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Best Colleges in South Carolina

The strongest colleges and universities in South Carolina, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

How this list is ranked

The strongest colleges and universities in South Carolina, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

Schools on this list 40
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Admit rate, net price, and SAT in the table are for context. Rank order follows the method above, not those columns.

Rank School Admit Net price SAT
1 Clemson University Clemson, SC 38% $22,253 1240-1410 See record
2 Wofford College Spartanburg, SC 52% $18,732 1198-1343 See record
3 University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC 60% $22,811 1180-1360 See record
4 Furman University Greenville, SC 43% $30,308 1260-1430 See record
5 Citadel Military College of South Carolina Charleston, SC 23% $20,723 1085-1285 See record
6 College of Charleston Charleston, SC 60% $18,960 1140-1310 See record
7 Anderson University Anderson, SC 55% $23,544 1100-1280 See record
8 Bob Jones University Greenville, SC - $16,641 - See record
9 American College of the Building Arts Charleston, SC 44% $30,403 1130-1290 See record
10 Converse University Spartanburg, SC 68% $23,283 1010-1250 See record
11 Winthrop University Rock Hill, SC 79% $15,343 1010-1220 See record
12 North Greenville University Tigerville, SC 67% $21,063 1060-1240 See record
13 Southern Wesleyan University Central, SC 100% $15,464 1040-1210 See record
14 Claflin University Orangeburg, SC 65% $17,800 - See record
15 Presbyterian College Clinton, SC 68% $20,528 980-1200 See record
16 Lander University Greenwood, SC 81% $15,363 950-1178 See record
17 Coastal Carolina University Conway, SC 75% $13,966 1050-1220 See record
18 Charleston Southern University Charleston, SC 96% $21,666 930-1160 See record
19 Columbia International University Columbia, SC 94% $26,036 - See record
20 Erskine College Due West, SC 63% $16,525 - See record
21 Newberry College Newberry, SC 90% $21,656 - See record
22 Francis Marion University Florence, SC 86% $11,386 870-1115 See record
23 University of South Carolina-Upstate Spartanburg, SC 67% $13,557 1005-1175 See record
24 Spartanburg Methodist College Spartanburg, SC 78% $14,580 - See record
25 Voorhees University Denmark, SC - $13,335 - See record
26 University of South Carolina Aiken Aiken, SC 79% $11,641 980-1220 See record
27 Coker University Hartsville, SC 94% $20,286 - See record
28 Columbia College Columbia, SC 94% $18,408 - See record
29 South Carolina State University Orangeburg, SC 83% $18,097 - See record
30 Limestone University Gaffney, SC 97% $19,588 - See record
31 University of South Carolina Beaufort Bluffton, SC 73% $14,656 - See record
32 Benedict College Columbia, SC 96% $18,250 - See record
33 South University-Columbia Columbia, SC - $27,693 - See record
34 Greenville Technical College Greenville, SC - $11,713 - See record
35 Morris College Sumter, SC - $20,555 - See record
36 Strayer University-South Carolina Greenville, SC - $17,979 - See record
37 Clinton College Rock Hill, SC - $11,458 - See record
38 Allen University Columbia, SC 73% $10,972 - See record
39 University of South Carolina-Union Union, SC 62% $8,065 - See record
40 University of South Carolina-Sumter Sumter, SC 74% $7,712 - See record