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Spartanburg Methodist College

Spartanburg Methodist College is a private campus in suburban Spartanburg, SC. The school reports a United Methodist affiliation in its federal filings.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$16,009

family income
under $30k

$15,515

$30–48k

$16,225

$48–75k

$17,303

$75–110k

$18,590

over $110k

These figures don't always rise with income — aid formulas can make a higher bracket cheaper.

Average net price

$14,5802023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Spartanburg Methodist College rose from $10,069 (2008) to $14,580 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$10,069
2009	$15,835
2010	$16,827
2011	$16,295
2012	$10,916
2013	$13,210
2014	$12,942
2015	$13,842
2016	$13,376
2017	$12,451
2018	$13,064
2019	$12,384
2020	$10,425
2021	$16,571
2022	$16,295
2023	$14,580

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$32,1832024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Spartanburg Methodist College rose from $22,532 (2009) to $32,183 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$22,532
2010	$22,233
2011	$23,412
2012	$23,115
2013	$25,085
2014	$28,019
2015	$28,002
2016	$28,902
2017	$29,032
2018	$27,882
2019	$29,086
2020	$29,320
2021	$30,206
2022	$30,830
2023	$32,965
2024	$32,183

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$7,465
2001	$7,840
2002	$8,270
2003	$8,870
2004	$9,322
2005	$9,816
2006	$10,250
2007	$11,040
2008	$11,791
2013	$15,745
2014	$15,930
2015	$16,700
2016	$16,700
2017	$16,860
2018	$17,035
2019	$17,310
2020	$17,540
2021	$18,000
2022	$19,350
2023	$19,350

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Reported tuition is $20,650 before grants and other attendance costs. At Spartanburg Methodist College, aid and other costs change the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Enrollment sits at 1,116 — Spartanburg Methodist College is one of the smaller campuses on this site.

42.9% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Spartanburg Methodist College within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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42.9%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Spartanburg Methodist College has wandered from Fall 2013 to Fall 2018 entering cohorts — up to 48% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 42.9%.

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
2013 cohort	39.8%
2014 cohort	48%
2015 cohort	40.9%
2016 cohort	35.6%
2017 cohort	38.3%
2018 cohort	42.9%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 2013–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$6,125	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$6,125	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$6,125	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$6,125	$2,736
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$6,125	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$6,125	$3,312
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$6,125	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$6,125	$2,663
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$6,125	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$6,125	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$7,125	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$8,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$8,500	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$8,751	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$9,325	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$11,150	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$12,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$12,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$11,500	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$12,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$12,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$12,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$12,000	$5,500

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$33,427

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$38,875

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$42,895

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Spartanburg Methodist College admitted 1,729 of 2,212 applicants in Fall 2024. The 78.2% rate describes that application pool.

78.2%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $19,350 tuition · 2023–24 1,116 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Tests not considered · Fall 2024

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Spartanburg Methodist College received 2,212 applications and admitted 1,729 (78.2%), with 484 enrolling.

Spartanburg Methodist College did not consider scores in the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. No score range is displayed for Spartanburg Methodist College under that historical policy.

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Acceptance rate

78.2%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	76.1%
Fall 2002	78.8%
Fall 2003	77.2%
Fall 2004	83.7%
Fall 2005	75.6%
Fall 2006	75.3%
Fall 2007	77.5%
Fall 2008	41.7%
Fall 2009	70.5%
Fall 2010	67.4%
Fall 2011	69.8%
Fall 2012	64.3%
Fall 2013	88.1%
Fall 2014	65.6%
Fall 2015	69.6%
Fall 2016	65.2%
Fall 2017	61.1%
Fall 2018	58%
Fall 2019	61.1%
Fall 2020	82.6%
Fall 2021	80.4%
Fall 2022	82.1%
Fall 2023	81.4%
Fall 2024	78.2%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

818–1020Fall 2019 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	710	1010
Fall 2002	710	1010
Fall 2003	740	990
Fall 2004	770	970
Fall 2005	780	970
Fall 2006	760	920
Fall 2007	770	960
Fall 2008	790	1000
Fall 2009	758	990
Fall 2010	790	1010
Fall 2011	780	990
Fall 2012	780	968
Fall 2013	770	970
Fall 2014	770	970
Fall 2015	755	960
Fall 2016	760	950
Fall 2017	830	1040
Fall 2018	840	1060
Fall 2019	818	1020

IPEDS Fall 2001–2019, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

15–19Fall 2019 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	16	22
Fall 2002	15	21
Fall 2003	15	22
Fall 2005	15	18
Fall 2006	15	18
Fall 2007	16	19
Fall 2008	15	20
Fall 2009	15	20
Fall 2010	16	20
Fall 2011	16	20
Fall 2012	15	20
Fall 2013	15	20
Fall 2014	16	20
Fall 2015	16	20
Fall 2016	16	20
Fall 2017	15	19
Fall 2018	15	19
Fall 2019	15	19

IPEDS Fall 2001–2019, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

1,116Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Spartanburg Methodist College rose from 629 (Fall 2002) to 1,116 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	629
Fall 2003	732
Fall 2004	784
Fall 2005	733
Fall 2006	762
Fall 2007	770
Fall 2008	727
Fall 2009	788
Fall 2010	778
Fall 2011	797
Fall 2012	805
Fall 2013	813
Fall 2014	790
Fall 2015	769
Fall 2016	736
Fall 2017	790
Fall 2018	868
Fall 2019	932
Fall 2020	1,048
Fall 2021	1,039
Fall 2022	1,063
Fall 2023	1,029
Fall 2024	1,116

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

50%Fall 2017 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Spartanburg Methodist College fell from 60% (Fall 2002) to 50% (Fall 2017).

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	60%
Fall 2003 cohort	55%
Fall 2004 cohort	52%
Fall 2005 cohort	57%
Fall 2006 cohort	55%
Fall 2007 cohort	47%
Fall 2008 cohort	55%
Fall 2009 cohort	48%
Fall 2010 cohort	51%
Fall 2011 cohort	52%
Fall 2012 cohort	53%
Fall 2013 cohort	51%
Fall 2014 cohort	55%
Fall 2015 cohort	53%
Fall 2016 cohort	50%
Fall 2017 cohort	50%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2017

More about Spartanburg Methodist College

61.1% of Spartanburg Methodist College's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment.

Spartanburg Methodist College reported not considering test scores in Fall 2024, when its admission rate was 78.2%. Review Spartanburg Methodist College's current requirements before applying; use the GPA calculator for your semester numbers.

Spartanburg Methodist College is primarily an associate's-degree school that also runs bachelor's programs; Spartanburg Methodist College's page covers the bachelor's side.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Spartanburg Methodist College compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Spartanburg Methodist College78.2%

South Carolina median72.5%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Spartanburg Methodist College$20,650

South Carolina median$17,440

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Spartanburg Methodist College's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Spartanburg Methodist College$42,895

South Carolina median$44,354

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

Spartanburg Methodist College, South Carolina and national reference values
Metric & basis	Spartanburg Methodist College	South Carolina median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	78.2%	72.5%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$20,650	$17,440	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$42,895	$44,354	$53,781

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Spartanburg Methodist College report?

Spartanburg Methodist College did not consider scores in Fall 2024: 78.2% admitted. Check current requirements.

What is Spartanburg Methodist College's acceptance rate?

78.2% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 1,729 admitted from 2,212 applicants.

How much does Spartanburg Methodist College cost?

At Spartanburg Methodist College, tuition is $20,650. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Spartanburg Methodist College report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $42,895. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in South Carolina

University of South Carolina-Upstate — 67.3% admitted
South Carolina State University — 82.6% admitted
Coastal Carolina University — 75.3% admitted
University of South Carolina-Union — 62.2% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Read the date and population definitions.