How Acceptance Rate Changes over Past 5 Years for South Carolina Public Colleges

For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of South Carolina Public Colleges is 74.84%. Compared to last year's rate, the 2023 acceptance rate decreased by 0.32%.
Over the past 5 years, the acceptance rate of South Carolina Public Colleges has increased by 13.3% from 61.55% to 74.84%. Of the 12 South Carolina Public Colleges, which are 4-year schools and have competitive admission, 10 schools's acceptance rate is higher and 2 schools' rate is lower than 5 years ago.
You can check 2023 acceptance rate along with number of applicants, admitted, and enrolled students at South Carolina Public Colleges admission statistics comparison table.

Comparison Table of Acceptance Rate Changes for South Carolina Public Colleges

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Acceptance Rate Changes from 2018 to 2023 at South Carolina Public Colleges
School Name2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-235-Year Change
College of CharlestonCharleston, SC79.26%78.33%
0.93%
74.32%
4.01%
76.11%
1.79%
75.69%
0.42%
3.58%
Citadel Military College of South CarolinaCharleston, SC80.80%74.73%
6.07%
79.95%
5.23%
86.40%
6.44%
98.58%
12.18%
17.78%
Clemson UniversityClemson, SC47.19%51.26%
4.06%
61.94%
10.69%
49.22%
12.72%
42.98%
6.24%
4.21%
Francis Marion UniversityFlorence, SC64.19%68.04%
3.85%
75.25%
7.21%
86.13%
10.88%
82.91%
3.22%
18.72%
Lander UniversityGreenwood, SC42.57%43.16%
0.58%
57.03%
13.87%
69.05%
12.02%
67.40%
1.65%
24.83%
University of South Carolina AikenAiken, SC50.95%55.75%
4.8%
55.88%
0.13%
83.52%
27.64%
75.62%
7.9%
24.67%
University of South Carolina BeaufortBluffton, SC63.28%62.76%
0.52%
66.94%
4.18%
83.72%
16.78%
80.03%
3.69%
16.75%
University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, SC63.06%68.65%
5.58%
68.35%
0.29%
61.56%
6.79%
64.05%
2.49%
0.99%
Coastal Carolina UniversityConway, SC69.55%68.87%
0.68%
70.45%
1.58%
79.14%
8.69%
78.63%
0.51%
9.07%
South Carolina State UniversityOrangeburg, SC53.24%66.44%
13.2%
94.09%
27.65%
87.59%
6.5%
83.90%
3.68%
30.67%
University of South Carolina-UpstateSpartanburg, SC57.19%58.13%
0.94%
59.54%
1.41%
75.70%
16.16%
78.58%
2.88%
21.39%
Winthrop UniversityRock Hill, SC67.28%68.78%
1.49%
63.94%
4.84%
63.90%
0.04%
69.76%
5.86%
2.48%
Average61.55%63.74%
2.19%
68.97%
5.23%
75.17%
6.2%
74.84%
0.32%
13.30%
*Schools missing information are not included in this table. The schools have not report their information to the IPEDS/NCES or not applicable.)
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