College · Private nonprofit · Sumter, SC · City
Morris College
Sumter, SC
HBCUReligious affiliation
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$24k
Net price / yr$21k
Undergrad size383
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $21k/yr for a shot at a $24k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
383 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 $30k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $21k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$121k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$82k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$38k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback3.4x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $16.7k
- Room & board
- $7.6k
- Books & supplies
- $3,500
How students pay for it.
Pell grants96%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans100%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$31k
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 retention44%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr17%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$24k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$31k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out36%
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
- 383
- Location
- Sumter, 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 · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Identity
HBCUReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Black92%
- Unknown4%
- Two or more races3%
- White1%
- Hispanic1%
First-gen students40%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time2%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$18k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 18
What you can study.