Citadel Military College of South Carolina Overview

Located in Charleston, South Carolina, Citadel Military College of South Carolina is a public institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Citadel Military College of South Carolina Known For?

• The post-master's certificate is the highest award offered at The Citadel.
• During a recent academic cycle, 67% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from The Citadel makes roughly $72,085 a year. This is 77% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• The average The Citadel student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Citadel Military College of South Carolina?

Contact details for The Citadel are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	171 Moultrie St, Charleston, SC 29409
Phone:	843-225-3294
Website:	citadel.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/TheCitadel
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/#!/TheCitadelOEA

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How Do I Get Into The Citadel?

You can apply to The Citadel online at: https://citadel.edu/corps/apply/

Admission Requirements for The Citadel

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	3

How Hard Is It To Get Into The Citadel?

The Citadel has the high acceptance rate of 99%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 80% of accepted students are men and 20% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 99%, and the acceptance rate for women is 98%.

Average Test Scores

About 25% of students accepted to The Citadel submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 650. Math scores were between 540 and 620.

The Citadel received ACT scores from 16% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 26. Math scores were between 21 and 0. Composite scores were between 23 and 27.

Can I Afford Citadel Military College of South Carolina?

The overall average net price of The Citadel is $41,369. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At The Citadel, approximately 47% of students took out student loans averaging $13,093 a year. That adds up to $52,372 over four years for those students.

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Citadel Military College of South Carolina Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,858 undergraduate students at The Citadel, with 2,654 being full-time and 204 being part-time.

There are also 882 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,654 full-time undergraduates at The Citadel, 87% are male and 13% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Citadel Military College of South Carolina students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	54
Black or African American	176
Hispanic or Latino	185
White	2,029
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	191

Geographic Diversity

South Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at Citadel Military College of South Carolina. At this time, 37 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 16 countries are represented at The Citadel. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Taiwan, Thailand, and China.

Citadel Military College of South Carolina Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business/Commerce	129	0	120	249
Intelligence & Command Control Operations	103	9	22	134
Mechanical Engineering	69	0	6	75
Health & Physical Education	44	5	15	64
Engineering-Related Fields	0	31	32	63
Business Administration & Management	28	20	13	61
Criminal Justice & Corrections	52	0	0	52
General Psychology	21	0	29	50
Civil Engineering	38	5	5	48
Teacher Education Subject Specific	10	15	16	41
Educational Administration	0	3	36	39
Political Science & Government	34	0	3	37
History	19	1	6	26
Student Counseling	0	2	22	24
Electrical Engineering	22	0	2	24
Finance & Financial Management	22	0	0	22
General Biology	17	0	4	21
Computer Information Systems	20	0	0	20
Construction Engineering	19	0	0	19
Nursing	16	0	0	16
Teacher Education Grade Specific	7	0	8	15
Accounting	14	0	0	14
Information Technology	12	0	0	12
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	9	0	9
Marketing	7	0	0	7
Physics	6	0	0	6
Instructional Media Design	0	0	5	5
Computer Engineering	4	1	0	5
Computer Science	0	0	4	4
General English Literature	0	0	4	4
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	4	0	0	4
Mathematics	4	0	0	4
General Social Sciences	0	0	3	3
Chemistry	1	0	0	1
Romance Languages	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	722	101	355	1,178

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
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