64.51% of Applicants Accepted to South Carolina Colleges in 2022-2023 Admission

The 2023 average acceptance rate of South Carolina colleges is 64.51% and the admission yield is 19.47%. A total of 225,664 applicants have applied to South Carolinacolleges (four-years) and 145,573 have accepted to admit into one or more schools. Finally, 28,347 students out of the accepted students have enrolled into one of the accepted colleges.

For South Carolina college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 19,447 (9.43%) compared to last year, from 206,217 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 685, which is more than 2.48% last year.

South Carolina colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 0.84% compared to last year, which means harder to get into South Carolina colleges. The yield decreased by 1.05%.

Among South Carolina colleges, Clemson University has the lowest acceptance rate of 42.98% with 22,704 accepted students out of 52,819 applicants. Clemson University has the most number of applicants of 52,819 and University of South Carolina-Columbia has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 6,574.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for South Carolina Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in South Carolina. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.

Last Update: December 24, 2023 | Data source: IPEDS

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for South Carolina Colleges
School	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Yield
Allen University	3,123 1,698	1,354 547	174 45	43.36% -13.27%	12.85% -3.14%
Anderson University	5,043 533	2,289 21	798 22	45.39% -4.90%	34.86% 0.64%
Charleston Southern University	4,967 1,027	4,309 2,055	727 37	86.75% 29.54%	16.87% -13.74%
Benedict College	6,446 -2,876	4,369 -3,602	381 -203	67.78% -17.73%	8.72% 1.39%
Southern Wesleyan University	846 97	433 9	148 -15	51.18% -5.43%	34.18% -4.26%
College of Charleston	22,020 1,536	16,666 1,076	2,210 -263	75.69% -0.42%	13.26% -2.60%
Citadel Military College of South Carolina	2,253 -217	2,221 87	678 112	98.58% 12.18%	30.53% 4.01%
Claflin University	7,568 -899	5,903 614	384 69	78.00% 15.53%	6.51% 0.55%
Clemson University	52,819 5,812	22,704 -434	4,588 -5	42.98% -6.24%	20.21% 0.36%
Coker University	996 195	937 155	190 -24	94.08% -3.55%	20.28% -7.09%
Columbia International University	506 -20	244 4	179 3	48.22% 2.59%	73.36% 0.03%
Columbia College	2,176 898	2,135 875	190 -20	98.12% -0.47%	8.90% -7.77%
Converse University	2,917 564	1,621 -308	225 -71	55.57% -26.41%	13.88% -1.46%
Erskine College	1,585 535	844 186	268 3	53.25% -9.42%	31.75% -8.52%
Francis Marion University	3,523 495	2,921 313	612 -87	82.91% -3.22%	20.95% -5.85%
Furman University	7,514 340	5,036 -83	647 -9	67.02% -4.33%	12.85% 0.04%
Lander University	4,663 -132	3,143 -168	842 -57	67.40% -1.65%	26.79% -0.36%
Limestone University	2,260 349	2,022 355	334 40	89.47% 2.24%	16.52% -1.12%
Newberry College	3,196 1,036	2,407 1,167	398 70	75.31% 17.90%	16.54% -9.91%
North Greenville University	2,197 231	1,671 300	505 63	76.06% 6.32%	30.22% -2.02%
Presbyterian College	3,329 1,365	1,977 583	272 46	59.39% -11.59%	13.76% -2.45%
University of South Carolina Aiken	2,453 645	1,855 345	552 26	75.62% -7.90%	29.76% -5.07%
University of South Carolina Beaufort	2,479 286	1,984 148	476 52	80.03% -3.69%	23.99% 0.90%
University of South Carolina-Columbia	42,188 143	27,022 1,138	6,574 400	64.05% 2.49%	24.33% 0.48%
University of South Carolina-Lancaster	731 22	557 -64	341 -26	76.20% -11.39%	61.22% 2.12%
University of South Carolina-Salkehatchie	495 126	351 85	135 3	70.91% -1.18%	38.46% -11.16%
University of South Carolina-Sumter	558 40	401 -33	207 -58	71.86% -11.92%	51.62% -9.44%
University of South Carolina-Union	236 -59	189 -75	110 -37	80.08% -9.41%	58.20% 2.52%
Coastal Carolina University	17,161 1,680	13,493 1,242	2,662 143	78.63% -0.51%	19.73% -0.83%
South Carolina State University	6,833 4,336	5,733 3,546	902 316	83.90% -3.69%	15.73% -11.06%
University of South Carolina-Upstate	3,090 197	2,428 238	688 91	78.58% 2.88%	28.34% 1.08%
Spartanburg Methodist College	1,959 41	1,609 67	504 -3	82.13% 1.73%	31.32% -1.56%
Winthrop University	5,099 -483	3,557 -10	709 -109	69.76% 5.86%	19.93% -3.00%
Wofford College	4,425 74	2,663 381	507 48	60.18% 7.73%	19.04% -1.07%
Southeastern College-Charleston	116 -53	110 -59	65 -13	94.83% -5.17%	59.09% 12.94%
Southeastern College-Columbia	103 -59	100 -62	53 -34	97.09% -2.91%	53.00% -0.70%
American College of the Building Arts	30 -39	23 -39	23 -35	76.67% -13.19%	100.00% 6.45%

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