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Coker University

Hartsville, South Carolina·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Southeast·coker.edu
6-yr Graduation
40%
-16.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Total enrollment
1,325
peer median 1,756
Avg net price
$18,045
-$1.8k vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

Applied
993
993 candidates competed
Admitted
933
94.0% acceptance rate
Enrolled
212
22.7% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
40%-16.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
4-year graduation
32%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
40%
Full-time retention
69%

Pell equity

3.0pp gap
Pell recipients
38%
Non-Pell
35%

Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 53 Title IV programs, 6 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 47 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
53
Passing
6
11.3% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

53programs
  • Passing6 · 11.3%
  • No Data47 · 88.7%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
1
Safe
5
No data
47

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

6
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Master's Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
+13.7%
$55,320 vs $48,653
Criminology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
+26.5%
$41,738 vs $32,989
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
+35.5%
$44,706 vs $32,989
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+42.2%
$46,921 vs $32,989
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+44.9%
$47,785 vs $32,989
Business/Commerce General
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+83.0%
$60,372 vs $32,989

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

6
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
60%
$27,000 debt · $44,706 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
59%
$27,500 debt · $46,921 earn
Criminology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
55%
$23,000 debt · $41,738 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
49%
$23,486 debt · $47,785 earn
Business/Commerce General
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
45%
$26,960 debt · $60,372 earn
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Master's Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
37%
$20,500 debt · $55,320 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Accredited since 1923Next review Jun 2031

Programmatic accreditations · 6

Action history · 11

  1. Dec 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  2. Oct 2025Removal of Monitoring Status
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  3. Dec 2024Grant Substantive Change: Degree
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  4. Dec 2024Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  5. Mar 2023Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$16,478
$30–48k$16,411
$48–75k$16,242
$75–110k$19,634
$110k+$19,982

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$18,045
-$1,795vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs median $19,840
Federal loans
47.3%
In-state tuition
$31,854
Out-of-state
$31,854

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 412 students received $2.5M in Pell grants, alongside $7.1M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
412
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$2.5M
$2,464,589 total
Direct Loans
$7.1M
1,149 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
20
0k
21
0k
22
0k
23
0k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$1.8M
437 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$2.5M
522 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$964K
65 loan awards
Parent PLUS$1.6M
109 loan awards
Grad PLUS$300K
16 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 471 borrowers who entered repayment, 15 (3.1%) defaulted within three years above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
3.1%
+0.8pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
471
Defaulted
15
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
12.8%
2017
10.6%
2018
11.3%
2019
3.1%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Coker

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs75
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

195 total completions
01Business
5729.2%
02Parks/Recreation
3417.4%
03Social Sciences
2713.8%
04Education
2010.3%
05Psychology
189.2%
06Visual/Performing Arts
136.7%
07Biological Sciences
84.1%
08Health Professions
73.6%
09Computer Sciences
63.1%
10Multi/Interdisciplinary
52.6%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
1,325
12-mo unduplicated
1,273
Undergraduate
1,203
Graduate
70

Gender split

Men
43%553
Women
57%720

Race / ethnicity composition

White
54.6%
Black
25.0%
Two or more
8.7%
Non-resident
7.8%
Unknown
1.2%
Asian
1.1%
Hispanic
0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.3%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

Athletes
461
268 M · 193 W
Women athletes
41.9%
Athletic aid
$3.2M
Total student aid
Budget
$8.9M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$1.7M
$1.5M
Recruiting expense
$5K
$6K
Head-coach salaries
$40K
$40K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 14

Soccer
59 M · 32 W
$941K
Lacrosse
45 M · 11 W
$674K
Baseball
56 M ·
$595K
Wrestling
39 M ·
$275K
Basketball
21 M · 16 W
$929K
Track and Field (Outdoor)
18 M · 18 W
$135K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
4.31
5 offenses · 1,160 students

3-year trend

6.442 yrs ago5.471 yr ago4.31Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
19
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
3
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Burglary
3
Rape
1
Aggravated assault
1

By location

5total
  • On campus4
  • Public property1

Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
0
Stalking
0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs90
Liquor012

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
12.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
64

Coker vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Coker selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectCoker University
40%1,325$18,045Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Southern Wesleyan University
57%99.5%980$19,968Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Converse University
62%67.7%1,787$19,712Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Columbia College
37%93.9%1,725$23,650Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
North Greenville University
55%66.7%2,304$20,612Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Bob Jones University
63%86.2%2,734$17,529Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Peer group median56%86.2%1,756$19,840

Frequently asked questions about Coker University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Coker.

What is the graduation rate at Coker University?

Coker University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 40% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Coker University?

Coker University reports a total enrollment of 1,325 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Coker University?

The average net price at Coker University is $18,045 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Coker University?

Coker University's yield rate is 22.7%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Coker University located?

Coker University is located in Hartsville, South Carolina 29550.

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