American College of the Building Arts
Charleston, SC · Private · Midsize city · ACBA
Private institution in Charleston, SC · 140 undergraduates · 62% acceptance rate.
- Top 0%Full-time retention
- Top 10%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 11%Median graduate debt
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $26,3891,563rd cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $20,5721,135th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $20,572888th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $38,9841,186th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $12,500196th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 64.0%624th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 100.0%1st highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 62.1%432nd most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- 1137560th highest of 1,022 reporting
- Median ACT
- 24420th highest of 952 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1401,930th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 8.0:1212th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 19.9%1,712th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 176 mi (CLT)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 5 of 5 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural Sciences and TechnologyArchitecture | bachelors | — | — |
| CarpentersConstruction Trades | bachelors | — | — |
| Fine and Studio ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Mason/MasonryConstruction Trades | bachelors | — | — |
| Precision Metal WorkingPrecision Production | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to American College of the Building Arts’s 140 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In SC
- Clinton CollegeRock Hill, SC · 94 undergrads
- Medical University of South CarolinaCharleston, SC · 281 undergrads
- Morris CollegeSumter, SC · 421 undergrads
- Voorhees UniversityDenmark, SC · 460 undergrads
- Allen UniversityColumbia, SC · 635 undergrads
- Columbia International UniversityColumbia, SC · 690 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Trinity International University-IllinoisDeerfield, IL · 140 undergrads
- ATI College-WhittierWhitter, CA · 141 undergrads
- California Intercontinental UniversitySioux Falls, SD · 141 undergrads
- Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish CollegeNew Town, ND · 139 undergrads
- Women's Institute of Torah Seminary and CollegeBaltimore, MD · 141 undergrads
- Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of RocklandSuffern, NY · 141 undergrads
Key links
- Official websiteacba.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 485698)
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- Compare with Clinton CollegeSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: American College of the Building Arts vs Clinton CollegeHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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