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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?

747 Undergraduate Awards
$41,369 Avg Cost After Aid
99% Acceptance Rate
  • 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?

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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?

99% Acceptance Rate
20% Of Accepted Are Women
25% Submit SAT Scores
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.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Citadel Military College of South Carolina  ( 550 to 650 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Citadel Military College of South Carolina  ( 540 to 620 )
200
800
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.

ACT English Scores for Citadel Military College of South Carolina  ( 21 to 26 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Citadel Military College of South Carolina  ( 23 to 27 )
1
36

Can I Afford Citadel Military College of South Carolina?

$41,369 Net Price
52% Take Out Loans
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

2,512 Full-Time Undergraduates
12% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 2,718 undergraduate students at The Citadel, with 2,512 being full-time and 206 being part-time.

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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.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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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

616 Took All Classes Online
1,226 Took At Least One Class Online
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.

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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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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