South University-Columbia
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 21.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2009–10, 1 students received $892 in Pell grants.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2009–10
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 9,951 borrowers who entered repayment, 310 (3.1%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* 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.
Academic programs at South University-Columbia
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
South University-Columbia vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions South University-Columbia selected for federal comparison reporting.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSouth University-Columbia | 23% | — | 504 | $22,886 | Doctoral/Professional |
University of Management and Technology | — | — | 979 | — | Doctoral/Professional |
South University-Savannah Online | 6% | — | 8,803 | $26,308 | Doctoral/Professional |
South College | 53% | — | 11,557 | $17,182 | Doctoral/Professional |
California Intercontinental University | 10% | — | 623 | — | Doctoral/Professional |
Taft University System | — | — | 324 | — | Doctoral/Professional |
| Peer group median | 17% | — | 801 | $22,886 |
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