by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Citadel Military College of South Carolina was awarded 50 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business, management & marketing.
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College Factual ranked The Citadel as #410 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when The Citadel held the #435 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 45 colleges in South Carolina, The Citadel is ranked at #4.
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Citadel Military College of South Carolina has an acceptance rate of 99%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for The Citadel.
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.
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At The Citadel, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 11 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Citadel Military College of South Carolina is 67%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 84% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Citadel Military College of South Carolina enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at The Citadel for first-time, full-time students is 65%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,858 undergraduates at The Citadel with 2,654 being full-time and 204 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $13,875 | $16,730 | $19,793 | $22,150 | $25,410 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of The Citadel, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. 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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Contact details for The Citadel are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 171 Moultrie St, Charleston, SC 29409 |
| Phone: | 843-225-3294 |
| Website: | https://citadel.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/TheCitadel |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/#!/TheCitadelOEA |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Business/Commerce | 285 | NA |
| Intelligence & Command Control Operations | 127 | $42,362 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 66 | $52,602 |
| Health & Physical Education | 57 | $43,727 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 56 | $45,235 |
| Engineering-Related Fields | 49 | NA |
| Civil Engineering | 48 | $61,163 |
| Political Science & Government | 43 | $44,992 |
| General Psychology | 42 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 39 | $50,004 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 1,226 students took at least one online class at Citadel Military College of South Carolina. This is an increase from the 1,193 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,226 | 616 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,193 | 673 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,047 | 628 |
| 2018-2019 | 731 | 381 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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