Is South University-Savannah Online Worth It?

The financial return here is weak, and the numbers make that plain. Median earnings ten years out land at $34,421, only about $8,000 above the median debt you'd carry. You'd pay $26,308 a year at a school where the graduation rate is 5.1% and fewer than a quarter of students stick around past their first year. Those two figures are the core problem: most people who enroll never finish, and paying for credits you don't turn into a degree is the worst possible outcome.

Nursing is the one program that pays off. Graduates earn $66,883 against $23,592 in debt, the only place where earnings clearly outrun what you borrow. If you're set on nursing and confident you'll finish, this is the program that justifies the cost.

Everything else is a hard sell. Information Science graduates earn $44,418 but leave with $45,268 in debt, more than the degree returns early in a career. Business Administration is worse, with $46,000 in debt against $39,986 in earnings. Criminal Justice and Health Administration both pay under $34,000 while piling on around $40,000 in debt. In those fields you'd owe more than you make and take years to dig out.

Net price barely moves by income. If your family earns under $30,000, you'd still pay about $26,081, roughly the same as families making six figures. There's little tuition relief here for lower-income families, and the 76% Pell rate means most of you are borrowing to cover a bill that doesn't shrink much.

This school makes financial sense only if you're pursuing nursing and certain you'll graduate. For every other major, or if there's any doubt you'll finish, look elsewhere.