Which South Carolina State major has the lowest debt?

Criminal Justice, Computer and Information Science, and Biology graduates leave with a median of $31,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 6 South Carolina State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does South Carolina State cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $11,060 a year, and $21,750 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $18,097 a year.

How many South Carolina State programs report graduate pay?

6 bachelor's programs at South Carolina State report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

South Carolina State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

South Carolina State University
Public university
Orangeburg, SC
2,934 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

6 South Carolina State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Criminal Justice pays the most in the first year ($32,576), and Business Administration the least ($25,518). The median program pays $29,850.

In-state tuition and fees$11,060Per year. Out-of-state $21,750

Average net price after aid$18,097Per year

Graduation rate37%Within 6 years

Admission rate83%Of applicants

All 6 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	Criminal JusticeAbout 20 graduates a year	$32,576	$45,814	$31,000	8th of 11
2	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 9 graduates a year	$30,676	$40,526	$31,841	9th of 9
3	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 11 graduates a year	$30,082	$75,522	$31,000	9th of 9
4	Family and Consumer SciencesAbout 28 graduates a year	$29,618	$35,649	$34,625	1st of 1
5	BiologyAbout 22 graduates a year	$25,938	$38,985	$31,000	17th of 20
6	Business AdministrationAbout 22 graduates a year	$25,518	$43,968	$32,000	26th of 27

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.

2 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Criminal Justice$32,576
Subject-Area Teacher Education$30,676
Computer and Information Science$30,082
Family and Consumer Sciences$29,618
Biology$25,938

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

Family and Consumer SciencesAbout 28 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 22 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 22 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 20 graduates a year
Computer and Information ScienceAbout 11 graduates a year

Common questions

Criminal Justice graduates earn a median of $32,576 in their first year, the most of 6 South Carolina State 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