Colleges in South Carolina
Solyo has full profiles for 7 colleges in South Carolina: 5 public, 2 private nonprofit. The median family here pays $18,960 a year after grant aid, $2,605 below the national median. Half of these schools admit more than 60% of applicants. They sit across 7 cities, concentrated in Charleston, Clemson, Columbia.
What South Carolina costs
Published in-state tuition at the median South Carolina public university is $12,978 a year before aid. Residency is worth the most at College of Charleston, where an out-of-state family pays $25,318 more for the same degree.
After grants and scholarships the range runs from $13,966 at Coastal Carolina University to $30,308 at Furman University. That spread is the reason a sticker price is a poor way to build a list in South Carolina.
Why net price beats sticker price, and what an average one does and does not tell a particular family.
How selective South Carolina schools are
Clemson University admits 38% of applicants and Winthrop University admits 79%. A list drawn only from the selective end of that range has no likely school in it, which is the most common mistake in a first draft.
The highest average SAT reported in South Carolina is 1371 at Furman University.
Every South Carolina college profile
Ordered by selectivity, most selective first.
- Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina · Public38% acceptance · $22,253 net price · 1353 avg SAT
- Furman UniversityGreenville, South Carolina · Private nonprofit43% acceptance · $30,308 net price · 1371 avg SAT
- Wofford CollegeSpartanburg, South Carolina · Private nonprofit52% acceptance · $18,732 net price · 1296 avg SAT
- College of CharlestonCharleston, South Carolina · Public60% acceptance · $18,960 net price · 1247 avg SAT
- University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, South Carolina · Public60% acceptance · $22,811 net price · 1297 avg SAT
- Coastal Carolina UniversityConway, South Carolina · Public75% acceptance · $13,966 net price · 1143 avg SAT
- Winthrop UniversityRock Hill, South Carolina · Public79% acceptance · $15,343 net price · 1139 avg SAT
Other South states
On median net price South Carolina is the 11th most affordable of the 17 South states in this directory, and the 15th most accessible on median acceptance rate. In-state pricing makes the neighbouring states worth checking too.
- Texas (17)
- Florida (12)
- Georgia (12)
- Virginia (12)
- North Carolina (11)
- Maryland (8)
- Tennessee (8)
- Alabama (7)
- Kentucky (5)
- Louisiana (3)
- Oklahoma (3)
- District of Columbia (2)
- Mississippi (2)
- Delaware (1)
- West Virginia (1)
- Arkansas (1)
Where to go next
- College search filter South Carolina and every other state by major, cost and selectivity
- How to read these numbers what each figure on a profile measures
- All 8 HBCUs in South Carolina admission rates, net price and graduate earnings
- Scholarship directory awards with published odds, filterable by state
- All 50 states and Washington D.C.