Colleges in South Carolina


South Carolina has 28 private and 14 public 4-year colleges that enroll 25,862 first-year students yearly. The average tuition of public colleges is $26,094 for in-state students and $40,386 for out-of-state and international students.

Private colleges in South Carolina charge around $27,930 per year in tuition regardless of residency.

In the 2020-2021 academic year, South Carolina provided $98 million in financial aid to 17,562 students who enrolled in 4-year colleges for the first time as undergraduates. In addition, the colleges themselves awarded $166.5 million in grants and scholarships to 19,766 students.

South Carolina receives 1.1% of the total pell grant the federal government allocates. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10,342 4-year college first-year undergraduates were awarded a total amount of $50.7 million in pell grant ($4,985 per student on average), and 15,561 students received a total amount of $88 million in the form of student loans from the federal government ($7,115 per student on average).

Net price Acceptance Rate Graduation Rate
Clemson University 4 year $22,935 84.9% 61.9%
Furman University 4 year $37,761 80.9% 65.2%
Wofford College 4 year $30,431 80.5% 53.0%
University of South Carolina-Columbia 4 year $21,784 78.0% 68.4%
Citadel Military College of South Carolina 4 year $17,920 71.5% 80.0%
Southeastern College-Columbia 2 year $31,337 70.0% 100.0%
Columbia International University 4 year $18,651 68.3% 50.7%
American College of the Building Arts 4 year $31,565 66.7% 64.7%
Columbia College 4 year $20,277 66.2% 97.1%
College of Charleston 4 year $20,351 65.7% 74.3%
Presbyterian College 4 year $21,959 63.6% 70.8%
Winthrop University 4 year $19,300 60.8% 63.9%
Anderson University 4 year $21,576 57.2% 59.2%
Southern Wesleyan University 4 year $18,614 54.2% 55.7%
Coker University 4 year $16,647 53.3% 93.1%
Southeastern College-Charleston 2 year $31,740 52.7% 100.0%
Newberry College 4 year $20,205 52.0% 56.6%
Erskine College 4 year $35,573 51.9% 60.0%
Converse College 4 year $25,534 51.5% 82.4%
North Greenville University 4 year $20,627 51.5% 65.3%
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