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After South University-Savannah Online: graduation, pay and debt

Savannah, Georgia · For-profit · 6,494 undergrads

5.1% of South University-Savannah Online students finish within six years, the typical student earns $34,421 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $26,123 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$34.4k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
5.1%
finish within six years.
2.5%
finish in four years.
24%
of first-years come back for year two.
$26.1k
median federal debt at graduation.
25%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished in four yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
2.5%
Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
5.1%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard
24%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
0%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
6.3%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
158
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
6%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
16%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
2,017
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
0.6%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$34,115
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$32,897
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$34,421
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
58%

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
$26,123
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$13,000
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$13,324
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$12,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
25%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
27%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
34%

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

Where these numbers come from

Updated May 8, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers