For the academic year 2023-2024, the average acceptance rate of South Carolina Colleges is 72.75%. Compared to last year's rate, the 2024 acceptance rate increased by 1.58%.
Over the past 5 years, the acceptance rate of South Carolina Colleges has increased by 8.35% from 64.40% to 72.75%. Of the 31 South Carolina Colleges, which are 4-year schools and have competitive admission, 18 schools's acceptance rate is higher and 13 schools' rate is lower than 5 years ago.
You can check 2024 acceptance rate along with number of applicants, admitted, and enrolled students at South Carolina Colleges admission statistics comparison table.
School Name | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 5-Year Change |
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Allen UniversityColumbia, SC | 53.27% | 64.58% 11.32% | 56.63% 7.95% | 43.36% 13.28% | 32.01% 11.34% | 21.25% |
Anderson UniversityAnderson, SC | 68.73% | 59.20% 9.53% | 50.29% 8.91% | 45.39% 4.9% | 53.00% 7.61% | 15.73% |
Charleston Southern UniversityCharleston, SC | 49.65% | 53.79% 4.14% | 57.21% 3.42% | 86.75% 29.54% | 76.00% 10.75% | 26.36% |
Benedict CollegeColumbia, SC | 76.77% | 72.59% 4.18% | 85.51% 12.92% | 67.78% 17.73% | 67.00% 0.78% | 9.77% |
Bob Jones UniversityGreenville, SC | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Southern Wesleyan UniversityCentral, SC | 35.03% | 55.75% 20.72% | 56.61% 0.86% | 51.18% 5.43% | 100.00% 48.82% | 64.97% |
College of CharlestonCharleston, SC | 78.33% | 74.32% 4.01% | 76.11% 1.79% | 75.69% 0.42% | 72.00% 3.68% | 6.33% |
Citadel Military College of South CarolinaCharleston, SC | 74.73% | 79.95% 5.23% | 86.40% 6.44% | 98.58% 12.18% | 97.99% 0.59% | 23.26% |
Claflin UniversityOrangeburg, SC | 55.20% | 65.13% 9.93% | 62.47% 2.67% | 78.00% 15.53% | 73.00% 5% | 17.79% |
Clemson UniversityClemson, SC | 51.26% | 61.94% 10.69% | 49.22% 12.72% | 42.98% 6.24% | 38.00% 4.99% | 13.26% |
Clinton CollegeRock Hill, SC | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Coker UniversityHartsville, SC | 63.29% | 93.06% 29.77% | 97.63% 4.57% | 94.08% 3.55% | 96.97% 2.89% | 33.68% |
Columbia International UniversityColumbia, SC | 47.92% | 50.67% 2.75% | 45.63% 5.04% | 48.22% 2.59% | 98.12% 49.9% | 50.2% |
Columbia CollegeColumbia, SC | 96.57% | 97.07% 0.5% | 98.59% 1.52% | 98.12% 0.48% | 95.98% 2.14% | 0.59% |
Converse UniversitySpartanburg, SC | 89.34% | 82.44% 6.9% | 81.98% 0.46% | 55.57% 26.41% | 64.00% 8.43% | 25.33% |
Erskine CollegeDue West, SC | 69.65% | 60.00% 9.65% | 62.67% 2.67% | 53.25% 9.42% | 61.04% 7.79% | 8.6% |
Francis Marion UniversityFlorence, SC | 68.04% | 75.25% 7.21% | 86.13% 10.88% | 82.91% 3.22% | 82.00% 0.91% | 13.96% |
Furman UniversityGreenville, SC | 56.81% | 65.25% 8.44% | 71.35% 6.11% | 67.02% 4.33% | 53.00% 14.02% | 3.81% |
Greenville Technical CollegeGreenville, SC | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lander UniversityGreenwood, SC | 43.16% | 57.03% 13.87% | 69.05% 12.02% | 67.40% 1.65% | 68.00% 0.59% | 24.84% |
Limestone UniversityGaffney, SC | 50.91% | 68.29% 17.37% | 87.23% 18.94% | 89.47% 2.24% | 98.02% 8.55% | 47.1% |
Medical University of South CarolinaCharleston, SC | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Morris CollegeSumter, SC | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Newberry CollegeNewberry, SC | 62.75% | 56.59% 6.17% | 57.41% 0.82% | 75.31% 17.91% | 75.01% 0.31% | 12.25% |
North Greenville UniversityTigerville, SC | 62.82% | 65.33% 2.51% | 69.74% 4.4% | 76.06% 6.32% | 63.00% 13.06% | 0.17% |
Presbyterian CollegeClinton, SC | 75.48% | 70.83% 4.65% | 70.98% 0.14% | 59.39% 11.59% | 71.99% 12.6% | 3.49% |
University of South Carolina AikenAiken, SC | 55.75% | 55.88% 0.13% | 83.52% 27.64% | 75.62% 7.9% | 80.00% 4.38% | 24.25% |
University of South Carolina BeaufortBluffton, SC | 62.76% | 66.94% 4.18% | 83.72% 16.78% | 80.03% 3.69% | 69.00% 11.03% | 6.24% |
University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, SC | 68.65% | 68.35% 0.29% | 61.56% 6.79% | 64.05% 2.49% | 61.00% 3.05% | 7.65% |
Coastal Carolina UniversityConway, SC | 68.87% | 70.45% 1.58% | 79.14% 8.69% | 78.63% 0.51% | 80.00% 1.37% | 11.12% |
South Carolina State UniversityOrangeburg, SC | 66.44% | 94.09% 27.65% | 87.59% 6.5% | 83.90% 3.68% | 82.00% 1.9% | 15.57% |
University of South Carolina-UpstateSpartanburg, SC | 58.13% | 59.54% 1.41% | 75.70% 16.16% | 78.58% 2.88% | 70.00% 8.57% | 11.87% |
Spartanburg Methodist CollegeSpartanburg, SC | 61.10% | 82.64% 21.54% | 80.40% 2.25% | 82.13% 1.74% | 80.99% 1.15% | 19.89% |
Voorhees UniversityDenmark, SC | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Winthrop UniversityRock Hill, SC | 68.78% | 63.94% 4.84% | 63.90% 0.04% | 69.76% 5.86% | 75.01% 5.25% | 6.23% |
Wofford CollegeSpartanburg, SC | 59.83% | 53.00% 6.83% | 52.45% 0.55% | 60.18% 7.73% | 59.00% 1.18% | 0.82% |
South University-ColumbiaColumbia, SC | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Strayer University-South CarolinaGreenville, SC | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Strayer University-Columbia CampusColumbia, SC | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Strayer University-Charleston CampusNorth Charleston, SC | - | - | - | - | - | - |
American College of the Building ArtsCharleston, SC | 96.43% | 64.71% 31.72% | 89.86% 25.15% | 76.67% 13.19% | 62.07% 14.6% | 34.36% |
ECPI University-GreenvilleGreenville, SC | - | - | - | - | - | - |
ECPI University-CharlestonNorth Charleston, SC | - | - | - | - | - | - |
ECPI University-ColumbiaColumbia, SC | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Average | 64.40% | 68.02% 3.62% | 72.15% 4.13% | 71.16% 0.99% | 72.75% 1.58% | 8.35% |