Which Citadel Military College of South Carolina major has the lowest debt?

Mechanical Engineering graduates leave with a median of $19,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 12 Citadel Military College of South Carolina bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Citadel Military College of South Carolina cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $12,570 a year, and $38,508 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $20,723 a year.

How many Citadel Military College of South Carolina programs report graduate pay?

12 bachelor's programs at Citadel Military College of South Carolina report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Citadel Military College of South Carolina Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Charleston, SC
2,705 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

12 Citadel Military College of South Carolina bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Electrical Engineering pays the most in the first year ($72,726), and Biology the least ($36,066). The median program pays $47,620.

In-state tuition and fees$12,570Per year. Out-of-state $38,508

Average net price after aid$20,723Per year

Graduation rate75%Within 6 years

Admission rate23%Of applicants

All 12 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	Electrical EngineeringAbout 22 graduates a year	$72,726	$86,870	$27,000	3rd of 3
2	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 20 graduates a year	$71,213	Not reported	$21,375	2nd of 9
3	Civil EngineeringAbout 38 graduates a year	$61,163	$89,930	$24,500	3rd of 3
4	NursingAbout 16 graduates a year	$60,791	Not reported	$29,500	15th of 15
5	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 69 graduates a year	$52,602	Not reported	$19,500	3rd of 3
6	Business AdministrationAbout 28 graduates a year	$50,004	$77,951	$22,726	3rd of 27
7	Criminal JusticeAbout 52 graduates a year	$45,235	$67,591	$24,966	3rd of 11
8	Political ScienceAbout 34 graduates a year	$44,992	$66,788	$20,817	1st of 12
9	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 44 graduates a year	$43,727	$70,220	$22,250	1st of 13
10	HistoryAbout 19 graduates a year	$42,712	$59,089	$25,524	1st of 9
11	Intelligence and Information OperationsAbout 103 graduates a year	$42,362	Not reported	$26,499	1st of 2
12	BiologyAbout 17 graduates a year	$36,066	Not reported	$27,000	2nd of 20

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.

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Electrical Engineering$72,726
Computer and Information Science$71,213
Civil Engineering$61,163
Nursing$60,791
Mechanical Engineering$52,602

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

Intelligence and Information OperationsAbout 103 graduates a year
Mechanical EngineeringAbout 69 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 52 graduates a year
Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 44 graduates a year
Civil EngineeringAbout 38 graduates a year

Common questions

Electrical Engineering graduates earn a median of $72,726 in their first year, the most of 12 Citadel Military College of South Carolina 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