College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings
American College of the Building Arts
Charleston, SC · Private nonprofit · Bachelor-granting · 155 undergrads · 44% admitted
Most students who start here finish.
Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$152,292 over four years if you finish on time.
This counts federal student loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS loans, or family savings, so the true cost of borrowing is usually higher. And because students who drop out borrow less, a school where many students don't finish can show a deceptively low debt figure — read it next to the completion rate above.
What these numbers are — and are not
Every figure here is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn or owe — a computer-science and a fine-arts graduate of the same school can earn wildly different amounts, and your field of study matters more than your school. It is not a figure for any one program, not proof the school caused the outcome (selective schools admit students who would earn more anyway), and not a "best college" ranking. Earnings and debt cover federally-aided students.
→ The number that actually answers "worth it" is earnings by major . See American College of the Building Arts by field of study on the official Scorecard (this school's programs are below the Dept. of Education's reporting threshold here).
Also available: structured data (JSON-LD) · plain text · JSON. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release). · school website