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Largest South Carolina Colleges with Most Enrollment

University of South Carolina-Columbia has the most students of 35,653 for academic year 2022-2023 in South Carolina. Clemson University is ranked second with 28,466 students and College of Charleston follows them with 10,885 students. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. Next table shows the schools that have most students by gender.
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Largest South Carolina Colleges with Most Enrollment
NameTotal # of StudentsFemaleMale
1University of South Carolina-Columbia
Public, four-yearsColumbia, SC
35,65320,58315,070
2Clemson University
Public, four-yearsClemson, SC
28,46614,91213,554
3College of Charleston
Public, four-yearsCharleston, SC
10,8857,3873,498
4Coastal Carolina University
Public, four-yearsConway, SC
10,3375,7334,604
5University of South Carolina-Upstate
Public, four-yearsSpartanburg, SC
4,9133,3561,557
6Winthrop University
Public, four-yearsRock Hill, SC
4,7123,2601,452
7Lander University
Public, four-yearsGreenwood, SC
4,1672,8501,317
8Anderson University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAnderson, SC
4,1212,6851,436
9Francis Marion University
Public, four-yearsFlorence, SC
4,0452,7031,342
10University of South Carolina Aiken
Public, four-yearsAiken, SC
3,8402,4611,379
11Citadel Military College of South Carolina
Public, four-yearsCharleston, SC
3,7218902,831
12Charleston Southern University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCharleston, SC
3,4182,1731,245
13South Carolina State University
Public, four-yearsOrangeburg, SC
2,6491,4751,174
14Furman University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsGreenville, SC
2,4431,460983
15North Greenville University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsTigerville, SC
2,1251,130995
16Benedict College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsColumbia, SC
1,8401,012828
17Claflin University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOrangeburg, SC
1,8301,266564
18Wofford College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSpartanburg, SC
1,823953870
19Limestone University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsGaffney, SC
1,786930856
20Columbia College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsColumbia, SC
1,5141,281233