Private for-profit · Community college

Southern Careers Institute-Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi, Texas · Large city

2%
Transfer rate: $29,343
Avg net price: 64%
Grad / completion: $27,035
Median earnings

Southern Careers Institute-Corpus Christi is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Corpus Christi, Texas (large city setting), enrolling 578 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 578 undergradsLarge cityNear the coast

About Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Texas. Cabeza de Vaca and his companions may have been the first Europeans to reach Corpus Christi in the 1500s, the first documented exploration of the Nueces River and Corpus Christi Bay was conducted by Joaquín de Orobio y Basterra in 1747. Various sections of Corpus Christi maintain distinct senses of identity and community from the city proper, especially the Calallen and Flour Bluff areas. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 8 miles to Corpus Christi, TX
To the ocean: 4 miles
Nearest airport: 10 miles to Corpus Christi (CRP)

How Southern Careers Institute-Corpus Christi compares

Graduation rate64%

Higher than 53% · #124 of 253 in Texas

First-year retention63%

Higher than 30%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$27,035

Higher than 24% · #152 of 206 in Texas

Average net price$29,343

Cheaper than 9% · #231 cheapest of 252 in Texas

Median debt at graduation$8,708

Lower than 68%

Student–faculty ratio25 : 1

Lower than 12%

Undergraduate enrollment578

Larger than 65%

Percentiles compare Southern Careers Institute-Corpus Christi with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Texas.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women36964%
Men20936%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White31%
Black7.3%
Hispanic57%
Asian1.0%
Other or multiracial3.5%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 578
Student–faculty ratio: 25 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 69%
First-generation students: 64%
Students over 25: 46%
Median family income: $14,258
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $41,985

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $29,343

Outcomes

Graduated: 64%
First-year retention: 63%
Transferred to another college: 2%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $24,849
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $27,035
Median debt at graduation: $8,708
Students with federal loans: 64%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 15%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

64%

Low-income (Pell)

61%

First-generation

62%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 0

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$29,242

$30–48k

$28,671

$48–75k

$29,625

$75–110k

$32,172

$110k+

$31,799

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

12%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,945

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 12% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,945. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 384 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $27,035
Typical debt at graduation: $8,708
Debt vs. one year's pay: 32%
Out-earn a HS grad: 24%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.2 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$25,169

Men

$35,332

Men out-earn women by $10,163 (40%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 91°F
Winter low: 48°F
Annual rain: 32.3″
Annual snow: 0.3″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, C C Botanical Gardens, TX US station (2.7 mi from campus).

What Southern Careers Institute-Corpus Christi graduates study — and earn

Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCert.

141 grads$22k 1 yr$27k 5 yr$10k debt

141$21,645$27,409$9,500 Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCert.

50 grads$16k 1 yr$16k 5 yr$8k debt

50$15,634$15,546$8,394 Precision Metal WorkingCert.

40 grads$25k 1 yr$33k 5 yr$7k debt

40$25,077$32,672$7,125 Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

38 grads$24k 1 yr$27k 5 yr$10k debt

38$23,883$27,465$9,500 Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCert.

10 grads$18k 1 yr$21k 5 yr$7k debt

10$18,214$21,361$6,861 Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssoc.

2 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

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Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.