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.
• In 2021-2022, 67% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from The Citadel with a bachelor's degree make about $71,951 a year. That's 76% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• 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:	go.citadel.edu

How Do I Get Into The Citadel?

You can apply to The Citadel online at: https://go.citadel.edu/corps/apply-for-admission/

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 52% of students took out student loans averaging $13,570 a year. That adds up to $54,280 over four years for those students.

Citadel Military College of South Carolina Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,718 undergraduate students at The Citadel, with 2,512 being full-time and 206 being part-time.

There are also 975 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,512 full-time undergraduates at The Citadel, 88% are male and 12% 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	43
Black or African American	164
Hispanic or Latino	186
White	1,917
International Students	30
Other Races/Ethnicities	172

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.

Online Learning at Citadel Military College of South Carolina

There are 3 bachelor’s degree and 9 master’s degree programs available online at The Citadel. In 2022-2023, 1,226 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at The Citadel has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 22nd most popular in South Carolina for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of The Citadel majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
General Intelligence	33%
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	31%
History	29%
Military History	63%
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences	33%
Teacher Development & Methodology	82%

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	173	0	112	285
Intelligence & Command Control Operations	98	11	18	127
Mechanical Engineering	63	0	3	66
Health & Physical Education	36	7	14	57
Criminal Justice & Corrections	56	0	0	56
Engineering-Related Fields	0	27	22	49
Civil Engineering	44	3	1	48
Political Science & Government	42	0	1	43
General Psychology	10	0	32	42
Business Administration & Management	13	13	13	39
Educational Administration	0	12	26	38
Electrical Engineering	30	0	4	34
General Biology	19	0	9	28
Computer Information Systems	27	0	0	27
Nursing	27	0	0	27
History	15	0	9	24
Student Counseling	0	1	19	20
Accounting	19	0	0	19
Teacher Education Grade Specific	1	0	18	19
Finance & Financial Management	14	0	0	14
Construction Engineering	13	0	0	13
Teacher Education Subject Specific	1	4	6	11
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	10	0	0	10
Chemistry	10	0	0	10
General English Literature	8	0	1	9
Mathematics	9	0	0	9
General Social Sciences	0	0	8	8
Information Technology	5	2	0	7
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	7	0	7
Physics	4	0	0	4
Computer Science	0	0	3	3
Instructional Media Design	0	0	3	3
Systems Engineering	0	2	0	2
Marketing	0	0	0	0
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	0	0	0	0
Computer Engineering	0	0	0	0
Manufacturing Engineering	0	0	0	0
Materials Engineering	0	0	0	0
Robotics Engineering	0	0	0	0
Romance Languages	0	0	0	0
Natural Resources Conservation	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	747	89	322	1,158

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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