TheCollege Almanac
My list

Colleges in South Carolina

South Carolina has 63 degree-granting colleges and universities in the federal directory: 33 public, 23 private nonprofit and 7 for-profit. Together they enroll about 196,000 undergraduates. Largest by enrollment: University of South Carolina, Columbia, with 29,820. They're listed A to Z: the Almanac doesn't rank colleges.

Search and filter these colleges →See them on the map →

CollegeNet price Admit rate Graduation Undergrads
Aiken Technical CollegeGraniteville · Public
$5,543Not reportedNot reported1,925
Allen UniversityColumbia · Private nonprofit
$12,38973%25%576
American College of the Building ArtsCharleston · Private nonprofit
$34,66144%72%155
Anderson UniversityAnderson · Private nonprofit
$24,06855%72%3,183
Benedict CollegeColumbia · Private nonprofit
$17,73496%43%1,536
Bob Jones UniversityGreenville · Private nonprofit
$14,632Not reported71%2,005
Central Carolina Technical CollegeSumter · Public
$1,232Not reportedNot reported2,163
Charleston School of LawCharleston · Private for-profit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Charleston Southern UniversityCharleston · Private nonprofit
$20,66196%50%2,893
Citadel Military College of South CarolinaCharleston · Public
$22,01923%79%2,705
Claflin UniversityOrangeburg · Private nonprofit
$19,71065%47%1,706
Clemson UniversityClemson · Public
$22,03238%88%23,300
Clinton CollegeRock Hill · Private nonprofit
$18,255Not reported68%126
Coastal Carolina UniversityConway · Public
$15,28775%54%10,377
Coker UniversityHartsville · Private nonprofit
$24,90894%37%840
College of CharlestonCharleston · Public
$18,17760%65%10,558
Columbia CollegeColumbia · Private nonprofit
$21,61194%41%1,343
Columbia International UniversityColumbia · Private nonprofit
$18,95194%50%716
Converse UniversitySpartanburg · Private nonprofit
$23,52668%44%1,173
Denmark Technical CollegeDenmark · Public
$17,875Not reportedNot reported519
Erskine CollegeDue West · Private nonprofit
$19,82663%34%766
Florence-Darlington Technical CollegeFlorence · Public
$6,944Not reportedNot reported3,055
Fortis College, ColumbiaColumbia · Private for-profit
$26,416Not reportedNot reported582
Francis Marion UniversityFlorence · Public
$10,89086%38%2,628
Furman UniversityGreenville · Private nonprofit
$31,76443%74%2,379
Galen Health Institutes, Myrtle BeachMyrtle Beach · Private for-profit
$27,421Not reportedNot reported743
Greenville Technical CollegeGreenville · Public
$10,029Not reported17%8,916
Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegeConway · Public
$787Not reportedNot reported6,274
Lander UniversityGreenwood · Public
$16,65981%50%3,397
Medical University of South CarolinaCharleston · Public
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported303
Midlands Technical CollegeWest Columbia · Public
$5,745Not reportedNot reported7,564
Morris CollegeSumter · Private nonprofit
$25,203Not reported22%383
Newberry CollegeNewberry · Private nonprofit
$22,10490%42%1,479
North Greenville UniversityTigerville · Private nonprofit
$22,23567%54%1,819
Northeastern Technical CollegeCheraw · Public
$9,484Not reportedNot reported921
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical CollegeOrangeburg · Public
$6,267Not reportedNot reported1,539
Piedmont Technical CollegeGreenwood · Public
$4,747Not reportedNot reported3,977
Presbyterian CollegeClinton · Private nonprofit
$20,15468%52%852
Sherman College of ChiropracticBoiling Springs · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
South Carolina State UniversityOrangeburg · Public
$18,03083%32%2,934
South University, ColumbiaColumbia · Private for-profit
$25,119Not reported6%450
Southeastern College, CharlestonNorth Charleston · Private for-profit
$32,85398%Not reported225
Southeastern College, ColumbiaColumbia · Private for-profit
$34,18397%Not reported267
Southern Wesleyan UniversityCentral · Private nonprofit
$16,041100%52%747
Spartanburg Community CollegeSpartanburg · Public
$2,954Not reportedNot reported5,006
Spartanburg Methodist CollegeSpartanburg · Private nonprofit
$9,13878%44%1,116
Strayer University, South CarolinaGreenville · Private for-profit
$22,593Not reported33%1,868
Technical College of the LowcountryBeaufort · Public
$16,785Not reportedNot reported1,679
Tri-County Technical CollegePendleton · Public
$12,368Not reportedNot reported5,071
Trident Technical CollegeCharleston · Public
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported10,512
University of South Carolina AikenAiken · Public
$14,56579%44%2,962
University of South Carolina BeaufortBluffton · Public
$20,64673%39%2,052
University of South Carolina, ColumbiaColumbia · Public
$22,19760%79%29,820
University of South Carolina, LancasterLancaster · Public
$10,75083%Not reported668
University of South Carolina, SalkehatchieAllendale · Public
$10,74976%Not reported271
University of South Carolina, SumterSumter · Public
$11,11974%Not reported716
University of South Carolina, UnionUnion · Public
$10,54562%Not reported270
University of South Carolina, UpstateSpartanburg · Public
$15,68067%43%4,038
Voorhees UniversityDenmark · Private nonprofit
$14,187Not reported25%440
Williamsburg Technical CollegeKingstree · Public
$3,532Not reportedNot reported448
Winthrop UniversityRock Hill · Public
$16,37579%52%3,523
Wofford CollegeSpartanburg · Private nonprofit
$23,14452%80%1,816
York Technical CollegeRock Hill · Public
$4,979Not reportedNot reported3,816

Source: College Scorecard ↗, released October 15, 2026, and IPEDS ↗. Net price is the average for first-year students who received aid, in the latest year each college reported; admit rate is for students entering in fall 2024; graduation is for 2019 entrants; undergraduates are for fall 2024. A dash means the college didn't report the figure.