- The Inkwell
- South Carolina
- Voorhees University
Denmark, SCRural: remoteZIP 29042Founded 1897
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1897
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.voorhees.edu
South CarolinaHBCUReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Voorhees University
Voorhees University is a private nonprofit university in Denmark, South Carolina, with 440 undergraduates. It graduates 25% within six years and costs $14,187 a year after aid.
25%graduate
Retention56%
4-year graduation21%
Pell Grant share82%
Federal loans68%
$14,187net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
25%graduate in 6 years
$36,292median earnings, 10 yrs
$16,904median debt
#1,635 of 1,704 for earnings#444 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,605 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $25,678tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $12,630
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $12,630
- Average net price
- $14,187national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$13,127
$30,001–48,000$14,001
$48,001–75,000$19,097
$75,001–110,000$21,657
$110,001+—
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college56%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college25%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college82%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 25%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 21%
- First-year retention
- 56%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 30%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $27,006
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $36,292middle 50%: $22,119–$53,887
- Median debt at graduation
- $16,904
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$53,887
Median, Voorhees University$36,292
Lower quarter$22,119
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 440
- Part-time
- 6.8%
- Women / men
- 48% / 52%
- Average age at entry
- 20.8
- First-generation students
- 39%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 82%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 13 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 35%
- Average faculty salary
- $5,492 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $75,624
- Endowment, end of year
- $10,526,987
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White4.1%
Hispanic0.4%
Black87%
U.S. nonresident8.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
11 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting23%
Business & management20%
Family & consumer sciences13%
Parks, recreation & fitness13%
Computer & information sciences10%
Biological & biomedical sciences6.4%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies5.1%
Social sciences3.9%
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 218919. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7941707.