A total of 260,683 students are enrolled in South Carolina colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
By gender, there are 102,284 men students and 158,399 students. The men to woman students ratio is 0.65 to 1.
In 4-year colleges, 59.40% of total enrollment is women students and 40.60% is men students. In community colleges, the women students' proportion is 63.24%.
For South Carolina colleges with more than 1,000 students, Citadel Military College of South Carolina has the highest ratio of men students (77.14%) and Strayer University-South Carolina has the highest ratio of women students (83.18%).
By gender, 39.24% of total students is men students (102,284) and 60.76% is women students (158,399) in South Carolina collegs.
In 45 4-year South Carolina colleges in United States, there are 72,902 men students which is 40.60% of total students. The proportion of women students at 4-year South Carolina colleges is 59.40% (106,643).
Of the 77,713 students attending South Carolina community colleges (2-4 years colleges), 36.76% are men (49,147) and 63.24% are women students (49,147).
In South Carolina trade schools (less than 2-years schools), there are 816 men and 2,609 women students, accounting for 23.82% and 76.18% of total students.
| School Level | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Levels | 260,683 | 102,284 (39.24%) |
158,399 (60.76%) |
| 4-year Colleges | 179,545 | 72,902 (40.60%) |
106,643 (59.40%) |
| Community Colleges | 77,713 | 28,566 (36.76%) |
49,147 (63.24%) |
| Trade Schools | 3,425 | 816 (23.82%) |
2,609 (76.18%) |
The following table compares student population by gender and school level between South Carolina colleges. A total of 260,683 students have enrolled in South Carolina colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.
| School | Total Enrollment | Undergraduate | Graduate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
| Aiken Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,307 | 745 (32.3%) |
1,562 (67.7%) |
2,307 | 745 (32.3%) |
1,562 (67.7%) | - | - | - |
| Allen UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 610 | 339 (55.6%) |
271 (44.4%) |
576 | 323 (56.1%) |
253 (43.9%) | 34 | 16 (47.1%) |
18 (52.9%) |
| Anderson UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 4,710 | 1,955 (41.5%) |
2,755 (58.5%) |
3,683 | 1,424 (38.7%) |
2,259 (61.3%) | 1,027 | 531 (51.7%) |
496 (48.3%) |
| Charleston Southern UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 3,832 | 1,419 (37.0%) |
2,413 (63.0%) |
3,126 | 1,159 (37.1%) |
1,967 (62.9%) | 706 | 260 (36.8%) |
446 (63.2%) |
| Technical College of the LowcountryPublic, 2-4 year | 2,461 | 836 (34.0%) |
1,625 (66.0%) |
2,461 | 836 (34.0%) |
1,625 (66.0%) | - | - | - |
| Benedict CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,691 | 830 (49.1%) |
861 (50.9%) |
1,628 | 792 (48.6%) |
836 (51.4%) | 63 | 38 (60.3%) |
25 (39.7%) |
| Bob Jones UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,734 | 1,306 (47.8%) |
1,428 (52.2%) |
2,312 | 1,086 (47.0%) |
1,226 (53.0%) | 422 | 220 (52.1%) |
202 (47.9%) |
| Southern Wesleyan UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 980 | 351 (35.8%) |
629 (64.2%) |
784 | 305 (38.9%) |
479 (61.1%) | 196 | 46 (23.5%) |
150 (76.5%) |
| Charleston Cosmetology InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year | 100 | 3 (3.0%) |
97 (97.0%) |
100 | 3 (3.0%) |
97 (97.0%) | - | - | - |
| College of CharlestonPublic, 4-year | 11,926 | 3,770 (31.6%) |
8,156 (68.4%) |
10,880 | 3,518 (32.3%) |
7,362 (67.7%) | 1,046 | 252 (24.1%) |
794 (75.9%) |
| Charzanne Beauty CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year | 32 | - | - | 32 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Northeastern Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,428 | 432 (30.3%) |
996 (69.7%) |
1,428 | 432 (30.3%) |
996 (69.7%) | - | - | - |
| Citadel Military College of South CarolinaPublic, 4-year | 3,793 | 2,926 (77.1%) |
867 (22.9%) |
2,737 | 2,358 (86.2%) |
379 (13.8%) | 1,056 | 568 (53.8%) |
488 (46.2%) |
| Claflin UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,852 | 557 (30.1%) |
1,295 (69.9%) |
1,731 | 513 (29.6%) |
1,218 (70.4%) | 121 | 44 (36.4%) |
77 (63.6%) |
| Clemson UniversityPublic, 4-year | 29,077 | 13,430 (46.2%) |
15,647 (53.8%) |
23,401 | 10,707 (45.8%) |
12,694 (54.2%) | 5,676 | 2,723 (48.0%) |
2,953 (52.0%) |
| Clinton CollegePrivate, 4-year | 126 | 48 (38.1%) |
78 (61.9%) |
126 | 48 (38.1%) |
78 (61.9%) | - | - | - |
| Coker UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,325 | 584 (44.1%) |
741 (55.9%) |
1,220 | 552 (45.2%) |
668 (54.8%) | 105 | 32 (30.5%) |
73 (69.5%) |
| Columbia International UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,914 | 1,312 (45.0%) |
1,602 (55.0%) |
965 | 454 (47.0%) |
511 (53.0%) | 1,949 | 858 (44.0%) |
1,091 (56.0%) |
| Columbia CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,725 | 334 (19.4%) |
1,391 (80.6%) |
1,391 | 288 (20.7%) |
1,103 (79.3%) | 334 | 46 (13.8%) |
288 (86.2%) |
| Converse UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,787 | 450 (25.2%) |
1,337 (74.8%) |
1,173 | 317 (27.0%) |
856 (73.0%) | 614 | 133 (21.7%) |
481 (78.3%) |
| Denmark Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 675 | 278 (41.2%) |
397 (58.8%) |
675 | 278 (41.2%) |
397 (58.8%) | - | - | - |
| Erskine CollegePrivate, 4-year | 912 | 632 (69.3%) |
280 (30.7%) |
803 | 542 (67.5%) |
261 (32.5%) | 109 | 90 (82.6%) |
19 (17.4%) |
| Florence-Darlington Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,522 | 1,215 (34.5%) |
2,307 (65.5%) |
3,522 | 1,215 (34.5%) |
2,307 (65.5%) | - | - | - |
| Francis Marion UniversityPublic, 4-year | 4,112 | 1,374 (33.4%) |
2,738 (66.6%) |
3,692 | 1,293 (35.0%) |
2,399 (65.0%) | 420 | 81 (19.3%) |
339 (80.7%) |
| Furman UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,554 | 1,042 (40.8%) |
1,512 (59.2%) |
2,383 | 1,003 (42.1%) |
1,380 (57.9%) | 171 | 39 (22.8%) |
132 (77.2%) |
| Greenville Technical CollegePublic, 4-year | 11,999 | 4,864 (40.5%) |
7,135 (59.5%) |
11,999 | 4,864 (40.5%) |
7,135 (59.5%) | - | - | - |
| Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 7,923 | 2,823 (35.6%) |
5,100 (64.4%) |
7,923 | 2,823 (35.6%) |
5,100 (64.4%) | - | - | - |
| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-North AugustaPrivate, Less than 2-year | 118 | 6 (5.1%) |
112 (94.9%) |
118 | 6 (5.1%) |
112 (94.9%) | - | - | - |
| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology and Nails-ColumbiaPrivate, Less than 2-year | 127 | 2 (1.6%) |
125 (98.4%) |
127 | 2 (1.6%) |
125 (98.4%) | - | - | - |
| Lander UniversityPublic, 4-year | 4,378 | 1,410 (32.2%) |
2,968 (67.8%) |
3,776 | 1,249 (33.1%) |
2,527 (66.9%) | 602 | 161 (26.7%) |
441 (73.3%) |
| Limestone UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,807 | 862 (47.7%) |
945 (52.3%) |
1,545 | 755 (48.9%) |
790 (51.1%) | 262 | 107 (40.8%) |
155 (59.2%) |
| Medical University of South CarolinaPublic, 4-year | 3,246 | 903 (27.8%) |
2,343 (72.2%) |
303 | 30 (9.9%) |
273 (90.1%) | 2,943 | 873 (29.7%) |
2,070 (70.3%) |
| Midlands Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 9,226 | 3,515 (38.1%) |
5,711 (61.9%) |
9,226 | 3,515 (38.1%) |
5,711 (61.9%) | - | - | - |
| Morris CollegePrivate, 4-year | 383 | 192 (50.1%) |
191 (49.9%) |
383 | 192 (50.1%) |
191 (49.9%) | - | - | - |
| Newberry CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,536 | 762 (49.6%) |
774 (50.4%) |
1,481 | 724 (48.9%) |
757 (51.1%) | 55 | 38 (69.1%) |
17 (30.9%) |
| North Greenville UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,304 | 1,067 (46.3%) |
1,237 (53.7%) |
2,020 | 936 (46.3%) |
1,084 (53.7%) | 284 | 131 (46.1%) |
153 (53.9%) |
| Orangeburg Calhoun Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,106 | 620 (29.4%) |
1,486 (70.6%) |
2,106 | 620 (29.4%) |
1,486 (70.6%) | - | - | - |
| Piedmont Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,143 | 1,689 (32.8%) |
3,454 (67.2%) |
5,143 | 1,689 (32.8%) |
3,454 (67.2%) | - | - | - |
| Presbyterian CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,095 | 471 (43.0%) |
624 (57.0%) |
853 | 426 (49.9%) |
427 (50.1%) | 242 | 45 (18.6%) |
197 (81.4%) |
| University of South Carolina AikenPublic, 4-year | 4,022 | 1,525 (37.9%) |
2,497 (62.1%) |
3,289 | 1,276 (38.8%) |
2,013 (61.2%) | 733 | 249 (34.0%) |
484 (66.0%) |
| University of South Carolina BeaufortPublic, 4-year | 2,208 | 738 (33.4%) |
1,470 (66.6%) |
2,162 | 728 (33.7%) |
1,434 (66.3%) | 46 | 10 (21.7%) |
36 (78.3%) |
| University of South Carolina-ColumbiaPublic, 4-year | 38,532 | 15,466 (40.1%) |
23,066 (59.9%) |
30,187 | 12,341 (40.9%) |
17,846 (59.1%) | 8,345 | 3,125 (37.4%) |
5,220 (62.6%) |
| University of South Carolina-LancasterPublic, 2-4 year | 2,687 | 1,136 (42.3%) |
1,551 (57.7%) |
2,687 | 1,136 (42.3%) |
1,551 (57.7%) | - | - | - |
| University of South Carolina-SalkehatchiePublic, 2-4 year | 799 | 295 (36.9%) |
504 (63.1%) |
799 | 295 (36.9%) |
504 (63.1%) | - | - | - |
| University of South Carolina-SumterPublic, 2-4 year | 1,845 | 827 (44.8%) |
1,018 (55.2%) |
1,845 | 827 (44.8%) |
1,018 (55.2%) | - | - | - |
| University of South Carolina-UnionPublic, 2-4 year | 1,402 | 655 (46.7%) |
747 (53.3%) |
1,402 | 655 (46.7%) |
747 (53.3%) | - | - | - |
| Coastal Carolina UniversityPublic, 4-year | 11,348 | 4,938 (43.5%) |
6,410 (56.5%) |
10,811 | 4,725 (43.7%) |
6,086 (56.3%) | 537 | 213 (39.7%) |
324 (60.3%) |
| South Carolina State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 3,242 | 1,425 (44.0%) |
1,817 (56.0%) |
2,950 | 1,339 (45.4%) |
1,611 (54.6%) | 292 | 86 (29.5%) |
206 (70.5%) |
| University of South Carolina-UpstatePublic, 4-year | 4,916 | 1,624 (33.0%) |
3,292 (67.0%) |
4,487 | 1,533 (34.2%) |
2,954 (65.8%) | 429 | 91 (21.2%) |
338 (78.8%) |
| Spartanburg Methodist CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,119 | 480 (42.9%) |
639 (57.1%) |
1,119 | 480 (42.9%) |
639 (57.1%) | - | - | - |
| Spartanburg Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 6,653 | 2,477 (37.2%) |
4,176 (62.8%) |
6,653 | 2,477 (37.2%) |
4,176 (62.8%) | - | - | - |
| Central Carolina Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,825 | 893 (31.6%) |
1,932 (68.4%) |
2,825 | 893 (31.6%) |
1,932 (68.4%) | - | - | - |
| Tri-County Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,890 | 2,718 (46.1%) |
3,172 (53.9%) |
5,890 | 2,718 (46.1%) |
3,172 (53.9%) | - | - | - |
| Trident Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 13,552 | 4,958 (36.6%) |
8,594 (63.4%) |
13,552 | 4,958 (36.6%) |
8,594 (63.4%) | - | - | - |
| Voorhees UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 578 | 260 (45.0%) |
318 (55.0%) |
440 | 231 (52.5%) |
209 (47.5%) | 138 | 29 (21.0%) |
109 (79.0%) |
| Williamsburg Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 668 | 215 (32.2%) |
453 (67.8%) |
668 | 215 (32.2%) |
453 (67.8%) | - | - | - |
| Winthrop UniversityPublic, 4-year | 4,894 | 1,566 (32.0%) |
3,328 (68.0%) |
3,969 | 1,412 (35.6%) |
2,557 (64.4%) | 925 | 154 (16.6%) |
771 (83.4%) |
| Wofford CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,817 | 881 (48.5%) |
936 (51.5%) |
1,817 | 881 (48.5%) |
936 (51.5%) | - | - | - |
| York Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,771 | 2,009 (42.1%) |
2,762 (57.9%) |
4,771 | 2,009 (42.1%) |
2,762 (57.9%) | - | - | - |
| South University-ColumbiaPrivate, 4-year | 504 | 111 (22.0%) |
393 (78.0%) |
450 | 93 (20.7%) |
357 (79.3%) | 54 | 18 (33.3%) |
36 (66.7%) |
| Academy of Hair TechnologyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 58 | - | 58 (100.0%) |
58 | - | 58 (100.0%) | - | - | - |
| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Rock HillPrivate, Less than 2-year | 181 | 6 (3.3%) |
175 (96.7%) |
181 | 6 (3.3%) |
175 (96.7%) | - | - | - |
| Strand College of Hair DesignPrivate, Less than 2-year | 70 | 1 (1.4%) |
69 (98.6%) |
70 | 1 (1.4%) |
69 (98.6%) | - | - | - |
| Miller-Motte College-CharlestonPrivate, 2-4 year | 9 | 2 (22.2%) |
7 (77.8%) |
9 | 2 (22.2%) |
7 (77.8%) | - | - | - |
| Southeastern College-CharlestonPrivate, 2-4 year | 226 | 14 (6.2%) |
212 (93.8%) |
226 | 14 (6.2%) |
212 (93.8%) | - | - | - |
| LeGrand Institute of Cosmetology IncPrivate, Less than 2-year | 33 | - | 33 (100.0%) |
33 | - | 33 (100.0%) | - | - | - |
| Southeastern College-ColumbiaPrivate, 2-4 year | 267 | 13 (4.9%) |
254 (95.1%) |
267 | 13 (4.9%) |
254 (95.1%) | - | - | - |
| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-SpartanburgPrivate, Less than 2-year | 113 | 2 (1.8%) |
111 (98.2%) |
113 | 2 (1.8%) |
111 (98.2%) | - | - | - |
| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-ColumbiaPrivate, Less than 2-year | 64 | - | 64 (100.0%) |
64 | - | 64 (100.0%) | - | - | - |
| Charleston School of LawPrivate, 4-year | 692 | 215 (31.1%) |
477 (68.9%) |
- | - | - | 692 | 215 (31.1%) |
477 (68.9%) |
| Academy for Careers and TechnologyPublic, Less than 2-year | 37 | 1 (2.7%) |
36 (97.3%) |
37 | 1 (2.7%) |
36 (97.3%) | - | - | - |
| Strayer University-South CarolinaPrivate, 4-year | 2,110 | 355 (16.8%) |
1,755 (83.2%) |
1,868 | 327 (17.5%) |
1,541 (82.5%) | 242 | 28 (11.6%) |
214 (88.4%) |
| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-FlorencePrivate, Less than 2-year | 172 | - | 172 (100.0%) |
172 | - | 172 (100.0%) | - | - | - |
| Fortis College-ColumbiaPrivate, 2-4 year | 582 | 152 (26.1%) |
430 (73.9%) |
582 | 152 (26.1%) |
430 (73.9%) | - | - | - |
| Miller-Motte College-ConwayPrivate, 2-4 year | 3 | 1 (33.3%) |
2 (66.7%) |
3 | 1 (33.3%) |
2 (66.7%) | - | - | - |
| Paul Mitchell the School-ColumbiaPrivate, Less than 2-year | 256 | 37 (14.5%) |
219 (85.5%) |
256 | 37 (14.5%) |
219 (85.5%) | - | - | - |
| Paul Mitchell the School-CharlestonPrivate, Less than 2-year | 264 | 3 (1.1%) |
261 (98.9%) |
264 | 3 (1.1%) |
261 (98.9%) | - | - | - |
| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-GreenvillePrivate, Less than 2-year | 157 | 4 (2.5%) |
153 (97.5%) |
157 | 4 (2.5%) |
153 (97.5%) | - | - | - |
| Paul Mitchell the School-GreenvillePrivate, Less than 2-year | 196 | 5 (2.6%) |
191 (97.4%) |
196 | 5 (2.6%) |
191 (97.4%) | - | - | - |
| ArclabsPrivate, Less than 2-year | 744 | 637 (85.6%) |
107 (14.4%) |
744 | 637 (85.6%) |
107 (14.4%) | - | - | - |
| Top of the Line Barber CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year | 45 | 28 (62.2%) |
17 (37.8%) |
45 | 28 (62.2%) |
17 (37.8%) | - | - | - |
| Barber Tech AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 59 | 36 (61.0%) |
23 (39.0%) |
59 | 36 (61.0%) |
23 (39.0%) | - | - | - |
| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Goose CreekPrivate, Less than 2-year | 152 | - | 152 (100.0%) |
152 | - | 152 (100.0%) | - | - | - |
| Strayer University-Columbia CampusPrivate, 4-year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Southeastern Esthetics InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year | 358 | 6 (1.7%) |
352 (98.3%) |
358 | 6 (1.7%) |
352 (98.3%) | - | - | - |
| Strayer University-Charleston CampusPrivate, 4-year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| American College of the Building ArtsPrivate, 4-year | 155 | 128 (82.6%) |
27 (17.4%) |
155 | 128 (82.6%) |
27 (17.4%) | - | - | - |
| Vski Cosmetology SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year | 31 | - | 31 (100.0%) |
31 | - | 31 (100.0%) | - | - | - |
| ECPI University-GreenvillePrivate, 4-year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ECPI University-CharlestonPrivate, 4-year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ECPI University-ColumbiaPrivate, 4-year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Personal Touch Beauty and Barber CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year | 7 | 2 (28.6%) |
5 (71.4%) |
7 | 2 (28.6%) |
5 (71.4%) | - | - | - |
| Galen Health Institutes-Myrtle BeachPrivate, 2-4 year | 743 | 48 (6.5%) |
695 (93.5%) |
743 | 48 (6.5%) |
695 (93.5%) | - | - | - |
| Barber Tech Academy-ColumbiaPrivate, Less than 2-year | 51 | 37 (72.5%) |
14 (27.5%) |
51 | 37 (72.5%) |
14 (27.5%) | - | - | - |