A total of 234,484 students are enrolled in South Carolina colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
In South Carolina colleges and universites, 24,089 students are 18 years old or younger(10.27%), 70,067 students are 18 or 19 years old (29.88%), 57,909 students are between 20 and 22 years old (24.70%), 31,084 students are between 22 and 24 years old (13.26%), and 18,928 students are between 25 and 29 years old (8.07%).
17,872 students are between 30 and 39 years old (7.62%), 8,929 students are between 40 and 49 years old (3.81%), 5,530 students are 50 years old or older (2.36%).
In South Carolina 4-year colleges and universites, 7,741 students are 18 years old or younger(4.85%), 51,344 students are 18 or 19 years old (32.16%), 47,901 students are between 20 and 22 years old (30.01%), 23,012 students are between 22 and 24 years old (14.42%), 11,753 students are between 25 and 29 years old (7.36%), 9,462 students are between 30 and 39 years old (5.93%), 5,013 students are between 40 and 49 years old (3.14%), 3,328 students are 50 years old or older (2.08%)
In South Carolina community colleges, there are 34,791 students are younger than 20 years old (47.16%), 17,700 students are between 20 and 24 years old (23.99%), 6,987 students are between 25 and 29 years old (9.47%), and 14,302 students are 30 years old or older (19.38%).
In South Carolina trade schools, there are 280 students are younger than 20 years old (26.07%), 380 students are between 20 and 24 years old (35.38%), 188 students are between 25 and 29 years old (17.50%), and 226 students are 30 years old or older (21.04%).
| Total | Under 18 | 18-19 | 20-21 | 22-24 | 25-29 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50 and Over | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Levels | 234,484 | 24,089 (10.27%) |
70,067 (29.88%) |
57,909 (24.70%) |
31,084 (13.26%) |
18,928 (8.07%) |
17,872 (7.62%) |
8,929 (3.81%) |
5,530 (2.36%) |
| 4-Year Colleges | 159,630 | 7,741 (4.85%) |
51,344 (32.16%) |
47,901 (30.01%) |
23,012 (14.42%) |
11,753 (7.36%) |
9,462 (5.93%) |
5,013 (3.14%) |
3,328 (2.08%) |
| Community Colleges | 73,780 | 16,316 (22.11%) |
18,475 (25.04%) |
9,833 (13.33%) |
7,867 (10.66%) |
6,987 (9.47%) |
8,256 (11.19%) |
3,860 (5.23%) |
2,186 (2.96%) |
| Trade Schools | 1,074 | 32 (2.98%) |
248 (23.09%) |
175 (16.29%) |
205 (19.09%) |
188 (17.50%) |
154 (14.34%) |
56 (5.21%) |
16 (1.49%) |
The following table compares student population by age between South Carolina colleges. A total of 234,484 students have enrolled in South Carolina colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.
| School | Total | Under 18 | 18-19 | 20-21 | 22-24 | 25-29 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50 and Over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiken Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,307 | 356 (15.43%) |
470 (20.37%) |
339 (14.69%) | 283 (12.27%) |
288 (12.48%) |
378 (16.38%) |
139 (6.03%) | 54 (2.34%) |
| Anderson UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 4,710 | 361 (7.66%) |
1,388 (29.47%) |
1,381 (29.32%) | 665 (14.12%) |
313 (6.65%) |
265 (5.63%) |
188 (3.99%) | 149 (3.16%) |
| Technical College of the LowcountryPublic, 2-4 year | 2,461 | 692 (28.12%) |
476 (19.34%) |
271 (11.01%) | 270 (10.97%) |
282 (11.46%) |
285 (11.58%) |
118 (4.79%) | 67 (2.72%) |
| Benedict CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,691 | 85 (5.03%) |
549 (32.47%) |
556 (32.88%) | 348 (20.58%) |
79 (4.67%) |
33 (1.95%) |
19 (1.12%) | 22 (1.30%) |
| Bob Jones UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,734 | 263 (9.62%) |
818 (29.92%) |
871 (31.86%) | 340 (12.44%) |
127 (4.65%) |
118 (4.32%) |
95 (3.47%) | 102 (3.73%) |
| Southern Wesleyan UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 980 | 44 (4.49%) |
243 (24.80%) |
231 (23.57%) | 126 (12.86%) |
40 (4.08%) |
102 (10.41%) |
112 (11.43%) | 82 (8.37%) |
| College of CharlestonPublic, 4-year | 11,926 | 207 (1.74%) |
4,325 (36.27%) |
4,456 (37.36%) | 1,535 (12.87%) |
505 (4.23%) |
350 (2.93%) |
260 (2.18%) | 288 (2.41%) |
| Citadel Military College of South CarolinaPublic, 4-year | 3,793 | 23 (0.61%) |
1,132 (29.84%) |
1,124 (29.63%) | 451 (11.89%) |
335 (8.83%) |
396 (10.44%) |
202 (5.33%) | 124 (3.27%) |
| Claflin UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,852 | 14 (0.76%) |
284 (15.33%) |
674 (36.39%) | 527 (28.46%) |
133 (7.18%) |
101 (5.45%) |
78 (4.21%) | 40 (2.16%) |
| Clemson UniversityPublic, 4-year | 29,077 | 125 (0.43%) |
9,213 (31.68%) |
10,707 (36.82%) | 4,658 (16.02%) |
2,074 (7.13%) |
1,446 (4.97%) |
605 (2.08%) | 249 (0.86%) |
| Coker UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,325 | 350 (26.42%) |
329 (24.83%) |
274 (20.68%) | 127 (9.58%) |
56 (4.23%) |
111 (8.38%) |
52 (3.92%) | 26 (1.96%) |
| Columbia International UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,914 | 225 (7.72%) |
265 (9.09%) |
259 (8.89%) | 203 (6.97%) |
186 (6.38%) |
675 (23.16%) |
638 (21.89%) | 463 (15.89%) |
| Columbia CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,725 | 6 (0.35%) |
224 (12.99%) |
256 (14.84%) | 287 (16.64%) |
237 (13.74%) |
347 (20.12%) |
232 (13.45%) | 131 (7.59%) |
| Erskine CollegePrivate, 4-year | 912 | 10 (1.10%) |
368 (40.35%) |
310 (33.99%) | 85 (9.32%) |
10 (1.10%) |
14 (1.54%) |
29 (3.18%) | 52 (5.70%) |
| Florence-Darlington Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,522 | 427 (12.12%) |
885 (25.13%) |
559 (15.87%) | 471 (13.37%) |
422 (11.98%) |
468 (13.29%) |
192 (5.45%) | 98 (2.78%) |
| Francis Marion UniversityPublic, 4-year | 4,112 | 937 (22.79%) |
1,145 (27.85%) |
901 (21.91%) | 533 (12.96%) |
192 (4.67%) |
151 (3.67%) |
118 (2.87%) | 120 (2.92%) |
| Greenville Technical CollegePublic, 4-year | 11,999 | 2,754 (22.95%) |
2,749 (22.91%) |
1,636 (13.63%) | 1,466 (12.22%) |
1,352 (11.27%) |
1,278 (10.65%) |
503 (4.19%) | 261 (2.18%) |
| Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 7,923 | 1,448 (18.28%) |
2,051 (25.89%) |
1,195 (15.08%) | 954 (12.04%) |
774 (9.77%) |
854 (10.78%) |
402 (5.07%) | 245 (3.09%) |
| Lander UniversityPublic, 4-year | 4,378 | 354 (8.09%) |
1,414 (32.30%) |
1,245 (28.44%) | 701 (16.01%) |
234 (5.34%) |
224 (5.12%) |
125 (2.86%) | 81 (1.85%) |
| Medical University of South CarolinaPublic, 4-year | 3,246 | - | 9 (0.28%) |
96 (2.96%) | 1,365 (42.05%) |
1,200 (36.97%) |
413 (12.72%) |
108 (3.33%) | 55 (1.69%) |
| Midlands Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 9,226 | 1,473 (15.97%) |
2,504 (27.14%) |
1,489 (16.14%) | 1,168 (12.66%) |
932 (10.10%) |
982 (10.64%) |
453 (4.91%) | 225 (2.44%) |
| Morris CollegePrivate, 4-year | 383 | 5 (1.31%) |
132 (34.46%) |
99 (25.85%) | 70 (18.28%) |
19 (4.96%) |
25 (6.53%) |
20 (5.22%) | 13 (3.39%) |
| North Greenville UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,304 | 175 (7.60%) |
779 (33.81%) |
665 (28.86%) | 338 (14.67%) |
121 (5.25%) |
103 (4.47%) |
76 (3.30%) | 47 (2.04%) |
| Orangeburg Calhoun Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,106 | 486 (23.08%) |
436 (20.70%) |
253 (12.01%) | 206 (9.78%) |
208 (9.88%) |
307 (14.58%) |
157 (7.45%) | 53 (2.52%) |
| Piedmont Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,143 | 1,031 (20.05%) |
1,029 (20.01%) |
613 (11.92%) | 526 (10.23%) |
567 (11.02%) |
825 (16.04%) |
378 (7.35%) | 174 (3.38%) |
| Presbyterian CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,095 | 9 (0.82%) |
438 (40.00%) |
361 (32.97%) | 197 (17.99%) |
64 (5.84%) |
11 (1.00%) |
- | - |
| University of South Carolina AikenPublic, 4-year | 4,022 | 358 (8.90%) |
1,091 (27.13%) |
843 (20.96%) | 564 (14.02%) |
372 (9.25%) |
432 (10.74%) |
251 (6.24%) | 111 (2.76%) |
| University of South Carolina BeaufortPublic, 4-year | 2,208 | 104 (4.71%) |
868 (39.31%) |
609 (27.58%) | 292 (13.22%) |
131 (5.93%) |
107 (4.85%) |
52 (2.36%) | 45 (2.04%) |
| University of South Carolina-ColumbiaPublic, 4-year | 38,532 | 430 (1.12%) |
14,368 (37.29%) |
12,775 (33.15%) | 4,765 (12.37%) |
2,851 (7.40%) |
1,961 (5.09%) |
822 (2.13%) | 560 (1.45%) |
| University of South Carolina-LancasterPublic, 2-4 year | 2,687 | 1,787 (66.51%) |
555 (20.66%) |
110 (4.09%) | 50 (1.86%) |
31 (1.15%) |
21 (0.78%) |
23 (0.86%) | 110 (4.09%) |
| University of South Carolina-SalkehatchiePublic, 2-4 year | 799 | 314 (39.30%) |
180 (22.53%) |
48 (6.01%) | 18 (2.25%) |
15 (1.88%) |
22 (2.75%) |
13 (1.63%) | 189 (23.65%) |
| University of South Carolina-SumterPublic, 2-4 year | 1,845 | 1,047 (56.75%) |
457 (24.77%) |
121 (6.56%) | 81 (4.39%) |
73 (3.96%) |
33 (1.79%) |
21 (1.14%) | 12 (0.65%) |
| University of South Carolina-UnionPublic, 2-4 year | 1,402 | 1,067 (76.11%) |
210 (14.98%) |
58 (4.14%) | 19 (1.36%) |
14 (1.00%) |
14 (1.00%) |
11 (0.78%) | 9 (0.64%) |
| Coastal Carolina UniversityPublic, 4-year | 11,348 | 349 (3.08%) |
4,835 (42.61%) |
4,142 (36.50%) | 1,311 (11.55%) |
293 (2.58%) |
211 (1.86%) |
118 (1.04%) | 89 (0.78%) |
| South Carolina State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 3,242 | 39 (1.20%) |
1,485 (45.81%) |
883 (27.24%) | 509 (15.70%) |
115 (3.55%) |
69 (2.13%) |
79 (2.44%) | 63 (1.94%) |
| University of South Carolina-UpstatePublic, 4-year | 4,916 | 467 (9.50%) |
1,305 (26.55%) |
1,223 (24.88%) | 855 (17.39%) |
410 (8.34%) |
395 (8.03%) |
161 (3.28%) | 100 (2.03%) |
| Spartanburg Methodist CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,119 | 30 (2.68%) |
629 (56.21%) |
286 (25.56%) | 94 (8.40%) |
32 (2.86%) |
27 (2.41%) |
11 (0.98%) | 10 (0.89%) |
| Spartanburg Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 6,653 | 1,467 (22.05%) |
1,554 (23.36%) |
881 (13.24%) | 758 (11.39%) |
637 (9.57%) |
828 (12.45%) |
357 (5.37%) | 171 (2.57%) |
| Central Carolina Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,825 | 571 (20.21%) |
596 (21.10%) |
327 (11.58%) | 304 (10.76%) |
315 (11.15%) |
408 (14.44%) |
206 (7.29%) | 98 (3.47%) |
| Tri-County Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,890 | 711 (12.07%) |
2,727 (46.30%) |
980 (16.64%) | 529 (8.98%) |
346 (5.87%) |
369 (6.26%) |
163 (2.77%) | 65 (1.10%) |
| Trident Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 13,552 | 2,457 (18.13%) |
2,832 (20.90%) |
1,775 (13.10%) | 1,635 (12.06%) |
1,559 (11.50%) |
1,856 (13.70%) |
945 (6.97%) | 493 (3.64%) |
| Voorhees UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 578 | 9 (1.56%) |
176 (30.45%) |
130 (22.49%) | 84 (14.53%) |
37 (6.40%) |
53 (9.17%) |
51 (8.82%) | 38 (6.57%) |
| Williamsburg Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 668 | 190 (28.44%) |
101 (15.12%) |
75 (11.23%) | 61 (9.13%) |
68 (10.18%) |
101 (15.12%) |
51 (7.63%) | 21 (3.14%) |
| Wofford CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,817 | 8 (0.44%) |
783 (43.09%) |
898 (49.42%) | 124 (6.82%) |
3 (0.17%) |
1 (0.06%) |
- | - |
| York Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,771 | 792 (16.60%) |
1,412 (29.60%) |
739 (15.49%) | 534 (11.19%) |
456 (9.56%) |
505 (10.58%) |
231 (4.84%) | 102 (2.14%) |
| Charleston School of LawPrivate, 4-year | 692 | - | - | 10 (1.45%) | 392 (56.65%) |
232 (33.53%) |
43 (6.21%) |
8 (1.16%) | 7 (1.01%) |
| Paul Mitchell the School-ColumbiaPrivate, Less than 2-year | 256 | 6 (2.34%) |
53 (20.70%) |
52 (20.31%) | 53 (20.70%) |
46 (17.97%) |
36 (14.06%) |
10 (3.91%) | - |
| Paul Mitchell the School-CharlestonPrivate, Less than 2-year | 264 | 7 (2.65%) |
55 (20.83%) |
40 (15.15%) | 60 (22.73%) |
52 (19.70%) |
35 (13.26%) |
12 (4.55%) | 3 (1.14%) |
| Paul Mitchell the School-GreenvillePrivate, Less than 2-year | 196 | 4 (2.04%) |
64 (32.65%) |
37 (18.88%) | 29 (14.80%) |
31 (15.82%) |
25 (12.76%) |
4 (2.04%) | 2 (1.02%) |
| Southeastern Esthetics InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year | 358 | 15 (4.19%) |
76 (21.23%) |
46 (12.85%) | 63 (17.60%) |
59 (16.48%) |
58 (16.20%) |
30 (8.38%) | 11 (3.07%) |