Largest South Carolina Colleges

University of South Carolina-Columbia is the largest South Carolina college with 35,653 students. The percentage of online students is 8.89% at the school.

Clemson University with 28,466 students and Greenville Technical College with 11,380 students are following it in the largetst South Carolina college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest South Carolina online colleges.

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Key Admission and Academic Facts of Largest South Carolina Colleges With Most Students

University of South Carolina-Columbia is the largest school with 35,653 students and Clemson University has the second largest population with 28,466 students. We note again that colleges with more than 50% of online students are excluded for the ranking.

University of South Carolina-Columbia stay at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. Clemson University also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $28,083 and graduate tuition & fees is $25,019 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 67.27% and the average SAT score is 1,142 at the schools.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Largest South Carolina Colleges With Most Students.

Table. Largest South Carolina Colleges With Most Students Comparison
	School Name	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Online Enrollment	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC Public, four-years	35,653 183	27,343	8,310	15,070	20,583	3,171	18 to 1
2 -	Clemson University Clemson, SC Public, four-years	28,466 2,060	22,566	5,900	13,554	14,912	2,208	16 to 1
3 -	Greenville Technical College Greenville, SC Public, four-years	11,380 844	11,380	-	4,584	6,796	3,692	17 to 1
4 -	College of Charleston Charleston, SC Public, four-years	10,885 501	9,972	913	3,498	7,387	707	16 to 1
5 -	Coastal Carolina University Conway, SC Public, four-years	10,337 219	9,794	543	4,604	5,733	554	16 to 1
6 -	University of South Carolina-Upstate Spartanburg, SC Public, four-years	4,913 1,125	4,481	432	1,557	3,356	1,184	15 to 1
7 -	Winthrop University Rock Hill, SC Public, four-years	4,712 864	3,741	971	1,452	3,260	665	12 to 1
8 4	Lander University Greenwood, SC Public, four-years	4,167 654	3,562	605	1,317	2,850	794	16 to 1
9 1	Anderson University Anderson, SC Private, four-years	4,121 273	3,237	884	1,436	2,685	872	14 to 1
10 2	Francis Marion University Florence, SC Public, four-years	4,045 103	3,635	410	1,342	2,703	352	13 to 1
	Average	11,868	9,971	2,108	4,841	7,027	1,420	15 to 1

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