Total Student Population Comparison
The total student population of Colleges in South Carolina is 260,987 with 158,560 female students and 102,427 male students. This enrollment statistics is based on the latest data from IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education for academic year 2024-2025. The following table compares the student population for both undergraduate and graduate schools between Colleges in South Carolina.
Among the Colleges in South Carolina, University of -Columbia has the most enrolled students of 38,532, while Miller-Motte College-Conway has the least number of students of 3 for both in graduate and undergraduate programs.
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Undergraduate Student Population
The total undergraduate population of Colleges in South Carolina is 229,730 with 139,033 female students and 90,697 male students. The following table compares 2024-2025 undergraduate enrollment between Colleges in South Carolina.
Among the Colleges in South Carolina, University of -Columbia has the most enrolled undergraduate students of 30,187, while Miller-Motte College-Conway has the least number of undergraduate students of 3.
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Graduate Student Population
The total graduate population of Colleges in South Carolina is 31,257 with 19,527 female students and 11,730 male students. The following table compares 2023-2024 graduate enrollment between Colleges in South Carolina.
Among the Colleges in South Carolina, University of -Columbia has the most enrolled graduate students of 8,345, while Allen University has the least number of graduate students of 34.
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| Name | Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen University | 34 | 16 | 18 | |
| Anderson University | 1,027 | 531 | 496 | |
| Charleston Southern University | 706 | 260 | 446 | |
| Benedict College | 63 | 38 | 25 | |
| Bob Jones University | 422 | 220 | 202 | |
| Southern Wesleyan University | 196 | 46 | 150 | |
| College of Charleston | 1,046 | 252 | 794 | |
| Citadel Military College of | 1,056 | 568 | 488 | |
| Claflin University | 121 | 44 | 77 | |
| Clemson University | 5,676 | 2,723 | 2,953 | |
| Coker University | 105 | 32 | 73 | |
| Columbia International University | 1,949 | 858 | 1,091 | |
| Columbia College | 334 | 46 | 288 | |
| Converse University | 614 | 133 | 481 | |
| Erskine College | 109 | 90 | 19 | |
| Francis Marion University | 420 | 81 | 339 | |
| Furman University | 171 | 39 | 132 | |
| Lander University | 602 | 161 | 441 | |
| Limestone University | 262 | 107 | 155 | |
| Medical University of | 2,943 | 873 | 2,070 | |
| Newberry College | 55 | 38 | 17 | |
| North Greenville University | 284 | 131 | 153 | |
| Presbyterian College | 242 | 45 | 197 | |
| University of Aiken | 733 | 249 | 484 | |
| University of Beaufort | 46 | 10 | 36 | |
| University of -Columbia | 8,345 | 3,125 | 5,220 | |
| Coastal Carolina University | 537 | 213 | 324 | |
| State University | 292 | 86 | 206 | |
| University of -Upstate | 429 | 91 | 338 | |
| Sherman College of Chiropractic | 387 | 180 | 207 | |
| Voorhees University | 138 | 29 | 109 | |
| Winthrop University | 925 | 154 | 771 | |
| South University-Columbia | 54 | 18 | 36 | |
| Charleston School of Law | 692 | 215 | 477 | |
| Strayer University- | 242 | 28 | 214 | |
| Charzanne Beauty College | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Forrest College | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Sumter Beauty College | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| ITT Technical Institute-Greenville | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Golf Academy of America-Myrtle Beach | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Centura College-North Charleston | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Centura College-Columbia | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| W L Bonner College | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| University of Phoenix- | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| The Art Institute of Charleston | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| ITT Technical Institute-Columbia | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Virginia College-Greenville | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Virginia College-Charleston | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Brown Mackie College-Greenville | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Remington College-Columbia Campus | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Aiken School of Cosmetology and Barbering | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Virginia College-Columbia | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| ITT Technical Institute-North Charleston | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Virginia College-Spartanburg | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Cosmetic Arts Institute | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| ITT Technical Institute-Myrtle Beach | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Palmetto Beauty School | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Columbia Academy of Cosmetology | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Virginia College-Florence | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| B-Unique Beauty and Barber Academy | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Construction Training Center | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| International Diving Institute | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| ECPI University-Greenville | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| ECPI University-Charleston | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| ECPI University-Columbia | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Strayer University-Columbia Campus | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Strayer University-Charleston Campus | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Total | 31,257 | 11,730 | 19,527 | |
Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment
The following table compares 2023-2024 distance learning enrollment for both undergraduate and graduate programs between Colleges in South Carolina. In undergraduate programs, out of total 224,416 students, 41,805 students (18.63%) have taken courses only through distance learning and 89,572 students (39.91%) have learned from at least one online course. For graduate schools, out of total 31,257 students, 13,778 students (44.08%) have taken courses only through distance learning and 3,516 students (11.25%) have learned from at least one online course.
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| Name | Undergraduate | Graduate | |||||
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| Total | Online Exclusively | Some Online Classes | Total | Online Exclusively | Some Online Classes | ||
| Aiken Technical College | 2,307 | 909 (39.40%) |
792 (34.33%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Allen University | 576 | 10 (1.74%) |
102 (17.71%) | 34 | 34 (100.00%) |
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| Anderson University | 3,683 | 171 (4.64%) |
1,811 (49.17%) | 1,027 | 444 (43.23%) |
338 (32.91%) | |
| Charleston Southern University | 3,126 | 360 (11.52%) |
1,456 (46.58%) | 706 | 329 (46.60%) |
131 (18.56%) | |
| Technical College of the Lowcountry | 2,461 | 1,096 (44.53%) |
792 (32.18%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Benedict College | 1,628 | 96 (5.90%) |
819 (50.31%) | 63 | 16 (25.40%) |
1 (1.59%) | |
| Bob Jones University | 2,312 | 218 (9.43%) |
361 (15.61%) | 422 | 159 (37.68%) |
33 (7.82%) | |
| Southern Wesleyan University | 784 | 216 (27.55%) |
278 (35.46%) | 196 | 196 (100.00%) |
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| Charleston Cosmetology Institute | Charleston Cosmetology Institute does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| College of Charleston | 10,880 | 137 (1.26%) |
4,980 (45.77%) | 1,046 | 689 (65.87%) |
77 (7.36%) | |
| Strayer University-Charleston Campus | Strayer University-Charleston Campus does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Northeastern Technical College | 1,428 | 995 (69.68%) |
190 (13.31%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Citadel Military College of South Carolina | 2,737 | 143 (5.22%) |
335 (12.24%) | 1,056 | 739 (69.98%) |
190 (17.99%) | |
| Claflin University | 1,731 | 227 (13.11%) |
- | 121 | 98 (80.99%) |
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| Clemson University | 23,401 | 150 (0.64%) |
8,205 (35.06%) | 5,676 | 1,896 (33.40%) |
801 (14.11%) | |
| Clinton College | 126 | - | 11 (8.73%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Coker University | 1,220 | 532 (43.61%) |
360 (29.51%) | 105 | 105 (100.00%) |
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| Columbia International University | 965 | 251 (26.01%) |
89 (9.22%) | 1,949 | 1,677 (86.04%) |
164 (8.41%) | |
| Columbia College | 1,391 | 692 (49.75%) |
375 (26.96%) | 334 | 272 (81.44%) |
2 (0.60%) | |
| Converse University | 1,173 | - | 502 (42.80%) | 614 | 161 (26.22%) |
43 (7.00%) | |
| Denmark Technical College | 675 | 245 (36.30%) |
305 (45.19%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Erskine College | 803 | - | 147 (18.31%) | 109 | 27 (24.77%) |
12 (11.01%) | |
| Florence-Darlington Technical College | 3,522 | 1,423 (40.40%) |
1,003 (28.48%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Francis Marion University | 3,692 | 556 (15.06%) |
1,154 (31.26%) | 420 | 252 (60.00%) |
78 (18.57%) | |
| Furman University | 2,383 | - | 5 (0.21%) | 171 | 51 (29.82%) |
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| Greenville Technical College | 11,999 | 3,774 (31.45%) |
4,118 (34.32%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Horry-Georgetown Technical College | 7,923 | 3,289 (41.51%) |
2,601 (32.83%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-North Augusta | Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-North Augusta does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology and Nails-Columbia | Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology and Nails-Columbia does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Lander University | 3,776 | 487 (12.90%) |
1,510 (39.99%) | 602 | 517 (85.88%) |
38 (6.31%) | |
| Limestone University | 1,545 | 525 (33.98%) |
864 (55.92%) | 262 | 262 (100.00%) |
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| Medical University of South Carolina | 303 | 58 (19.14%) |
245 (80.86%) | 2,943 | 598 (20.32%) |
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| Midlands Technical College | 9,226 | 2,891 (31.34%) |
3,489 (37.82%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Morris College | 383 | 21 (5.48%) |
227 (59.27%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Newberry College | 1,481 | 85 (5.74%) |
315 (21.27%) | 55 | 55 (100.00%) |
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| North Greenville University | 2,020 | 304 (15.05%) |
669 (33.12%) | 284 | 172 (60.56%) |
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| Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College | 2,106 | 1,189 (56.46%) |
631 (29.96%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Piedmont Technical College | 5,143 | 2,154 (41.88%) |
1,643 (31.95%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Presbyterian College | 853 | - | 18 (2.11%) | 242 | - | - | |
| University of South Carolina Aiken | 3,289 | 566 (17.21%) |
1,439 (43.75%) | 733 | 703 (95.91%) |
1 (0.14%) | |
| University of South Carolina Beaufort | 2,162 | 358 (16.56%) |
1,390 (64.29%) | 46 | 39 (84.78%) |
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| University of South Carolina-Columbia | 30,187 | 1,060 (3.51%) |
20,451 (67.75%) | 8,345 | 2,459 (29.47%) |
1,224 (14.67%) | |
| University of South Carolina-Lancaster | 2,687 | 608 (22.63%) |
845 (31.45%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| University of South Carolina-Salkehatchie | 799 | 172 (21.53%) |
242 (30.29%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| University of South Carolina-Sumter | 1,845 | 525 (28.46%) |
630 (34.15%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| University of South Carolina-Union | 1,402 | 310 (22.11%) |
481 (34.31%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Coastal Carolina University | 10,811 | 277 (2.56%) |
4,352 (40.26%) | 537 | 249 (46.37%) |
82 (15.27%) | |
| South Carolina State University | 2,950 | 55 (1.86%) |
1,875 (63.56%) | 292 | 127 (43.49%) |
30 (10.27%) | |
| University of South Carolina-Upstate | 4,487 | 798 (17.78%) |
2,981 (66.44%) | 429 | 365 (85.08%) |
35 (8.16%) | |
| Sherman College of Chiropractic | No Undergraduate Level Courses Offered | 387 | - | 166 (42.89%) | |||
| Spartanburg Methodist College | 1,119 | 185 (16.53%) |
333 (29.76%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Spartanburg Community College | 6,653 | 1,467 (22.05%) |
1,838 (27.63%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Central Carolina Technical College | 2,825 | 1,054 (37.31%) |
801 (28.35%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Tri-County Technical College | 5,890 | 918 (15.59%) |
2,268 (38.51%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Trident Technical College | 13,552 | 6,295 (46.45%) |
2,982 (22.00%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Voorhees University | 440 | 85 (19.32%) |
355 (80.68%) | 138 | 138 (100.00%) |
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| Williamsburg Technical College | 668 | 162 (24.25%) |
148 (22.16%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Winthrop University | 3,969 | 140 (3.53%) |
2,663 (67.09%) | 925 | 691 (74.70%) |
65 (7.03%) | |
| Wofford College | Wofford College does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| York Technical College | 4,771 | 1,393 (29.20%) |
1,856 (38.90%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| South University-Columbia | 450 | 300 (66.67%) |
26 (5.78%) | 54 | 15 (27.78%) |
5 (9.26%) | |
| Academy of Hair Technology | Academy of Hair Technology does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Rock Hill | Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Rock Hill does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Strand College of Hair Design | Strand College of Hair Design does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Miller-Motte College-Charleston | 9 | - | 9 (100.00%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Southeastern College-Charleston | 226 | 6 (2.65%) |
14 (6.19%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| LeGrand Institute of Cosmetology Inc | LeGrand Institute of Cosmetology Inc does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Southeastern College-Columbia | 267 | - | - | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Spartanburg | Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Spartanburg does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Columbia | Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Columbia does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Charleston School of Law | No Undergraduate Level Courses Offered | 692 | 1 (0.14%) |
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| Academy for Careers and Technology | Academy for Careers and Technology does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Strayer University-South Carolina | 1,868 | 1,867 (99.95%) |
1 (0.05%) | 242 | 242 (100.00%) |
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| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Florence | Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Florence does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Fortis College-Columbia | 582 | - | 444 (76.29%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Miller-Motte College-Conway | 3 | - | 3 (100.00%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Paul Mitchell the School-Columbia | Paul Mitchell the School-Columbia does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Paul Mitchell the School-Charleston | Paul Mitchell the School-Charleston does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Greenville | Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Greenville does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Paul Mitchell the School-Greenville | Paul Mitchell the School-Greenville does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| American College of the Building Arts | American College of the Building Arts does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Arclabs | Arclabs does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Top of the Line Barber College | Top of the Line Barber College does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Barber Tech Academy | Barber Tech Academy does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Goose Creek | Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Goose Creek does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Southeastern Esthetics Institute | Southeastern Esthetics Institute does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Vski Cosmetology School | Vski Cosmetology School does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Personal Touch Beauty and Barber College | Personal Touch Beauty and Barber College does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Galen Health Institutes-Myrtle Beach | 743 | - | 743 (100.00%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Barber Tech Academy-Columbia | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||||
| Average | 224,416 | 41,805 (18.63%) |
89,572 (39.91%) |
31,257 | 13,778 (44.08%) |
3,516 (11.25%) | |
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