Total 260,683 Students Enrolled in South Carolina Colleges

A total of 260,683 students are enrolled in South Carolina colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.

Student Level: There are 229,813 undergraduate and 30,870 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 88.16% and the proportion of graduate students is 11.84%.
Institution Level: 179,545 students enrolled in 4-year colleges, 77,713 students enrolled in community colleges, and 3,425 students enrolled in trade schools.

South Carolina 4-Year College Enrollment Statistics

For 45 South Carolina 4-year colleges, there are 179,545 students enrolled.

Institution Control: 137,693 (76.69%) students in public and 41,852 (23.31%) in private 4-year colleges.
Student Level: 148,675 (82.81%) undergraduate and 30,870 (17.19%) graduate students in South Carolina public 4-year colleges.
Gender Breakdown: Of the total student population in South Carolina 4-year colleges, 59.40% are women (106,643) and 40.60% are men (72,902). This yields a ratio of approximately 68 male students for every 100 female students.
Online Enrollment: 10,724 (5.97%) undergraduate and 13,778 (7.67%) graduate students are enrolled online in South Carolina 4-year colleges.
Largest and Smallest: For South Carolina colleges, University of South Carolina-Columbia has the most number of students of 38,532 among 4-year colleges. For South Carolina community colleges, Trident Technical College has the most students of 13,552 and Arclabs is the largest trade school with 744.

Student Population By School Level for South Carolina Colleges

By attending status, there are 176,565 full-time students and 84,086 part-time students at South Carolina colleges.

The following table compares student population by school level between South Carolina colleges. A total of 260,683 students have enrolled in South Carolina colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Student Population By School Level between South Carolina Colleges
School	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
School	Total	Total	Full-time	Part-time	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Aiken Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	2,307	2,307	696	1,611	-	-	-
Allen UniversityPrivate, 4-year	610	576	560	16	34	18	16
Anderson UniversityPrivate, 4-year	4,710	3,683	3,084	599	1,027	430	597
Charleston Southern UniversityPrivate, 4-year	3,832	3,126	2,710	416	706	400	306
Technical College of the LowcountryPublic, 2-4 year	2,461	2,461	562	1,899	-	-	-
Benedict CollegePrivate, 4-year	1,691	1,628	1,487	141	63	63	-
Bob Jones UniversityPrivate, 4-year	2,734	2,312	1,911	401	422	102	320
Southern Wesleyan UniversityPrivate, 4-year	980	784	584	200	196	51	145
Charleston Cosmetology InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year	100	100	77	23	-	-	-
College of CharlestonPublic, 4-year	11,926	10,880	10,137	743	1,046	244	802
Charzanne Beauty CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year	32	32	-	-	-	-	-
Northeastern Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	1,428	1,428	220	1,208	-	-	-
Citadel Military College of South CarolinaPublic, 4-year	3,793	2,737	2,550	187	1,056	195	861
Claflin UniversityPrivate, 4-year	1,852	1,731	1,595	136	121	74	47
Clemson UniversityPublic, 4-year	29,077	23,401	22,656	745	5,676	3,394	2,282
Clinton CollegePrivate, 4-year	126	126	123	3	-	-	-
Coker UniversityPrivate, 4-year	1,325	1,220	820	400	105	71	34
Columbia International UniversityPrivate, 4-year	2,914	965	662	303	1,949	759	1,190
Columbia CollegePrivate, 4-year	1,725	1,391	958	433	334	174	160
Converse UniversityPrivate, 4-year	1,787	1,173	1,141	32	614	93	521
Denmark Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	675	675	357	318	-	-	-
Erskine CollegePrivate, 4-year	912	803	766	37	109	5	104
Florence-Darlington Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	3,522	3,522	1,196	2,326	-	-	-
Francis Marion UniversityPublic, 4-year	4,112	3,692	2,523	1,169	420	140	280
Furman UniversityPrivate, 4-year	2,554	2,383	2,366	17	171	122	49
Greenville Technical CollegePublic, 4-year	11,999	11,999	4,608	7,391	-	-	-
Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	7,923	7,923	3,319	4,604	-	-	-
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-North AugustaPrivate, Less than 2-year	118	118	82	36	-	-	-
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology and Nails-ColumbiaPrivate, Less than 2-year	127	127	81	46	-	-	-
Lander UniversityPublic, 4-year	4,378	3,776	3,255	521	602	141	461
Limestone UniversityPrivate, 4-year	1,807	1,545	1,276	269	262	119	143
Medical University of South CarolinaPublic, 4-year	3,246	303	297	6	2,943	2,697	246
Midlands Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	9,226	9,226	3,699	5,527	-	-	-
Morris CollegePrivate, 4-year	383	383	375	8	-	-	-
Newberry CollegePrivate, 4-year	1,536	1,481	1,456	25	55	20	35
North Greenville UniversityPrivate, 4-year	2,304	2,020	1,743	277	284	251	33
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	2,106	2,106	750	1,356	-	-	-
Piedmont Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	5,143	5,143	1,785	3,358	-	-	-
Presbyterian CollegePrivate, 4-year	1,095	853	849	4	242	239	3
University of South Carolina AikenPublic, 4-year	4,022	3,289	2,641	648	733	167	566
University of South Carolina BeaufortPublic, 4-year	2,208	2,162	1,852	310	46	6	40
University of South Carolina-ColumbiaPublic, 4-year	38,532	30,187	29,197	990	8,345	5,696	2,649
University of South Carolina-LancasterPublic, 2-4 year	2,687	2,687	1,011	1,676	-	-	-
University of South Carolina-SalkehatchiePublic, 2-4 year	799	799	286	513	-	-	-
University of South Carolina-SumterPublic, 2-4 year	1,845	1,845	636	1,209	-	-	-
University of South Carolina-UnionPublic, 2-4 year	1,402	1,402	320	1,082	-	-	-
Coastal Carolina UniversityPublic, 4-year	11,348	10,811	10,042	769	537	177	360
South Carolina State UniversityPublic, 4-year	3,242	2,950	2,689	261	292	189	103
University of South Carolina-UpstatePublic, 4-year	4,916	4,487	3,603	884	429	70	359
Spartanburg Methodist CollegePrivate, 4-year	1,119	1,119	1,094	25	-	-	-
Spartanburg Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year	6,653	6,653	2,308	4,345	-	-	-
Central Carolina Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	2,825	2,825	686	2,139	-	-	-
Tri-County Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	5,890	5,890	3,401	2,489	-	-	-
Trident Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	13,552	13,552	4,336	9,216	-	-	-
Voorhees UniversityPrivate, 4-year	578	440	410	30	138	65	73
Williamsburg Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	668	668	94	574	-	-	-
Winthrop UniversityPublic, 4-year	4,894	3,969	3,346	623	925	306	619
Wofford CollegePrivate, 4-year	1,817	1,817	1,806	11	-	-	-
York Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	4,771	4,771	2,106	2,665	-	-	-
South University-ColumbiaPrivate, 4-year	504	450	334	116	54	49	5
Academy of Hair TechnologyPrivate, Less than 2-year	58	58	11	47	-	-	-
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Rock HillPrivate, Less than 2-year	181	181	117	64	-	-	-
Strand College of Hair DesignPrivate, Less than 2-year	70	70	70	-	-	-	-
Miller-Motte College-CharlestonPrivate, 2-4 year	9	9	9	-	-	-	-
Southeastern College-CharlestonPrivate, 2-4 year	226	226	153	73	-	-	-
LeGrand Institute of Cosmetology IncPrivate, Less than 2-year	33	33	33	-	-	-	-
Southeastern College-ColumbiaPrivate, 2-4 year	267	267	204	63	-	-	-
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-SpartanburgPrivate, Less than 2-year	113	113	102	11	-	-	-
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-ColumbiaPrivate, Less than 2-year	64	64	32	32	-	-	-
Charleston School of LawPrivate, 4-year	692	-	-	-	692	628	64
Academy for Careers and TechnologyPublic, Less than 2-year	37	37	37	-	-	-	-
Strayer University-South CarolinaPrivate, 4-year	2,110	1,868	89	1,779	242	63	179
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-FlorencePrivate, Less than 2-year	172	172	117	55	-	-	-
Fortis College-ColumbiaPrivate, 2-4 year	582	582	582	-	-	-	-
Miller-Motte College-ConwayPrivate, 2-4 year	3	3	3	-	-	-	-
Paul Mitchell the School-ColumbiaPrivate, Less than 2-year	256	256	192	64	-	-	-
Paul Mitchell the School-CharlestonPrivate, Less than 2-year	264	264	180	84	-	-	-
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-GreenvillePrivate, Less than 2-year	157	157	117	40	-	-	-
Paul Mitchell the School-GreenvillePrivate, Less than 2-year	196	196	141	55	-	-	-
ArclabsPrivate, Less than 2-year	744	744	444	300	-	-	-
Top of the Line Barber CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year	45	45	28	17	-	-	-
Barber Tech AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year	59	59	39	20	-	-	-
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Goose CreekPrivate, Less than 2-year	152	152	92	60	-	-	-
Strayer University-Columbia CampusPrivate, 4-year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Southeastern Esthetics InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year	358	358	358	-	-	-	-
Strayer University-Charleston CampusPrivate, 4-year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
American College of the Building ArtsPrivate, 4-year	155	155	154	1	-	-	-
Vski Cosmetology SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year	31	31	31	-	-	-	-
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	7	3	4	-	-	-
Galen Health Institutes-Myrtle BeachPrivate, 2-4 year	743	743	444	299	-	-	-
Barber Tech Academy-ColumbiaPrivate, Less than 2-year	51	51	51	-	-	-	-

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