by our College Data Analytics TeamHere’s the full picture on paying for Southern Careers Institute-Brownsville, from sticker cost of attendance and projected degree cost to net price, debt at graduation, and aid breakdowns.
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Net price strips out grant and scholarship aid to show what families really pay. It is usually a better planning number than the sticker cost above.
| Average net price (on-campus) | $17,864.00 |
| Average net price (off-campus) | $16,706.00 |
The real cost varies by income because need-based aid scales with financial need. The table below shows the average net price by family-income bracket:
| Family income | Average net price |
|---|---|
| Under $30,000 | $16,391.00 |
| $30,000 to $48,000 | $16,890.00 |
| $48,001 to $75,000 | $17,548.00 |
| $75,001 to $110,000 | $18,908.00 |
| Over $110,000 | $19,231.00 |
Estimate your specific net price using the school’s Southern Careers Institute-Brownsville Net Price Calculator, or get in touch with the financial aid office.
Want to know how that aid is awarded? See the grants & scholarships detail.
The median graduating debt at Southern Careers Institute-Brownsville stands at $7,389.00, placing the school in the Very Low (<$10k) burden category.
The percentile spread of debt at graduation is shown below:
| Percentile | Debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| 10th | $2,687.00 |
| 25th | $4,750.00 |
| Median (50th) | $7,389.00 |
| 75th | $9,500.00 |
| 90th | $9,500.00 |
The gap between 10th and 90th percentile borrowers gives a sense of how uneven debt outcomes are.
Dig deeper into debt on the student loan debt detail.
Debt at graduation is far from uniform across income levels. Below the data splits borrowers across three income groups:
| Family income | Median debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| Low income | $7,421.00 |
| Middle income | $7,125.00 |
| High income | $5,500.00 |
Borrowers from lower-income families leave school with $1,921.00 more than graduates from high-income families.
First-generation college students often carry different debt loads than their continuing-generation peers.
| Student group | Median debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $7,389.00 |
| Continuing-generation students | $7,319.00 |
First-generation graduates of Southern Careers Institute-Brownsville hold $70.00 more median debt than continuing-generation peers.
Pell Grants are the largest source of federal need-based aid for undergrads. Contrasting Pell and non-Pell borrowers shows how need shapes debt.
The gap between Pell-eligible and non-Pell median debt at Southern Careers Institute-Brownsville is $264.00. Federal data flags this school for Pell-related debt inequity.
The federal default-rate tier for Southern Careers Institute-Brownsville is Low (<5%).
| Window | Cohort default rate |
|---|---|
| 2-year | 17.5% |
To put the rates in context, Stafford loans at Southern Careers Institute-Brownsville reach $277,422,257.00 spread across 38,732 borrowers.
Veteran and active-military students often access dedicated federal aid programs such as the Post-9/11 GI Bill and DoD Tuition Assistance.
| GI Bill recipients | 30 |
| Avg GI Bill amount | $8,155.00 |
Read more about military and veteran aid on the college veterans page.
Use the figures above as a launch point, then think through Southern Careers Institute-Brownsville, a few questions are worth asking:
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Data sources. Figures on this page draw from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), and MediaFactual editorial review. Net-price calculator and financial-aid office links are taken from the institution’s own published data.