Admission Statistics for South Carolina Colleges

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled

For the academic year 2022-2023, 1,128,086 students have applied and among them 721,179 were admitted to South Carolina Colleges. 168,018 students were finally enrolled into one of accepted schools.

The following table and chart illustrates the number of applicant, admitted, and enrolled students for South Carolina Colleges.

Applicants by State

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled (2022-2023)
South Carolina Colleges
	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
Total	1,128,086	721,179	168,018
Public Schools	803,317	513,434	127,016
4 Years (Or High)	783,601	498,418	121,392
2-4 Years	19,716	15,016	5,624
Less Than 2 Years	0	0	0
Private Schools	324,769	207,745	41,002
4 Years (Or High)	313,192	199,244	37,526
2-4 Years	10,761	7,694	3,040
Less Than 2 Years	816	807	436

[CHART#1] Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled for South Carolina Colleges

63.93% Acceptance Rate

The average acceptance rate of South Carolina Colleges is 63.93% in academic year 2022-2023. Public schools' average acceptance rate was 63.91% and the average rate of private schools was 63.97%. The following table and chart illustrates the average acceptance rate for South Carolina Colleges with comparable factors.

Acceptance Rate by State

Lowest Acceptance Rate

63.93% Acceptance Rate (2022-2023)
South Carolina Colleges
	Acceptance Rate
All Schools Average	63.93%
Public Schools	63.91%
4 Years (Or High)	63.61%
2-4 Years	76.16%
Less Than 2 Years	0.00%
Private Schools	63.97%
4 Years (Or High)	63.62%
2-4 Years	71.50%
Less Than 2 Years	98.90%

[CHART#2] 63.93% Acceptance Rate for South Carolina Colleges

23.30% Yield

The average yield, also know as enrollment rate, of South Carolina Colleges was 23.30% in academic year 2022-2023. Public schools' average admission yield was 24.74% and the average rate of private schools was 19.74%. The admission yield is a rate of number of enrolled students over number of students who are allowed to admit. The following table and chart illustrates the average admission yield for South Carolina Colleges with comparable factors.

23.30% Yield (2022-2023)
South Carolina Colleges
	Admission Yield
All Schools Average	23.30%
Public Schools	24.74%
4 Years (Or High)	24.36%
2-4 Years	37.45%
Less Than 2 Years	0.00%
Private Schools	19.74%
4 Years (Or High)	18.83%
2-4 Years	39.51%
Less Than 2 Years	54.03%

[CHART#3] 23.30% Yield for South Carolina Colleges

1,120 SAT Score

The average SAT score of South Carolina Colleges is 1,120 for the academic year 2022-2023. In public schools, the average SAT score is 1,138 and private schools' average SAT score is 1,104. The following table shows SAT average scores with percentile by subject and school type/level for the academic year 2022-2023.

SAT Score by State

Colleges by SAT Score

Highest SAT Score

1,120 SAT Score (2022-2023)
South Carolina Colleges
		Total	Evidence-based Reading and Writing	Math
All Schools (4-years colleges)	25^th pctl.	1015	515	500
	50^th pctl.	1120	569	551
	75^th pctl.	1221	621	600
Public colleges	25^th pctl.	1036	527	509
	50^th pctl.	1138	579	560
	75^th pctl.	1239	631	608
Private colleges	25^th pctl.	996	505	491
	50^th pctl.	1104	560	544
	75^th pctl.	1205	613	592

[CHART#4] 1,120 SAT Score for South Carolina Colleges

23 ACT Score

The average ACT score (Composite) of South Carolina Colleges is 23 for the academic year 2022-2023. In public schools, the average ACT composite score is 24 and private schools' average ACT score is 22. The following table shows ACT average scores with percentile by subject and school type/level for the academic year 2022-2023.

23 ACT Score (2022-2023)
South Carolina Colleges
		Composite	English	Math
All Schools (4-years colleges)	25^th pctl.	20	19	19
	50^th pctl.	23	23	21
	75^th pctl.	26	26	24
Public colleges	25^th pctl.	21	20	19
	50^th pctl.	24	23	22
	75^th pctl.	27	27	25
Private colleges	25^th pctl.	20	19	18
	50^th pctl.	22	22	21
	75^th pctl.	25	25	24

[CHART#5] 23 ACT Score for South Carolina Colleges