FEE3
Out-of-state tuition	$20,218	COST1_2024.TUITION3
Total price, in-state on campus	$30,060	DRVCOST2024.CINSON
Total price, out-of-state on campus	$40,750	DRVCOST2024.COTSON

Enrollment

Enrollment IPEDS baseline facts
Fact	Value	Source
Full-time undergraduate enrollment	2689	DRVEF2024.EFUGFT
Graduate enrollment	292	DRVEF2024.EFGRAD
Part-time undergraduate enrollment	261	DRVEF2024.EFUGPT
Total enrollment	3242	DRVEF2024.ENRTOT
Undergraduate enrollment	2950	DRVEF2024.EFUG

Financial aid

Financial aid IPEDS baseline facts
Fact	Value	Source
Any aid rate	96%	SFA2324.ANYAIDP
Average federal grant aid	$6,732	SFA2324.FGRNT_A
Average federal loan	$6,774	SFA2324.LOAN_A
Average Pell grant	$6,324	SFA2324.PGRNT_A
Federal grant aid rate	79%	SFA2324.FGRNT_P
Federal loan rate	72%	SFA2324.LOAN_P
Pell grant rate	79%	SFA2324.PGRNT_P

Identity

Identity IPEDS baseline facts
Fact	Value	Source
City	Orangeburg	HD2024.CITY
Control	Public	HD2024.CONTROL
Degree-granting status	Degree-granting	HD2024.DEGGRANT
Highest level of offering	Doctor's degree	HD2024.HLOFFER
Institution level	Four or more years	HD2024.ICLEVEL
Institution name	South Carolina State University	HD2024.INSTNM
Institution size category	1,000 - 4,999	HD2024.INSTSIZE
IPEDS sector	Public, 4-year or above	HD2024.SECTOR
Locale	Town: Distant	HD2024.LOCALE
State	South Carolina	HD2024.STABBR

Outcomes

Outcomes IPEDS baseline facts
Fact	Value	Source
Bachelor graduation rate, 4 years	21%	DRVGR2024.GBA4RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 5 years	32%	DRVGR2024.GBA5RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 6 years	37%	DRVGR2024.GBA6RTT
Full-time retention rate	56%	EF2024D.RET_PCF
Graduation rate, 150% time	37%	DRVGR2024.GRRTTOT
Part-time retention rate	6%	EF2024D.RET_PCP
Transfer-out rate	27%	DRVGR2024.TRRTTOT

§ Federal outcomes

What federal data says

SRC · U.S. DEPT. OF ED., COLLEGE SCORECARD 2022-23.
OUTCOMES LAG THE CDS YEAR SHOWN ABOVE.

Median earnings

$38,262

10 yrs after enrollment

Graduation rate

37%

6-year completion

Average net price

$18,097

sticker minus grants

Median debt at grad.

$31,000

federal loans only

§ Earnings distribution

Ten years after enrollment, in 2022-23 dollars

P25

$22,900$23k

MEDIAN

$38,262$38k

P75

$55,233$55k

$20k

$40k

$60k

$80k

§H · Net price by family income

Average cost after grants

CDS H2A · 2022-23

$0 – $30,000

← MODAL BRACKET$16,846

$30,001 – $48,000

$16,968

$48,001 – $75,000

$20,449

$75,001 – $110,000

$22,587

$110,001 and up

$24,523

§B · Completion and retention

4-yr grad

21%

6-yr grad

37%

8-yr grad

37%

Retention

56%

Pell grad

37%

Transfer

27%

Federal data from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, vintage 2022-23. Outcomes reflect earlier cohorts than the CDS year shown elsewhere on this page.