Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina · Also known as MUSC · Website
$88,420
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$88,420
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Medical University of South Carolina is a public 4-year college in Charleston, South Carolina with 303 undergraduates and 2,943 graduate students. Former students earn a median $88,420 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $15,000 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
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A year, after grants
Tuition and fees
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Admission rate
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Completion rate
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Median debt
$15,000
About $159 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$88,420
Rank 115 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
- Students with a need-based grant
- 11%
- Students with federal loans
- 61%
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Dollars a year
Admission and students
- Undergraduates
- 303
- Graduate students
- 2,943
- Part-time students
- 2.0%
- Women
- 90%
- Students per teacher
- 11
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Programs
- 46
- Endowment
- $534.5M
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 115 of 5,094 US colleges and 1 of 78 in South Carolina (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | SC median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | - | $16,583 | $12,792 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | - | $12,978 | $8,626 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 75% | 83% | 78% |
| Completion rate | - | 46% | 46% | 58% |
| Retention rate | - | 69% | 76% | 75% |
| Median debt | $15,000 | $15,392 | $19,500 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $77,677 | $33,444 | $43,105 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $88,420 | $38,826 | $50,314 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US public 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 87% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 96% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
46 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's | Bachelor's | 188 | $15,000 | $68,199 | $78,576 | $88,910 |
| MedicineProfessional | Professional | 154 | $214,651 | $60,849 | $96,864 | $112,460 |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsDoctoral | Doctoral | 134 | $133,357 | $70,247 | $78,839 | $82,893 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsMaster's | Master's | 124 | $125,779 | $131,895 | $180,400 | $127,347 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingDoctoral | Doctoral | 80 | $91,247 | $109,222 | $110,118 | $138,131 |
| DentistryProfessional | Professional | 79 | $357,444 | $104,862 | $172,695 | $170,812 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingOnlineMaster's | Master's | 75 | $103,353 | $113,286 | $187,865 | $120,193 |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationProfessional | Professional | 68 | $172,807 | $87,597 | $135,953 | $138,348 |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesMaster's | Master's | 40 | $70,167 | $63,322 | $88,321 | $89,981 |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesDoctoral | Doctoral | 27 | $123,122 | $107,267 | $136,922 | $126,299 |
| Biology, GeneralMaster's | Master's | 26 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $69,830 |
| Medical Illustration and InformaticsMaster's | Master's | 16 | Withheld | Withheld | $77,660 | $101,441 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 15 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $61,296 |
| Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical StudiesMaster's | Master's | 13 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $198,417 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population BiologyMaster's | Master's | 12 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $82,527 |
| Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral SciencesMaster's | Master's | 10 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $235,700 |
| Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsMaster's | Master's | 9 | - | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical SciencesDoctoral | Doctoral | 8 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $99,578 |
| Neurobiology and NeurosciencesDoctoral | Doctoral | 8 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $96,176 |
| Public HealthMaster's | Master's | 8 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $82,751 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 6 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Pharmacology and ToxicologyDoctoral | Doctoral | 5 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational BiologyDoctoral | Doctoral | 3 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $153,586 |
| Microbiological Sciences and ImmunologyDoctoral | Doctoral | 2 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $101,435 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population BiologyDoctoral | Doctoral | 2 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
In the area
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Questions and answers
How much do Medical University of South Carolina graduates earn?
$88,420 a year is the median pay of former Medical University of South Carolina students who work, 10 years after they started ($77,677 after 6 years). That ranks 115 of 5,094 US colleges and 1 of 78 in South Carolina. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's) at $131,895.
How much student debt do Medical University of South Carolina graduates have?
$15,000 is the median federal student loan debt of Medical University of South Carolina graduates, about $159 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 61% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What are the most popular majors at Medical University of South Carolina?
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (188 bachelor's graduates), Medicine (154 professional graduates), Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (134 doctoral graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 46 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.