Charleston Southern University
Charleston Southern University admitted 97% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 930–1160 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $20,661 a year. Within six years, 50% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 97%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 930–1160
- ACT middle 50%
- 18–24
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $45,797 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $20,661 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $17,825 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $34,080 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 50%
- Students who return for a second year
- 63%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $52,265 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $22,500
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,893
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 41%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 12 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Health professions
- 20%
- Business, management and marketing
- 18%
- Education
- 8%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 8%
- Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness and kinesiology
- 7%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Black Hills State University SD · 96% admitted
- LIM College NY · 96% admitted
- Roosevelt University IL · 97% admitted
- Marshall University WV · 96% admitted
- Pennsylvania Western University PA · 94% admitted
- University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM · 95% admitted
More colleges in South Carolina
- University of South Carolina-Columbia SC · 60% admitted
- Clemson University SC · 38% admitted
- College of Charleston SC · 60% admitted
- Coastal Carolina University SC · 75% admitted
- University of South Carolina-Upstate SC · 67% admitted
- Winthrop University SC · 79% admitted
- Lander University SC · 81% admitted
- Anderson University SC · 55% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.