Citadel Military College of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
- Public
- City
- 2,705 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 23%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $22,019per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 77%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $82,60910 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
First-year cadets, called knobs, participate in the Fourth Class System, a nine-month freshman military training period.
Source: From Matriculation to Graduation: The Citadel Corps Journey
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 23%About 2 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1085–1285Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 22–27Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
From Citadel Military College of South Carolina's own report
These numbers come from the school's Common Data Set for 2025–26, a standard report colleges publish about their applicants and first-year students. Open the report.
Average high school GPA: 3.75 (the 96% of first-years who reported one)
- Admit rate in this report
- 28%851 admitted of 2,989 first-year applicants
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1010–1220First-years who sent scores
- ACT, middle 50%
- 21–26First-years who sent scores
- Top 10% of their class
- 10%25% were in the top quarter. Based on the 74% whose school ranks.
Where you'd stand
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Sources: Citadel Military College of South Carolina Common Data Set 2025–26. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $22,019full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $34,464sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $12,570Source: College Scorecard
- Tuition, out-of-state
- $40,061Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 77%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 86%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $82,60910 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $18,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,705Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 25%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 19%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Winthrop University Rock Hill, SC — admits 79%
- Lander University Greenwood, SC — admits 81%
- Truman State University Kirksville, MO — admits 84%
- Francis Marion University Florence, SC — admits 86%
Also worth a look
- United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO — admits 14%
- United States Military Academy West Point, NY — admits 12%
- United States Coast Guard Academy New London, CT — admits 22%
- United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD — admits 9%
- Trinity University San Antonio, TX — admits 26%
- Mississippi Christian University Clinton, MS — admits 29%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Citadel Military College of South Carolina, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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