Bachelor's · Charleston, South Carolina
Is Accounting and Related Services at College of Charleston worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $59,660
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $92,188
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $77k (likely $77k – $82k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $56k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in SC
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.7 years (likely 2.3–3.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $286k (likely $189k – $392k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $950k (likely $727k – $1.22M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 65%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Students heading toward business & money majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.
AP classes
- AP Microeconomics
- AP Macroeconomics
- AP Statistics
- AP Precalculus or AP Calculus AB
IB Higher Level
- Business Management HL
- Economics HL
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Other majors at College of Charleston
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$98,747
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$98,059
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$97,539
- Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's)$93,285
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$84,187
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research (Master's)$79,857
- International Business (Bachelor's)$76,727
- Public Administration (Master's)$75,145
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$71,360
- Historic Preservation and Conservation (Master's)$71,178
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$68,348
- Hospitality Administration/Management (Bachelor's)$64,154
Accounting and Related Services at other schools in South Carolina
- University of South Carolina-Columbia$86,507
- Clemson University$84,458
- Bob Jones University$84,369
- Citadel Military College of South Carolina$83,337
- Anderson University$79,844
- Wofford College$78,576
- Strayer University-South Carolina$66,108
- Coastal Carolina University$63,239
- North Greenville University$62,411
- Francis Marion University$58,797