Colleges / Claflin University
College · Private nonprofit · Orangeburg, SC · Town
CU

Claflin University

Orangeburg, SC

HBCUReligious affiliation
Address400 Magnolia Street, Orangeburg, SC 29115-4498
Websitewww.claflin.edu
Price calculatorRun your numbers →
Admit rate65%
6-yr median pay$29k
Net price / yr$18k
Undergrad size1,706
§ I · The real read

What it's actually like.

The bet

Net price of $18k/yr for a shot at a $29k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.

Getting in

Admit rate of 65% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.

If you get in

1,706 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.

Where you live

Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.

§ II · Cost & aid

Sticker vs. real.

Sticker cost of attendance is $34k/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$134k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$71k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$63k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.4x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.

Where the money goes · annual sticker.

Tuition · in-state
$18.3k
Room & board
$9.5k
Books & supplies
$950

How students pay for it.

Pell grants73%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans74%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$29k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $12k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes

Do people finish? Do they land?

1-yr retention77%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr52%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$29k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$40k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out27%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity

Setting, size, and who this school is.

Setting
Town
Control
Private nonprofit
Undergrad size
1,706
Location
Orangeburg, SC
Region
Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Carnegie class
Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
Size & setting
Four-year · small · highly residential
Undergrad program
Four-year · full-time, inclusive, 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.

  • Black89%
  • Unknown5%
  • White2%
  • International2%
  • Hispanic1%
First-gen students32%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time7%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$26k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 33

What you can study.

Colleges / Claflin University
College · Private nonprofit · Orangeburg, SC · Town
CU

Claflin University

Orangeburg, SC

HBCUReligious affiliation
Address400 Magnolia Street, Orangeburg, SC 29115-4498
Websitewww.claflin.edu
Price calculatorRun your numbers →
Admit rate65%
6-yr median pay$29k
Net price / yr$18k
Undergrad size1,706
§ I · The real read

What it's actually like.

The bet

Net price of $18k/yr for a shot at a $29k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.

Getting in

Admit rate of 65% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.

If you get in

1,706 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.

Where you live

Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.

§ II · Cost & aid

Sticker vs. real.

Sticker cost of attendance is $34k/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$134k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$71k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$63k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.4x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.

Where the money goes · annual sticker.

Tuition · in-state
$18.3k
Room & board
$9.5k
Books & supplies
$950

How students pay for it.

Pell grants73%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans74%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$29k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $12k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes

Do people finish? Do they land?

1-yr retention77%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr52%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$29k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$40k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out27%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity

Setting, size, and who this school is.

Setting
Town
Control
Private nonprofit
Undergrad size
1,706
Location
Orangeburg, SC
Region
Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Carnegie class
Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
Size & setting
Four-year · small · highly residential
Undergrad program
Four-year · full-time, inclusive, 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.

  • Black89%
  • Unknown5%
  • White2%
  • International2%
  • Hispanic1%
First-gen students32%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time7%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$26k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 33

What you can study.