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Citadel Military College of South Carolina Majors & Programs

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Which majors earn the most at Citadel Military College of South Carolina?

The highest-earning programs at Citadel Military College of South Carolina are in engineering. Electrical Engineering graduates earn a median of $88,869 four years after completion, from 30 degrees awarded.

Mechanical Engineering, the largest program on campus at 63 degrees a year, follows at $83,912. Azimuth ranks it #198 nationally within its field.

A few programs outside of engineering post strong earnings as well. Accounting graduates earn $83,337 from 19 degrees awarded, and Business Administration and Management reports $73,116 from 13 degrees.

The best-ranked programs nationally are not the highest earners. Criminal Justice holds an Azimuth national rank of #16 with 56 degrees awarded and median earnings of $65,574.

Kinesiology and Physical Education ranks #29 nationally and graduates earn $66,934 from 36 degrees a year.

Major mix · each dot ≈ 1% of completions

Share of reported completions in the bachelor’s programs included here. Each dot represents approximately 1% of those completions. Counts are credentials, not unique students; excluded programs are not zero activity.

  • Business219 · 29.6%
  • Engineering150 · 20.2%
  • Other fields98 · 13.2%
  • Homeland security56 · 7.6%
  • Social sciences42 · 5.7%
  • Other176 · 23.8%

22 of 22 programs shown

Four-year earnings · first six matching programs
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering 30 degrees awarded
$88,869
Mechanical Engineering 63 degrees awarded
$83,912
Accounting and Related Services 19 degrees awarded
$83,337
Civil Engineering 44 degrees awarded
$81,055
Business Administration, Management and Operations 13 degrees awarded
$73,116
Political Science and Government 42 degrees awarded
$68,504

Each bar is a field’s median. Program size counts degrees awarded, not unique people or the earnings sample.

Compare all matching programs
Reported bachelor’s programs · earnings, program size and field ranks
ProgramDegrees awarded4-yr earningsField rank
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering30$88,869#171
Mechanical Engineering63$83,912#198
Accounting and Related Services small degree count19$83,337—
Civil Engineering44$81,055#113
Business Administration, Management and Operations small degree count13$73,116—
Political Science and Government42$68,504#77
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness36$66,934#29
Criminal Justice and Corrections56$65,574#16
History small degree count15$64,869—
Computer and Information Sciences, General27Too few graduates to report—
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management small degree count5Too few graduates to report—
Construction Engineering small degree count13Too few graduates to report—
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services small degree count10Too few graduates to report—
English Language and Literature, General small degree count8Too few graduates to report—
Biology, General small degree count19Too few graduates to report—
Mathematics small degree count9Too few graduates to report—
Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations98Too few graduates to report—
Chemistry small degree count10Too few graduates to report—
Psychology, General small degree count10Too few graduates to report—
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing27Too few graduates to report—
Business/Commerce, General173Too few graduates to report—
Finance and Financial Management Services small degree count14Too few graduates to report—

Program data and definitions · How to evaluate program rankings

What are the largest programs at Citadel Military College of South Carolina?

Ten largest programs by degrees awarded
Business/Commerce, General
173
Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations
98
Mechanical Engineering
63
Criminal Justice and Corrections
56
Civil Engineering
44
Political Science and Government
42
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
36
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
30
Computer and Information Sciences, General
27
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
27

Counts describe degrees awarded in the reporting period, not current enrollment. Program data and definitions

How do Citadel Military College of South Carolina majors rank nationally?

National program rankings

  1. Criminal Justice and Corrections#16
  2. Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness#29
  3. Political Science and Government Included by program size#77
  4. Civil Engineering Included by program size#113
  5. Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering Included by program size#171
  6. Mechanical Engineering Included by program size#198

Programs ranked in the national top 50, supplemented by the largest ranked programs when needed to show ten. Fewer appear when fewer ranks are reported. Each rank compares bachelor’s programs in the same field; field sizes differ.

How Azimuth compares programs across colleges

Further analysis

Citadel Military College of South Carolina publishes earnings data for 9 fields, and 6 carry an Azimuth national rank. The degree mix is concentrated in Business, which accounts for 29.5% of bachelor's degrees awarded.

Engineering follows at 20.2%, and Military Technologies at 13.2%. Mechanical Engineering is the largest program with published earnings, awarding 63 degrees a year and earning a median of $83,912 four years after completion.

Criminal Justice holds the strongest national rank at #16 within its field, with earnings of $65,574 from 56 degrees a year. Kinesiology and Physical Education earns $66,934, which is 1.23x times the national median, and ranks #29 nationally.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.