Top Colleges in South Carolina Student Population

A total of 85,587 students enroll in Top Colleges in South Carolina.

  • Gender Breakdown: of the total student body, 42.75% are male (36,586) and 57.25% are female (49,001). There are an average of 74.66 male students per 100 female students in Top Colleges in South Carolina. Erskine College has the highest ratio of male students with 225.71 per 100 female students, while Converse University has the lowest ratio of male students with 33.66 per 100 female students among Top Colleges in South Carolina.
  • Largest and Smallest: The average student population of Top Colleges in South Carolina is 8,559. University of South Carolina-Columbia is the largest with 38,532 students, and Erskine College is the smallest with 912 students among Top Colleges in South Carolina.
  • Student level: There are 67,216 undergraduate students in Top Colleges in South Carolina, 78.54% of the student body. Graduate students account for 21.46% of the total students. Of the Top Colleges in South Carolina, University of South Carolina-Columbia has the largest undergraduate and graduate schools with 30,187 undergraduate and 8,345 graduate schools.
  • Distance Learning: There are an average of 3.20% undergraduate students enrolled online and 38.56% graduate students enrolled online in Top Colleges in South Carolina. University of South Carolina-Columbia has the most online enrollment with 3,519 students, while Erskine College has the least with 27 students among Top Colleges in South Carolina.

Top Colleges in South Carolina Student Population Comparison Table

Table. Top Colleges in South Carolina Student Population Comparison
RankSchoolTotalBy GenderBy LevelOnline Enrollment
MenWomenUndergraduateGraduateUndergraduateGraduate
1Southern Wesleyan UniversityCentral, SC980351629784196216196
2Clemson UniversityClemson, SC29,07713,43015,64723,4015,6761501,896
3North Greenville UniversityTigerville, SC2,3041,0671,2372,020284304172
4University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, SC38,53215,46623,06630,1878,3451,0602,459
5Anderson UniversityAnderson, SC4,7101,9552,7553,6831,027171444
6Erskine CollegeDue West, SC912632280803109-27
7Furman UniversityGreenville, SC2,5541,0421,5122,383171-51
8Wofford CollegeSpartanburg, SC1,8178819361,817---
9Columbia International UniversityColumbia, SC2,9141,3121,6029651,9492511,677
10Converse UniversitySpartanburg, SC1,7874501,3371,173614-161
-Average8,5593,6594,9006,7222,041239787
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