by our College Data Analytics TeamThis overview lays out the cost of attending Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen, from the published cost of attendance and projected degree cost through to net price, median student debt at graduation, default outcomes, and how aid varies by family income.
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Net price reflects the true cost to attend after grant and scholarship aid is deducted. For most prospective students, net price gives a more realistic estimate than sticker tuition.
| Average net price (on-campus) | $23,724.00 |
| Average net price (off-campus) | $23,167.00 |
Net price is far from uniform: lower-income families typically pay much less after aid. The table below shows the average net price by family-income bracket:
| Family income | Average net price |
|---|---|
| Under $30,000 | $22,832.00 |
| $30,000 to $48,000 | $23,830.00 |
| $48,001 to $75,000 | $25,050.00 |
| Over $110,000 | $28,245.00 |
Run your own numbers with the Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen Net Price Calculator, or get in touch with the financial aid office.
Want to know how that aid is awarded? See the financial aid page.
The median amount borrowed by graduates of Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen stands at $7,389.00, landing it in the Very Low (<$10k) debt-burden bucket.
Here’s how debt at graduation distributes across borrowers:
| 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 |
How far apart the 10th and 90th percentiles sit tells you how uneven debt outcomes are.
Explore borrowing, repayment, and default in detail on the student-loan-debt breakdown.
Family income tracks closely with debt at graduation. The breakdown below segments borrowers by family income at entry:
| Family income | Median debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| Low income | $7,421.00 |
| Middle income | $7,125.00 |
| High income | $5,500.00 |
On average, low-income graduates leave with $1,921.00 more debt than their high-income peers.
First-gen students typically face different financial-aid contexts than students whose parents attended college.
| Student group | Median debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $7,389.00 |
| Continuing-generation students | $7,319.00 |
First-generation graduates from Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen hold $70.00 in extra median debt compared with continuing-generation peers.
The Pell Grant is the largest federal grant for undergraduates from low-income families. Looking at Pell recipients versus non-recipients tells us how debt is distributed across need.
The gap between Pell-eligible and non-Pell median debt at Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen works out to $264.00. This school is flagged by the Department of Education for Pell-related debt inequity.
The federal default-rate classification for Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen is Low (<5%).
| Window | Cohort default rate |
|---|---|
| 2-year | 17.5% |
To put the rates in context, Stafford loans at Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen total $277,422,257.00 covering 38,732 student borrowers.
Veterans and active-duty servicemembers can tap dedicated federal aid programs including the Post-9/11 GI Bill and Department of Defense Tuition Assistance.
| GI Bill recipients | 44 |
| Avg GI Bill amount | $10,989.00 |
Read more about military and veteran aid on the veteran aid breakdown.
Numbers only tell part of the story. As you weigh Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen, the questions below are worth your time:
Explore the related pages below for a deeper look at the cost picture:
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.