Which Benedict College major has the lowest debt?

Human Development and Family Studies graduates leave with a median of $32,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 7 Benedict College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Benedict College cost?

Tuition and fees are $17,440 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $18,250 a year.

How many Benedict College programs report graduate pay?

9 bachelor's programs at Benedict College report first-year pay, and 7 of them also report federal debt.

Benedict College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Columbia, SC
1,536 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

9 Benedict College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Liberal Arts and General Studies pays the most in the first year ($33,120), and Parks and Recreation the least ($17,324). The median program pays $26,891.

Tuition and fees$17,440Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$18,250Per year

Graduation rate24%Within 6 years

Admission rate96%Of applicants

All 9 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in South Carolina" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across South Carolina. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in South Carolina
1	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 2 graduates a year	$33,120	$41,133	Not reported	3rd of 8
2	Social WorkAbout 12 graduates a year	$30,295	Not reported	$39,200	2nd of 3
3	Business AdministrationAbout 38 graduates a year	$28,419	$33,781	$34,000	25th of 27
4	PsychologyAbout 20 graduates a year	$27,620	Not reported	Not reported	9th of 18
5	Public Relations and AdvertisingGraduates a year not reported	$26,891	Not reported	$38,250	5th of 5
6	Criminal JusticeAbout 28 graduates a year	$23,838	$42,829	$40,750	11th of 11
7	BiologyAbout 53 graduates a year	$22,805	$34,854	$35,031	20th of 20
8	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 1 graduates a year	$21,607	Not reported	$32,000	2nd of 2
9	Parks and RecreationGraduates a year not reported	$17,324	Not reported	$40,000	1st of 1

Program names link to the program's own page, and South Carolina ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five South Carolina programs in the field do too.

One more bachelor's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Liberal Arts and General Studies$33,120
Social Work$30,295
Business Administration$28,419
Psychology$27,620
Public Relations and Advertising$26,891

Lowest median debt

Human Development and Family Studies$32,000
Business Administration$34,000
Biology$35,031
Public Relations and Advertising$38,250
Social Work$39,200

Largest programs

BiologyAbout 53 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 38 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 28 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 20 graduates a year
Social WorkAbout 12 graduates a year

Common questions

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates earn a median of $33,120 in their first year, the most of 9 Benedict College bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of South Carolina rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels