Student Population Changes Over Past 5 Years of South Carolina Colleges

For the academic year 2022-2023, the total student population of South Carolina Colleges is 244,883.The overall number of students in South Carolina Colleges increased by 3.25%.

Compared to five(5) years ago, the total number of students at South Carolina Colleges has increased by 1.16% from 242,065 to 244,883 students. Of the 87 South Carolina Colleges, 49 schools had an increase in the number of students compared to 5 years ago, and 36 schools had a decrease in the number of students.

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Enrollment Changes from 2018 to 2023 at South Carolina Colleges
School Name	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	5-Year Changes
Aiken Technical CollegeGraniteville, SC	2,267	2,236 31	1,925 311	1,873 52	2,121 248	146
Allen UniversityColumbia, SC	743	817 74	705 112	621 84	657 36	86
Anderson UniversityAnderson, SC	3,429	3,543 114	3,848 305	4,008 160	4,121 113	692
Charleston Southern UniversityCharleston, SC	3,414	3,477 63	3,350 127	3,341 9	3,418 77	4
Technical College of the LowcountryBeaufort, SC	2,247	2,308 61	2,119 189	2,046 73	2,196 150	51
Benedict CollegeColumbia, SC	2,165	2,040 125	1,731 309	1,908 177	1,840 68	325
Bob Jones UniversityGreenville, SC	3,005	3,008 3	3,029 21	3,155 126	3,095 60	90
Southern Wesleyan UniversityCentral, SC	1,551	1,430 121	1,345 85	1,300 45	1,175 125	376
Charleston Cosmetology InstituteCharleston, SC	202	154 48	126 28	116 10	101 15	101
College of CharlestonCharleston, SC	10,783	10,545 238	10,384 161	10,941 557	10,885 56	102
Charzanne Beauty CollegeGreenwood, SC	47	50 3	38 12	39 1	43 4	4
Northeastern Technical CollegeCheraw, SC	1,275	1,276 1	1,465 189	1,717 252	1,466 251	191
Citadel Military College of South CarolinaCharleston, SC	3,763	3,767 4	3,740 27	3,693 47	3,721 28	42
Claflin UniversityOrangeburg, SC	2,172	2,070 102	2,048 22	1,866 182	1,830 36	342
Clemson UniversityClemson, SC	24,951	25,822 871	26,406 584	27,341 935	28,466 1	3
Clinton CollegeRock Hill, SC	193	190 3	119 71	153 34	197 44	4
Coker UniversityHartsville, SC	1,280	1,113 167	1,087 26	1,280 193	1,160 120	120
Columbia International UniversityColumbia, SC	1,048	1,649 601	2,098 449	2,338 240	2,481 143	1
Columbia CollegeColumbia, SC	1,276	1,243 33	1,218 25	1,389 171	1,514 125	238
Converse UniversitySpartanburg, SC	1,380	1,455 75	1,377 78	1,440 63	1,284 156	96
Denmark Technical CollegeDenmark, SC	489	483 6	491 8	612 121	725 113	236
Erskine CollegeDue West, SC	693	912 219	943 31	825 118	956 131	263
Florence-Darlington Technical CollegeFlorence, SC	4,182	3,558 624	3,315 243	2,861 454	2,940 79	1
Francis Marion UniversityFlorence, SC	3,940	4,240 300	4,148 92	3,923 225	4,045 122	105
Furman UniversityGreenville, SC	2,947	2,828 119	2,567 261	2,463 104	2,443 20	504
Greenville Technical CollegeGreenville, SC	10,864	11,123 259	10,536 587	9,756 780	11,380 1	516
Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegeConway, SC	6,788	6,705 83	6,409 296	6,416 7	8,137 1	1
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-North AugustaNorth Augusta, SC	107	131 24	126 5	116 10	113 3	6
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology and Nails-ColumbiaColumbia, SC	130	142 12	113 29	100 13	124 24	6
Lander UniversityGreenwood, SC	3,044	3,226 182	3,513 287	3,825 312	4,167 342	1
Limestone UniversityGaffney, SC	2,442	2,206 236	1,943 263	1,840 103	1,786 54	656
Medical University of South CarolinaCharleston, SC	2,944	2,971 27	3,083 112	3,240 157	3,175 65	231
Midlands Technical CollegeWest Columbia, SC	9,892	9,160 732	8,794 366	8,702 92	9,091 389	801
Morris CollegeSumter, SC	649	600 49	395 205	410 15	384 26	265
Newberry CollegeNewberry, SC	1,208	1,271 63	1,256 15	1,242 14	1,312 70	104
North Greenville UniversityTigerville, SC	2,578	2,426 152	2,280 146	2,273 7	2,125 148	453
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical CollegeOrangeburg, SC	2,387	2,298 89	2,257 41	2,145 112	2,012 133	375
Piedmont Technical CollegeGreenwood, SC	4,491	4,747 256	4,712 35	4,491 221	5,315 824	824
Presbyterian CollegeClinton, SC	1,330	1,353 23	1,309 44	1,231 78	1,199 32	131
University of South Carolina AikenAiken, SC	3,699	3,720 21	3,944 224	3,869 75	3,840 29	141
University of South Carolina BeaufortBluffton, SC	2,116	2,119 3	2,006 113	2,037 31	2,124 87	8
University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, SC	34,795	35,364 569	35,470 106	35,471 1	35,653 182	858
University of South Carolina-LancasterLancaster, SC	1,523	1,640 117	1,810 170	1,809 1	1,772 37	249
University of South Carolina-SalkehatchieAllendale, SC	927	964 37	878 86	833 45	745 88	182
University of South Carolina-SumterSumter, SC	1,110	1,361 251	1,387 26	1,419 32	1,537 118	427
University of South Carolina-UnionUnion, SC	1,093	1,153 60	1,071 82	1,244 173	1,098 146	5
Coastal Carolina UniversityConway, SC	10,641	10,484 157	10,118 366	10,473 355	10,337 136	304
South Carolina State UniversityOrangeburg, SC	3,022	2,479 543	2,339 140	2,374 35	2,649 275	373
University of South Carolina-UpstateSpartanburg, SC	6,175	6,308 133	6,038 270	5,438 600	4,913 525	1
Spartanburg Methodist CollegeSpartanburg, SC	869	933 64	1,051 118	1,042 9	1,064 22	195
Spartanburg Community CollegeSpartanburg, SC	4,534	4,633 99	4,108 525	6,097 1	6,224 127	1
Central Carolina Technical CollegeSumter, SC	3,550	3,361 189	2,885 476	2,640 245	3,314 674	236
Tri-County Technical CollegePendleton, SC	6,082	6,181 99	5,582 599	5,617 35	5,629 12	453
Trident Technical CollegeCharleston, SC	12,148	12,351 203	11,650 701	11,286 364	11,789 503	359
Voorhees UniversityDenmark, SC	491	510 19	368 142	402 34	507 105	16
Williamsburg Technical CollegeKingstree, SC	737	832 95	635 197	530 105	673 143	64
Winthrop UniversityRock Hill, SC	5,813	5,865 52	5,576 289	5,174 402	4,712 462	1
Wofford CollegeSpartanburg, SC	1,666	1,720 54	1,764 44	1,765 1	1,823 58	157
York Technical CollegeRock Hill, SC	4,253	4,529 276	4,178 351	3,835 343	4,521 686	268
South University-ColumbiaColumbia, SC	983	797 186	732 65	625 107	510 115	473
Academy of Hair TechnologyGreenville, SC	77	95 18	28 67	74 46	72 2	5
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Rock HillRock Hill, SC	106	174 68	161 13	181 20	174 7	68
Strand College of Hair DesignMyrtle Beach, SC	74	64 10	70 6	81 11	92 11	18
Miller-Motte College-CharlestonCharleston, SC	671	411 260	309 102	240 69	174 66	497
Southeastern College-CharlestonNorth Charleston, SC	133	192 59	200 8	210 10	196 14	63
LeGrand Institute of Cosmetology IncCamden, SC	29	25 4	26 1	32 6	30 2	1
Southeastern College-ColumbiaColumbia, SC	95	196 101	193 3	185 8	155 30	60
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-SpartanburgSpartanburg, SC	126	148 22	132 16	141 9	156 15	30
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-ColumbiaColumbia, SC	106	134 28	122 12	145 23	117 28	11
Academy for Careers and TechnologyMullins, SC	41	57 16	58 1	48 10	48	7
Strayer University-South CarolinaGreenville, SC	2,687	3,079 392	2,806 273	1,936 870	1,841 95	846
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-FlorenceFlorence, SC	157	191 34	156 35	161 5	182 21	25
Fortis College-ColumbiaColumbia, SC	382	497 115	569 72	438 131	431 7	49
Miller-Motte College-ConwayConway, SC	1,342	600 742	323 277	310 13	235 75	1
Paul Mitchell the School-ColumbiaWest Columbia, SC	228	239 11	199 40	206 7	236 30	8
Paul Mitchell the School-CharlestonNorth Charleston, SC	199	209 10	209	233 24	284 51	85
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-GreenvilleGreenville, SC	161	175 14	135 40	124 11	146 22	15
Paul Mitchell the School-GreenvilleGreenville, SC	171	166 5	153 13	184 31	153 31	18
ArclabsPiedmont, SC	452	518 66	552 34	505 47	503 2	51
Top of the Line Barber CollegeCharleston, SC	23	19 4	49 30	56 7	52 4	29
Barber Tech AcademyOrangeburg, SC	47	59 12	67 8	72 5	65 7	18
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Goose CreekGoose Creek, SC	116	175 59	157 18	170 13	146 24	30
Southeastern Esthetics InstituteColumbia, SC	119	147 28	123 24	289 166	328 39	209
American College of the Building ArtsCharleston, SC	-	94	93 1	121 28	141 20	47
Vski Cosmetology SchoolCharleston, SC	-	10	27 17	24 3	32 8	22
Personal Touch Beauty and Barber CollegeKingstree, SC	-	-	-	-	8	-
Galen Health Institutes-Myrtle BeachMyrtle Beach, SC	-	-	-	-	252	-
Average	242,065	243,551 1	236,855 6	237,182 327	244,883 7	2,818

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Comparison Table of Student Population Changes for South Carolina Colleges