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.

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%.

By school level, 179,545 students enrolled in 4-year colleges, 77,713 students enrolled in community colleges, and 3,425 students enrolled in trade schools.

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.

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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
SchoolTotal EnrollmentUndergraduateGraduate
TotalFull-timePart-time TotalFull-timePart-time
Aiken Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,3072,3076961,611---
Allen UniversityPrivate, 4-year61057656016341816
Anderson UniversityPrivate, 4-year4,7103,6833,0845991,027430597
Charleston Southern UniversityPrivate, 4-year3,8323,1262,710416706400306
Technical College of the LowcountryPublic, 2-4 year2,4612,4615621,899---
Benedict CollegePrivate, 4-year1,6911,6281,4871416363-
Bob Jones UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,7342,3121,911401422102320
Southern Wesleyan UniversityPrivate, 4-year98078458420019651145
Charleston Cosmetology InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year1001007723---
College of CharlestonPublic, 4-year11,92610,88010,1377431,046244802
Charzanne Beauty CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year3232-----
Northeastern Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,4281,4282201,208---
Citadel Military College of South CarolinaPublic, 4-year3,7932,7372,5501871,056195861
Claflin UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,8521,7311,5951361217447
Clemson UniversityPublic, 4-year29,07723,40122,6567455,6763,3942,282
Clinton CollegePrivate, 4-year1261261233---
Coker UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,3251,2208204001057134
Columbia International UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,9149656623031,9497591,190
Columbia CollegePrivate, 4-year1,7251,391958433334174160
Converse UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,7871,1731,1413261493521
Denmark Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year675675357318---
Erskine CollegePrivate, 4-year912803766371095104
Florence-Darlington Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year3,5223,5221,1962,326---
Francis Marion UniversityPublic, 4-year4,1123,6922,5231,169420140280
Furman UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,5542,3832,3661717112249
Greenville Technical CollegePublic, 4-year11,99911,9994,6087,391---
Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year7,9237,9233,3194,604---
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-North AugustaPrivate, Less than 2-year1181188236---
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology and Nails-ColumbiaPrivate, Less than 2-year1271278146---
Lander UniversityPublic, 4-year4,3783,7763,255521602141461
Limestone UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,8071,5451,276269262119143
Medical University of South CarolinaPublic, 4-year3,24630329762,9432,697246
Midlands Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year9,2269,2263,6995,527---
Morris CollegePrivate, 4-year3833833758---
Newberry CollegePrivate, 4-year1,5361,4811,45625552035
North Greenville UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,3042,0201,74327728425133
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,1062,1067501,356---
Piedmont Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year5,1435,1431,7853,358---
Presbyterian CollegePrivate, 4-year1,09585384942422393
University of South Carolina AikenPublic, 4-year4,0223,2892,641648733167566
University of South Carolina BeaufortPublic, 4-year2,2082,1621,85231046640
University of South Carolina-ColumbiaPublic, 4-year38,53230,18729,1979908,3455,6962,649
University of South Carolina-LancasterPublic, 2-4 year2,6872,6871,0111,676---
University of South Carolina-SalkehatchiePublic, 2-4 year799799286513---
University of South Carolina-SumterPublic, 2-4 year1,8451,8456361,209---
University of South Carolina-UnionPublic, 2-4 year1,4021,4023201,082---
Coastal Carolina UniversityPublic, 4-year11,34810,81110,042769537177360
South Carolina State UniversityPublic, 4-year3,2422,9502,689261292189103
University of South Carolina-UpstatePublic, 4-year4,9164,4873,60388442970359
Spartanburg Methodist CollegePrivate, 4-year1,1191,1191,09425---
Spartanburg Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year6,6536,6532,3084,345---
Central Carolina Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,8252,8256862,139---
Tri-County Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year5,8905,8903,4012,489---
Trident Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year13,55213,5524,3369,216---
Voorhees UniversityPrivate, 4-year578440410301386573
Williamsburg Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year66866894574---
Winthrop UniversityPublic, 4-year4,8943,9693,346623925306619
Wofford CollegePrivate, 4-year1,8171,8171,80611---
York Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year4,7714,7712,1062,665---
South University-ColumbiaPrivate, 4-year50445033411654495
Academy of Hair TechnologyPrivate, Less than 2-year58581147---
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Rock HillPrivate, Less than 2-year18118111764---
Strand College of Hair DesignPrivate, Less than 2-year707070----
Miller-Motte College-CharlestonPrivate, 2-4 year999----
Southeastern College-CharlestonPrivate, 2-4 year22622615373---
LeGrand Institute of Cosmetology IncPrivate, Less than 2-year333333----
Southeastern College-ColumbiaPrivate, 2-4 year26726720463---
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-SpartanburgPrivate, Less than 2-year11311310211---
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-ColumbiaPrivate, Less than 2-year64643232---
Charleston School of LawPrivate, 4-year692---69262864
Academy for Careers and TechnologyPublic, Less than 2-year373737----
Strayer University-South CarolinaPrivate, 4-year2,1101,868891,77924263179
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-FlorencePrivate, Less than 2-year17217211755---
Fortis College-ColumbiaPrivate, 2-4 year582582582----
Miller-Motte College-ConwayPrivate, 2-4 year333----
Paul Mitchell the School-ColumbiaPrivate, Less than 2-year25625619264---
Paul Mitchell the School-CharlestonPrivate, Less than 2-year26426418084---
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-GreenvillePrivate, Less than 2-year15715711740---
Paul Mitchell the School-GreenvillePrivate, Less than 2-year19619614155---
ArclabsPrivate, Less than 2-year744744444300---
Top of the Line Barber CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year45452817---
Barber Tech AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year59593920---
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Goose CreekPrivate, Less than 2-year1521529260---
Strayer University-Columbia CampusPrivate, 4-year-------
Southeastern Esthetics InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year358358358----
Strayer University-Charleston CampusPrivate, 4-year-------
American College of the Building ArtsPrivate, 4-year1551551541---
Vski Cosmetology SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year313131----
ECPI University-GreenvillePrivate, 4-year-------
ECPI University-CharlestonPrivate, 4-year-------
ECPI University-ColumbiaPrivate, 4-year-------
Personal Touch Beauty and Barber CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year7734---
Galen Health Institutes-Myrtle BeachPrivate, 2-4 year743743444299---
Barber Tech Academy-ColumbiaPrivate, Less than 2-year515151----
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