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After Morris College: graduation, pay and debt

Sumter, South Carolina · Private · 383 undergrads · HBCU

20% of Morris College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $37,276 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $25,150 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$37.3k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
20%
finish within six years.
6.8%
finish in four years.
41%
of first-years come back for year two.
$25.1k
median federal debt at graduation.
13%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished in four yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
6.8%
Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
20%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024
41%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
17%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
23%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
235
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
26%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
37%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
263
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
39%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$27,672
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$37,276
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
25%

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Debt and paying it back

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
$25,150
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$14,750
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$14,750
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$16,408
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
13%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
17%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
26%

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from

Updated Oct 31, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers