-10%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at University of South Carolina-Upstate fell 10% between 2021 and 2024 (4.5k → 4.0k).
South Carolina · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
University of South Carolina-Upstate
Spartanburg, South Carolina. 4,008 undergraduate students. 49 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at University of South Carolina-Upstate
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at University of South Carolina-Upstate fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.1% → 0.0%).
+15%
First-year retention
First-year retention at University of South Carolina-Upstate rose 14% between 2021 and 2024 (61.0% → 69.8%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. South Carolina
Each tile compares this institution to the South Carolina median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$48,587+12% · 6→10y
South Carolina median $39,325$43,339
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry42.4%+32% · '97→'24
South Carolina median 44.4%$15,000+325% · '97→'20
At program completion4,008+30% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS69.3%+6% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time69.6%-16% · '01→'24
latest cohort$11,583+219% · '00→'24
out-of-state $22,545SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
4.1%Median federal debt $15,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $48,587 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+32%
University of South Carolina-Upstate · completion · 150% rose
32.6% → 43.0%
+133%
University of South Carolina-Upstate · completion · 100% rose
12.2% → 28.5%
+30%
University of South Carolina-Upstate · undergrad enrollment rose
3,109 → 4,038
+219%
University of South Carolina-Upstate · in-state tuition rose
$3,628 → $11,588
+171%
University of South Carolina-Upstate · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,516 → $23,090
+325%
University of South Carolina-Upstate · median debt rose
$5,250 → $22,310
-100%
University of South Carolina-Upstate · cohort default rate fell
7.0% → 0.0%
+34%
University of South Carolina-Upstate · pell share rose
34.4% → 46.2%
+31%
University of South Carolina-Upstate · earnings_median_10yr rose
$37,100 → $48,587
+35%
University of South Carolina-Upstate · earnings_median_8yr rose
$34,600 → $46,601
+33%
University of South Carolina-Upstate · earnings_median_6yr rose
$32,500 → $43,339
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Engineering-Related Fields.$85,996Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$79,162Information Science/Studies.$76,204Political Science and Government.$59,145Computer and Information Sciences, General.$59,007Business Administration, Management and Operations.$57,576Criminal Justice and Corrections.$50,300Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$48,311History.$45,045Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences.$44,814Biology, General.$43,815Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$43,441Communication and Media Studies.$42,746Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$41,627Psychology, General.$40,125Research and Experimental Psychology.$39,775Fine and Studio Arts.$38,311Sociology.$37,827
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
18 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at University of South Carolina-Upstate
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$787,135
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 6
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $13,876
- HS-only baseline · SC
- $33,700
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 51
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in South Carolina
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“University of South Carolina-Upstate graduates earn $X” — not “University of South Carolina-Upstate makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending University of South Carolina-Upstate caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.