Colleges / Benedict College
College · Private nonprofit · Columbia, SC · City
BC

Benedict College

Columbia, SC

HBCUReligious affiliation
Address1600 Harden Street, Columbia, SC 29204-1086
Websitewww.benedict.edu
Price calculatorRun your numbers →
Admit rate96%
6-yr median pay$25k
Net price / yr$18k
Undergrad size1,536
§ I · The real read

What it's actually like.

The bet

Net price of $18k/yr for a shot at a $25k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.

Getting in

Admit rate of 96% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.

If you get in

1,536 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.

Where you live

City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.

§ II · Cost & aid

Sticker vs. real.

Sticker cost of attendance is $32k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $18k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.

Sticker · 4 yrs$128k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$73k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$55k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.

Where the money goes · annual sticker.

Tuition · in-state
$17.4k
Room & board
$7.1k
Books & supplies
$1,600

How students pay for it.

Pell grants62%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans63%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$33k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $11k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes

Do people finish? Do they land?

1-yr retention61%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr24%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$25k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$32k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out6%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity

Setting, size, and who this school is.

Setting
City
Control
Private nonprofit
Undergrad size
1,536
Location
Columbia, SC
Region
Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Carnegie class
Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
Size & setting
Four-year · small · highly residential
Undergrad program
Four-year · full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
Accreditor
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Identity
HBCUReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here

The student body at a glance.

  • Black79%
  • International10%
  • Unknown4%
  • Hispanic3%
  • Two or more races3%
  • White1%
First-gen students41%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time3%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$18k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 42

What you can study.

Colleges / Benedict College
College · Private nonprofit · Columbia, SC · City
BC

Benedict College

Columbia, SC

HBCUReligious affiliation
Address1600 Harden Street, Columbia, SC 29204-1086
Websitewww.benedict.edu
Price calculatorRun your numbers →
Admit rate96%
6-yr median pay$25k
Net price / yr$18k
Undergrad size1,536
§ I · The real read

What it's actually like.

The bet

Net price of $18k/yr for a shot at a $25k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.

Getting in

Admit rate of 96% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.

If you get in

1,536 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.

Where you live

City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.

§ II · Cost & aid

Sticker vs. real.

Sticker cost of attendance is $32k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $18k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.

Sticker · 4 yrs$128k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$73k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$55k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.

Where the money goes · annual sticker.

Tuition · in-state
$17.4k
Room & board
$7.1k
Books & supplies
$1,600

How students pay for it.

Pell grants62%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans63%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$33k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $11k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes

Do people finish? Do they land?

1-yr retention61%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr24%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$25k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$32k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out6%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity

Setting, size, and who this school is.

Setting
City
Control
Private nonprofit
Undergrad size
1,536
Location
Columbia, SC
Region
Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Carnegie class
Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
Size & setting
Four-year · small · highly residential
Undergrad program
Four-year · full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
Accreditor
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Identity
HBCUReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here

The student body at a glance.

  • Black79%
  • International10%
  • Unknown4%
  • Hispanic3%
  • Two or more races3%
  • White1%
First-gen students41%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time3%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$18k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 42

What you can study.