61.09% of Applicants Accepted to South Carolina Colleges in 2025 Admission

274,063

Applicants

167,432

Admitted

61.09%

Acceptance Rate

18.00%

Yield

For 2024-2025 admission, the average acceptance rate of South Carolina colleges is 61.09%, 167,432 accepted out of 274,063 applicants.

For South Carolina college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 20,036 (7.89%) compared to last year, from 254,027 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 217, which is more than 0.73% last year.

South Carolina colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 1.12% compared to last year, which means harder to get into South Carolina colleges. The yield decreased by 0.93%.

Among South Carolina colleges, Citadel Military College of South Carolina has the lowest acceptance rate of 22.72% with 739 accepted students out of 3,252 applicants. Clemson University has the most number of applicants of 61,517 and University of South Carolina-Columbia has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 7,272.

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.

Data source: IPEDS
Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for South Carolina Colleges
SchoolApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
Citadel Military College of South Carolina3,252
369		739
-2,089		672
11		22.72%
-75.37%		90.93%
67.56%
Clemson University61,517
1,395		23,586
707		4,880
386		38.34%
0.29%		20.69%
1.05%
Furman University10,813
2,407		4,644
225		608
-12		42.95%
-9.62%		13.09%
-0.94%
American College of the Building Arts126
68		56
20		53
17		44.44%
-17.63%		94.64%
-5.36%
Wofford College4,459
276		2,316
-135		427
-83		51.94%
-6.65%		18.44%
-2.37%
Anderson University4,548
-184		2,488
-11		809
-40		54.71%
1.90%		32.52%
-1.45%
College of Charleston31,680
4,997		19,016
-196		2,265
-372		60.03%
-11.97%		11.91%
-1.82%
University of South Carolina-Columbia52,703
6,021		31,701
2,995		7,272
-47		60.15%
-1.34%		22.94%
-2.56%
University of South Carolina-Union360
91		224
36		129
5		62.22%
-7.67%		57.59%
-8.37%
Erskine College1,892
855		1,187
559		264
-31		62.74%
2.18%		22.24%
-24.73%
Claflin University8,127
1,128		5,277
199		387
-69		64.93%
-7.62%		7.33%
-1.65%
North Greenville University2,631
-612		1,754
-282		566
128		66.67%
3.89%		32.27%
10.76%
University of South Carolina-Upstate4,682
1,125		3,149
673		757
83		67.26%
-2.35%		24.04%
-3.18%
Converse University2,979
351		2,018
336		242
17		67.74%
3.74%		11.99%
-1.39%
Presbyterian College3,297
-62		2,254
-176		262
-3		68.37%
-3.97%		11.62%
0.71%
University of South Carolina Beaufort2,895
150		2,099
200		547
44		72.50%
3.32%		26.06%
-0.43%
Allen University3,529
-129		2,560
1,385		156
-14		72.54%
40.42%		6.09%
-8.38%
University of South Carolina-Sumter717
123		531
78		287
9		74.06%
-2.20%		54.05%
-7.32%
Coastal Carolina University21,028
2,805		15,828
1,215		2,677
-98		75.27%
-4.92%		16.91%
-2.08%
University of South Carolina-Salkehatchie679
-21		516
-18		119
-38		75.99%
-0.30%		23.06%
-6.34%
Spartanburg Methodist College2,212
266		1,729
145		484
34		78.16%
-3.24%		27.99%
-0.42%
University of South Carolina Aiken3,005
100		2,360
44		666
50		78.54%
-1.18%		28.22%
1.62%
Winthrop University7,552
1,694		5,985
1,588		900
33		79.25%
4.19%		15.04%
-4.68%
Lander University4,565
-619		3,712
191		843
-3		81.31%
13.39%		22.71%
-1.32%
South Carolina State University11,017
1,187		9,102
1,068		1,042
-37		82.62%
0.89%		11.45%
-1.98%
University of South Carolina-Lancaster628
-18		524
34		347
6		83.44%
7.59%		66.22%
-3.37%
Francis Marion University3,616
127		3,124
255		702
70		86.39%
4.16%		22.47%
0.44%
Newberry College4,683
414		4,205
1,012		433
-37		89.79%
15.00%		10.30%
-4.42%
Columbia College2,634
471		2,474
402		211
7		93.93%
-1.86%		8.53%
-1.32%
Coker University993
-128		933
-157		212
40		93.96%
-3.27%		22.72%
6.94%
Columbia International University416
44		393
30		138
22		94.47%
-3.11%		35.11%
3.15%
Benedict College5,098
-2,975		4,879
-554		390
52		95.70%
28.40%		7.99%
1.77%
Charleston Southern University4,660
-1,412		4,495
-125		795
70		96.46%
20.37%		17.69%
2.00%
Limestone University3,027
-48		2,944
-78		337
16		97.26%
-1.02%		11.45%
0.83%
Southeastern College-Columbia112
-60		109
-50		63
-27		97.32%
4.88%		57.80%
1.20%
Southeastern College-Charleston104
-13		102
-7		65
-7		98.08%
4.92%		63.73%
-2.33%
Southern Wesleyan University427
-45		425
-47		142
-17		99.53%
-0.47%		33.41%
-0.28%