Colleges / Coker University
College · Private nonprofit · Hartsville, SC · Town
CU

Coker University

Hartsville, SC

Address300 E College Ave, Hartsville, SC 29550
Websitecoker.edu
Price calculatorRun your numbers →
Admit rate94%
6-yr median pay$37k
Net price / yr$20k
Undergrad size840
§ I · The real read

What it's actually like.

The bet

Net price of $20k/yr for a shot at a $37k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.

Getting in

Admit rate of 94% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 20.

If you get in

840 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 $46k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $20k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.

Sticker · 4 yrs$183k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$81k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$102k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.2x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.

Where the money goes · annual sticker.

Tuition · in-state
$33.4k
Room & board
$12.1k
Books & supplies
$1,200

How students pay for it.

Pell grants26%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans42%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$26k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes

Do people finish? Do they land?

1-yr retention66%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr40%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$37k
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 out51%
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
840
Location
Hartsville, SC
Region
Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Carnegie class
Master's Colleges & Universities: Smaller Programs
Size & setting
Four-year · small · highly residential
Undergrad program
Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
Accreditor
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Also known as
Coker
§ · Who studies here

The student body at a glance.

  • White48%
  • Black20%
  • Unknown15%
  • Two or more races9%
  • International7%
  • Asian1%
First-gen students38%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time4%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$32k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 44

What you can study.

Colleges / Coker University
College · Private nonprofit · Hartsville, SC · Town
CU

Coker University

Hartsville, SC

Address300 E College Ave, Hartsville, SC 29550
Websitecoker.edu
Price calculatorRun your numbers →
Admit rate94%
6-yr median pay$37k
Net price / yr$20k
Undergrad size840
§ I · The real read

What it's actually like.

The bet

Net price of $20k/yr for a shot at a $37k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.

Getting in

Admit rate of 94% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 20.

If you get in

840 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 $46k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $20k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.

Sticker · 4 yrs$183k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$81k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$102k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.2x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.

Where the money goes · annual sticker.

Tuition · in-state
$33.4k
Room & board
$12.1k
Books & supplies
$1,200

How students pay for it.

Pell grants26%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans42%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$26k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes

Do people finish? Do they land?

1-yr retention66%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr40%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$37k
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 out51%
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
840
Location
Hartsville, SC
Region
Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Carnegie class
Master's Colleges & Universities: Smaller Programs
Size & setting
Four-year · small · highly residential
Undergrad program
Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
Accreditor
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Also known as
Coker
§ · Who studies here

The student body at a glance.

  • White48%
  • Black20%
  • Unknown15%
  • Two or more races9%
  • International7%
  • Asian1%
First-gen students38%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time4%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$32k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 44

What you can study.