Southern Careers Institute - Harlingen
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 7.9-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
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.
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
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-Harlingen | 60% | — | 543 | $23,724 | — |
| — | — | 886 | $18,205 | — | |
| — | — | 403 | $27,919 | — | |
| — | — | 824 | $27,365 | — | |
| — | — | 291 | $9,863 | — | |
| — | — | 477 | $18,529 | — | |
| — | — | 631 | $29,837 | — | |
| — | — | 169 | $49,299 | — | |
| — | — | 643 | $28,525 | — | |
| — | — | 437 | $29,232 | — | |
| — | — | 318 | $36,273 | — | |
| — | 73.6% | 661 | $35,514 | — | |
| — | — | 689 | $21,459 | — | |
| — | — | 1,144 | $26,182 | — | |
| — | — | 1,466 | $26,528 | — | |
| — | — | 1,345 | $28,915 | — | |
| — | — | 514 | $50,756 | — | |
| — | 100.0% | 717 | $33,139 | — | |
| — | — | 631 | $17,864 | — | |
| — | — | 578 | $29,343 | — | |
| — | — | 596 | $21,833 | — | |
| — | — | 584 | $27,306 | — | |
| — | — | 1,332 | $28,691 | — | |
| — | — | 1,957 | $30,451 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions | |
| — | — | 954 | $24,883 | — | |
| — | — | 2,632 | $23,096 | — | |
| — | — | 1,335 | $26,117 | — | |
| — | — | 887 | $30,411 | — | |
| Peer group median | 60% | 86.8% | 652 | $27,642 |
Institutions like Scitexas
Explore the federal data for institutions in Scitexas's comparison group.
- Pennsylvania
All-State Career School
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment886Net price$18,205View data - Arizona
Arizona College-Glendale
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment403Net price$27,919View data - Georgia
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment824Net price$27,365View data - Louisiana
Blue Cliff College-Metairie
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment291Net price$9,863View data - Oklahoma
Central Oklahoma College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment477Net price$18,529View data - Texas
College of Health Care Professions
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment631Net price$29,837View data - Florida
Compu-Med Vocational Careers Corp
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment169Net price$49,299View data - Michigan
Dorsey College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment643Net price$28,525View data - Michigan
Dorsey College-Roseville
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment437Net price$29,232View data - Florida
Florida Education Institute
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment318Net price$36,273View data - Florida
FVI School of Nursing and Technology
Grad rate—Admit rate73.6%Enrollment661Net price$35,514View data - Arizona
Miller-Motte College-Arizona Automotive Institute
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment689Net price$21,459View data - Indiana
MyComputerCareer at Indianapolis
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,144Net price$26,182View data - North Carolina
MyComputerCareer at Raleigh
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,466Net price$26,528View data - North Carolina
NASCAR Technical Institute
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,345Net price$28,915View data - Florida
New Professions Technical Institute
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment514Net price$50,756View data - California
North-West College-Riverside
Grad rate—Admit rate100.0%Enrollment717Net price$33,139View data - Texas
Southern Careers Institute-Brownsville
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment631Net price$17,864View data - Texas
Southern Careers Institute-Corpus Christi
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment578Net price$29,343View data - Texas
Southern Careers Institute-Pharr
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment596Net price$21,833View data - Texas
Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment584Net price$27,306View data - California
UEI College-Gardena
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,332Net price$28,691View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Technical ProfessionsArizona
Universal Technical Institute of Arizona Inc
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,957Net price$30,451View data - Pennsylvania
Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania Inc
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment954Net price$24,883View data - Texas
Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc.
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment2,632Net price$23,096View data - Texas
Universal Technical Institute-West Texas
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,335Net price$26,117View data - Ohio
Valley College-Cleveland
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment887Net price$30,411View data
Campus network
Scitexas is a campus of a larger institution. See its main campus and the other campuses in the same network.
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Frequently asked questions about Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen
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