by our College Data Analytics Team
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University of South Carolina - Columbia was awarded 422 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is hospitality management.
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UofSC is ranked #152 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation.
UofSC is also ranked #2 out of 44 schools in South Carolina.
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The acceptance rate at University of South Carolina - Columbia is a competitive 62%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
About 38% of students accepted to UofSC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 680. Math scores were between 570 and 680.
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With a student to faculty ratio of 18 to 1, University of South Carolina - Columbia is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of South Carolina - Columbia is 72%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 87% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of South Carolina - Columbia enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at UofSC for first-time, full-time students is 64%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 27,271 undergraduates at UofSC with 26,174 being full-time and 1,097 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,130 | $16,404 | $20,325 | $22,517 | $24,733 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UofSC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UofSC, approximately 49% of students took out student loans averaging $8,804 a year. That adds up to $35,216 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UofSC is 3.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for UofSC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | Columbia-Campus, Columbia, SC 29208 |
| Phone: | 803-777-7000 |
| Website: | www.sc.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/uofsc |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/UofSC |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Finance & Financial Management | 553 | $53,758 |
| Public Health | 493 | $29,317 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 406 | NA |
| Child Development & Psychology | 338 | $26,963 |
| Marketing | 335 | $47,936 |
| General Biology | 279 | $24,955 |
| Public Relations & Advertising | 277 | $36,111 |
| Business Administration & Management | 272 | $43,327 |
| Nursing | 255 | $61,735 |
| Physiology & Pathology Sciences | 240 | $23,103 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 20,024 students took at least one online class at University of South Carolina - Columbia. This is a decrease from the 33,092 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 20,024 | 3,416 |
| 2019-2020 | 33,092 | 17,648 |
| 2018-2019 | 11,313 | 1,916 |
| 2017-2018 | 9,708 | 1,609 |
| 2016-2017 | 8,728 | 1,476 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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