Southern Careers Institute-Austin
About
Southern Careers Institute (SCI) is a private, for-profit post-secondary career and technical education institution with eight locations in Texas, US, founded in 1960. The school is accredited by the Council on Occupational Education and approved by the Texas Workforce Commission and the Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 10.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 16 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 16 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data16 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
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.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Council on Occupational Education
Action history · 12
- Jul 2025Removal of Monitoring StatusCouncil on Occupational Education
- Jun 2025Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: WarningCouncil on Occupational Education
- Jun 2024Warning or Equivalent-Factors Affecting Academic QualityCouncil on Occupational Education
- Sep 2023Grant Substantive Change: Final Branch ApprovalCouncil on Occupational Education
- Mar 2023Grant Substantive Change: OtherCouncil on Occupational Education
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 2024–25, 6,001 students received $26.9M in Pell grants, alongside $26.1M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
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 3,199 borrowers who entered repayment, 74 (2.3%) defaulted within three years.
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 Scitexas
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
- Public property2
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.
Scitexas vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Scitexas 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSouthern Careers Institute-Austin | 53% | — | 746 | $23,458 | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields |
Alaska Career College | — | — | 250 | $18,091 | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields |
Apex College of Veterinary Technology | — | — | 27 | $10,030 | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields |
Athena Career Academy | — | 78.0% | 516 | $25,171 | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields |
Carrington College-San Leandro Campus | — | 91.9% | 326 | $32,368 | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields |
Carrington College-Stockton | — | 67.6% | 436 | $30,387 | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields |
CBT Technology Institute-Cutler Bay | — | — | 326 | $17,375 | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields |
Center for Advanced Legal Studies | — | 32.8% | 271 | $10,914 | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields |
Central Coast College | — | 95.7% | 631 | $26,640 | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields |
College of Court Reporting Inc | — | — | 182 | $41,410 | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields |
Interactive College of Technology | — | — | 65 | $13,358 | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields |
Interactive College of Technology-Gainesville | — | — | 50 | $14,834 | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields |
Interactive College of Technology-Morrow | — | — | 117 | $14,970 | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields |
Long Island Business Institute | — | 73.2% | — | $11,166 | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields |
Miller-Motte College-Jacksonville | — | — | 195 | $22,465 | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields |
Miller-Motte College-Macon | — | — | 230 | $22,139 | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields |
Ohio Business College-Sandusky | — | — | 22 | $28,674 | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields |
Ohio Business College-Sheffield | — | — | 224 | $21,181 | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields |
Professional Golfers Career College | — | — | 70 | $31,397 | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields |
San Joaquin Valley College-Lancaster | — | — | 257 | $23,940 | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields |
South Coast College | — | — | 306 | $22,480 | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields |
| Peer group median | 53% | 75.6% | 240 | $22,465 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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