After University of South Carolina-Lancaster: graduation, pay and debt

Lancaster, South Carolina · Public · 2,328 undergrads

The typical student earns $39,426 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $9,616 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$39.4k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$9,616

median federal debt at graduation.

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

23%

Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

24%

Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

49%

Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

340

Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard

45%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$35,206

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$36,835

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$39,426

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

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard

$9,616

Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard

$5,500

Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$5,875

Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$5,500

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

Where these numbers come from