2,785 Disciplinary Actions Occured at South Carolina College Campuses

For the calendar year 2023, 2,785 disciplinary actions made at South Carolina colleges. The disciplinary action rate per 1,000 students is 7.66 at South Carolina college campues. By violation type, there were 32 weapon-related, 532 drug law violation, and 2,221 liquor law violation disciplinary actions.

Of the 2,739 total on-campus disciplinary actions at South Carolina colleges,

1.02% were weapon-related, and the on-campus weapon-related disciplinary action rate per 1,000 students is 0.08.
18.69% were drug law violation, and the on-campus durg law violation disciplinary action per 1,000 students is 1.41.
80.28% were liquor law vioation, and the on-campus liquor law violation disciplinary action rate per 1,000 students is 6.05.

For all disciplinary actions, there were 2,739 on-campus, 18 non-campus, 28 public property, and 2,739 residence hall disciplinary actions made last year. (The number for on-campus disciplinary actions includes residence hall disciplinary actions).

Disciplinary Actions statistics at South Carolina Colleges
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	2,785	2,739	18	28	2,739	7.66
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	32	28	0	4	28	0.09
Drug Law Violation	532	512	10	10	512	1.46
Liquor Law Violation	2,221	2,199	8	14	2,199	6.11
Rate Per 1000 Students	7.66	7.54	0.05	0.08	7.54	-

¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Disciplinary Actions Statistics for South Carolina Colleges

The following table summarizes and compares the disciplinary actions statistics between colleges in South Carolina. It includes only on-campus incidents rather than non-campus and public properties.

Last Update: April 22, 2025 | Data source: CSS (Campus Safety and Security), OPE

On-campus Disciplinary Actions Statistics at South Carolina Colleges
State	Enrollment	Total Disciplinary Actions	Rate per 1000 Students	Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	Drug Law Violation	Liquor Law Violation
Southeastern University - Seacoast Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0
Allen University	677	8	11.82	2	6	0
Anderson University	4,325	22	5.09	1	3	18
Charleston Southern University	3,545	11	3.10	0	4	7
Benedict College	1,731	0	0.00	0	0	0
Bob Jones University	2,893	0	0.00	0	0	0
Southern Wesleyan University	1,188	0	0.00	0	0	0
Charleston Cosmetology Institute	89	0	0.00	0	0	0
College of Charleston	11,729	198	16.88	1	30	167
Citadel Military College of South Carolina	3,727	49	13.15	0	0	49
Claflin University	1,835	40	21.80	0	22	18
Clemson University	28,747	447	15.55	0	40	407
Clemson University - International Center for Automotive Research	-	0	-	0	0	0
Clemson University - Clemson Design Center	-	0	-	0	0	0
Clemson University - Clemson University Advanced Materials Center	-	0	-	0	0	0
Clinton College	106	0	0.00	0	0	0
Coker University	1,263	12	9.50	0	0	12
Columbia International University	2,631	1	0.38	1	0	0
Columbia College	1,572	0	0.00	0	0	0
Converse University	1,341	9	6.71	0	3	6
Denmark Technical College	646	3	4.64	1	2	0
Erskine College	984	35	35.57	0	2	33
Francis Marion University	4,017	49	12.20	0	18	31
Furman University	2,505	145	57.88	0	29	116
Greenville Technical College	10,661	0	0.00	0	0	0
Greenville Technical College - Brashier Campus 200	-	0	-	0	0	0
Greenville Technical College - Benson Campus 300	-	0	-	0	0	0
Greenville Technical College - Northwest Campus 400	-	0	-	0	0	0
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology and Nails-Columbia	124	0	0.00	0	0	0
Lander University	4,363	66	15.13	0	18	48
Limestone University	1,782	67	37.60	0	20	47
Medical University of South Carolina	3,117	4	1.28	0	4	0
Midlands Technical College	8,978	0	0.00	0	0	0
Morris College	421	0	0.00	0	0	0
Newberry College	1,507	14	9.29	1	9	4
North Greenville University	2,219	11	4.96	0	9	2
Piedmont Technical College	4,999	1	0.20	1	0	0
Piedmont Technical College - Laurens County Center	-	1	-	1	0	0
Presbyterian College	1,136	45	39.61	0	28	17
University of South Carolina Aiken	3,855	18	4.67	0	6	12
University of South Carolina Beaufort	2,121	105	49.50	0	8	97
University of South Carolina-Columbia	36,579	650	17.77	0	61	589
University of South Carolina-Lancaster	2,328	0	0.00	0	0	0
University of South Carolina-Salkehatchie	809	0	0.00	0	0	0
University of South Carolina-Sumter	1,692	0	0.00	0	0	0
Coastal Carolina University	10,829	433	39.99	2	46	385
South Carolina State University	3,041	108	35.51	16	86	6
University of South Carolina-Upstate	4,946	30	6.07	1	3	26
Spartanburg Methodist College	1,029	40	38.87	0	27	13
Spartanburg Community College	6,330	0	0.00	0	0	0
Central Carolina Technical College	3,004	0	0.00	0	0	0
Tri-County Technical College	5,780	1	0.17	0	0	1
Tri-County Technical College - Anderson Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0
Trident Technical College	14,025	0	0.00	0	0	0
Winthrop University	4,694	31	6.60	0	24	7
Wofford College	1,873	84	44.85	0	3	81
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Rock Hill	172	0	0.00	0	0	0
Charleston School of Law	675	0	0.00	0	0	0
Strayer University-South Carolina	2,061	0	0.00	0	0	0
Strayer University-South Carolina - Charleston	-	0	-	0	0	0
Arclabs	643	1	1.56	0	1	0
Arclabs - Arclabs Columbia	-	0	-	0	0	0
Personal Touch Beauty and Barber College	12	0	0.00	0	0	0
Total	363,463	2,785	7.66	28	512	2,199

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