2,785 Disciplinary Actions Occured at South Carolina College Campuses

2,785

Total Disciplinary Actions

2,739

On-Campus Disciplinary Actions

For the calendar year 2023, 2,785 disciplinary actions made at South Carolina colleges. The disciplinary action rate per 1,000 students is 7.66 at South Carolina college campues. By violation type, there were 32 weapon-related, 532 drug law violation, and 2,221 liquor law violation disciplinary actions.

Of the 2,739 total on-campus disciplinary actions at South Carolina colleges,

  • 1.02% were weapon-related, and the on-campus weapon-related disciplinary action rate per 1,000 students is 0.08.
  • 18.69% were drug law violation, and the on-campus durg law violation disciplinary action per 1,000 students is 1.41.
  • 80.28% were liquor law vioation, and the on-campus liquor law violation disciplinary action rate per 1,000 students is 6.05.

For all disciplinary actions, there were 2,739 on-campus, 18 non-campus, 28 public property, and 2,739 residence hall disciplinary actions made last year. (The number for on-campus disciplinary actions includes residence hall disciplinary actions).

Disciplinary Actions statistics at South Carolina Colleges
TotalOn-CampusNon-CampusPublic PropertiesResidence Halls1Rate per 1000 Students
Total2,7852,73918282,7397.66
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)322804280.09
Drug Law Violation53251210105121.46
Liquor Law Violation2,2212,1998142,1996.11
Rate Per 1000 Students7.667.540.050.087.54-
1 The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Disciplinary Actions Statistics for South Carolina Colleges

The following table summarizes and compares the disciplinary actions statistics between colleges in South Carolina. It includes only on-campus incidents rather than non-campus and public properties.

Last Update: April 22, 2025 | Data source: CSS (Campus Safety and Security), OPE
On-campus Disciplinary Actions Statistics at South Carolina Colleges
StateEnrollmentTotal Disciplinary ActionsRate per 1000 StudentsWeapons (carrying, processing, etc.)Drug Law ViolationLiquor Law Violation
Southeastern University - Seacoast Campus-0-000
Allen University677811.82260
Anderson University4,325225.091318
Charleston Southern University3,545113.10047
Benedict College1,73100.00000
Bob Jones University2,89300.00000
Southern Wesleyan University1,18800.00000
Charleston Cosmetology Institute8900.00000
College of Charleston11,72919816.88130167
Citadel Military College of South Carolina3,7274913.150049
Claflin University1,8354021.8002218
Clemson University28,74744715.55040407
Clemson University - International Center for Automotive Research-0-000
Clemson University - Clemson Design Center-0-000
Clemson University - Clemson University Advanced Materials Center-0-000
Clinton College10600.00000
Coker University1,263129.500012
Columbia International University2,63110.38100
Columbia College1,57200.00000
Converse University1,34196.71036
Denmark Technical College64634.64120
Erskine College9843535.570233
Francis Marion University4,0174912.2001831
Furman University2,50514557.88029116
Greenville Technical College10,66100.00000
Greenville Technical College - Brashier Campus 200-0-000
Greenville Technical College - Benson Campus 300-0-000
Greenville Technical College - Northwest Campus 400-0-000
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology and Nails-Columbia12400.00000
Lander University4,3636615.1301848
Limestone University1,7826737.6002047
Medical University of South Carolina3,11741.28040
Midlands Technical College8,97800.00000
Morris College42100.00000
Newberry College1,507149.29194
North Greenville University2,219114.96092
Piedmont Technical College4,99910.20100
Piedmont Technical College - Laurens County Center-1-100
Presbyterian College1,1364539.6102817
University of South Carolina Aiken3,855184.670612
University of South Carolina Beaufort2,12110549.500897
University of South Carolina-Columbia36,57965017.77061589
University of South Carolina-Lancaster2,32800.00000
University of South Carolina-Salkehatchie80900.00000
University of South Carolina-Sumter1,69200.00000
Coastal Carolina University10,82943339.99246385
South Carolina State University3,04110835.5116866
University of South Carolina-Upstate4,946306.071326
Spartanburg Methodist College1,0294038.8702713
Spartanburg Community College6,33000.00000
Central Carolina Technical College3,00400.00000
Tri-County Technical College5,78010.17001
Tri-County Technical College - Anderson Campus-0-000
Trident Technical College14,02500.00000
Winthrop University4,694316.600247
Wofford College1,8738444.850381
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Rock Hill17200.00000
Charleston School of Law67500.00000
Strayer University-South Carolina2,06100.00000
Strayer University-South Carolina - Charleston-0-000
Arclabs64311.56010
Arclabs - Arclabs Columbia-0-000
Personal Touch Beauty and Barber College1200.00000
Total363,4632,7857.66285122,199