For 2023-2024 admission, the average acceptance rate of South Carolina colleges is 62.13%, 157,825 accepted out of 254,027 applicants.

For South Carolina college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 28,363 (12.57%) compared to last year, from 225,664 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 1,506, which is more than 5.31% last year.

South Carolina colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 2.38% compared to last year, which means harder to get into South Carolina colleges. The yield decreased by 0.56%.

Among South Carolina colleges, Allen University has the lowest acceptance rate of 32.01% with 1,171 accepted students out of 3,658 applicants. Clemson University has the most number of applicants of 60,122 and University of South Carolina-Columbia has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 7,119.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for South Carolina Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in South Carolina. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.

Last Update: July 3, 2024 | Data source: IPEDS
Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for South Carolina Colleges
SchoolApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
Allen University3,658
535
1,171
-183
164
-10
32.01%
-11.35%
14.01%
1.16%
Clemson University60,122
7,303
22,846
142
4,569
-19
38.00%
-4.98%
20.00%
-0.21%
Anderson University4,732
-311
2,508
219
853
55
53.00%
7.61%
34.01%
-0.85%
Furman University8,406
892
4,455
-581
624
-23
53.00%
-14.02%
14.01%
1.16%
Wofford College4,183
-242
2,468
-195
518
11
59.00%
-1.18%
20.99%
1.95%
University of South Carolina-Columbia46,682
4,494
28,476
1,454
7,119
545
61.00%
-3.05%
25.00%
0.67%
Erskine College1,037
-548
633
-211
298
30
61.04%
7.79%
47.08%
15.33%
American College of the Building Arts58
28
36
13
36
13
62.07%
-14.60%
100.00%
North Greenville University3,243
1,046
2,043
372
449
-56
63.00%
-13.06%
21.98%
-8.24%
Converse University2,628
-289
1,682
61
219
-6
64.00%
8.43%
13.02%
-0.86%
Benedict College8,073
1,627
5,409
1,040
325
-56
67.00%
-0.78%
6.01%
-2.71%
Lander University5,184
521
3,525
382
846
4
68.00%
0.60%
24.00%
-2.79%
University of South Carolina Beaufort2,745
266
1,894
-90
492
16
69.00%
-11.03%
25.98%
1.99%
University of South Carolina-Union269
33
188
-1
124
14
69.89%
-10.19%
65.96%
7.76%
University of South Carolina-Upstate3,557
467
2,490
62
672
-16
70.00%
-8.58%
26.99%
-1.35%
Presbyterian College3,359
30
2,418
441
266
-6
71.99%
12.60%
11.00%
-2.76%
College of Charleston26,683
4,663
19,212
2,546
2,690
480
72.00%
-3.69%
14.00%
0.74%
Claflin University6,999
-569
5,109
-794
460
76
73.00%
-5.00%
9.00%
2.49%
Newberry College4,269
1,073
3,202
795
480
82
75.01%
-0.30%
14.99%
-1.55%
Winthrop University5,858
759
4,394
837
879
170
75.01%
5.25%
20.00%
0.07%
University of South Carolina-Sumter594
36
451
50
275
68
75.93%
4.07%
60.98%
9.36%
University of South Carolina-Salkehatchie700
205
532
181
154
19
76.00%
5.09%
28.95%
-9.51%
Charleston Southern University6,072
1,105
4,615
306
738
11
76.00%
-10.75%
15.99%
-0.88%
University of South Carolina-Lancaster646
-85
491
-66
344
3
76.01%
-0.19%
70.06%
8.84%
University of South Carolina Aiken2,905
452
2,324
469
627
75
80.00%
4.38%
26.98%
-2.78%
Coastal Carolina University18,223
1,062
14,578
1,085
2,770
108
80.00%
1.37%
19.00%
-0.73%
Spartanburg Methodist College1,946
-13
1,576
-33
441
-63
80.99%
-1.14%
27.98%
-3.34%
South Carolina State University9,830
2,997
8,061
2,328
1,048
146
82.00%
-1.90%
13.00%
-2.73%
Francis Marion University3,489
-34
2,861
-60
629
17
82.00%
-0.91%
21.99%
1.04%
Southeastern College-Columbia172
69
158
58
90
37
91.86%
-5.23%
56.96%
3.96%
Southeastern College-Charleston117
1
109
-1
72
7
93.16%
-1.67%
66.06%
6.97%
Columbia College2,163
-13
2,076
-59
208
18
95.98%
-2.14%
10.02%
1.12%
Coker University1,121
125
1,087
150
174
-16
96.97%
2.89%
16.01%
-4.27%
Citadel Military College of South Carolina2,883
630
2,825
604
650
-28
97.99%
-0.59%
23.01%
-7.52%
Limestone University3,075
815
3,014
992
332
-2
98.02%
8.55%
11.02%
-5.50%
Columbia International University372
-134
365
121
117
-62
98.12%
49.90%
32.05%
-41.31%
Southern Wesleyan University472
-374
472
39
160
12
100.00%
48.82%
33.90%
-0.28%