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Colleges with High Student to Faculty Ratio in South Carolina

This page lists colleges with the high Student to Faculty Ratio (a faculty teaches/cares more students which means probably less attention/support on each student) in South Carolina. University of South Carolina-Columbia has the lowest students to faculty ratio of 18 to 1 where 2,324 faculty or instructional staffs teach 35,653 undergraduate students in South Carolina.
We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. We also exclude schools which provide programs through online exclusively since those schools have relatively many more students per faculty than regular colleges.
The next table shows the schools that have high Student to Faculty Ratio with total number of students and faculties. Note that the actual ratio is computed based on number of undergraduate students and instructional staffs who teach undergraduate programs. It may differ from the number of faculties shown in below table. You may want to check colleges having the Lowest Student to Faculty Ratio in South Carolina.
Colleges with High Student to Faculty Ratio in South Carolina
NameStudent to Faculty Ratio# of Students# of Full-time Faculty# of Part-time Faculty
1University of South Carolina-Columbia
Public, four-yearsColumbia, SC
18 to 135,6531,693631
2Benedict College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsColumbia, SC
17 to 11,8408834
3South Carolina State University
Public, four-yearsOrangeburg, SC
17 to 12,64913050
4College of Charleston
Public, four-yearsCharleston, SC
16 to 110,885511298
5Clemson University
Public, four-yearsClemson, SC
16 to 128,4661,36099
6Lander University
Public, four-yearsGreenwood, SC
16 to 14,167155146
7Coastal Carolina University
Public, four-yearsConway, SC
16 to 110,337486127
8University of South Carolina Aiken
Public, four-yearsAiken, SC
15 to 13,84015894
9University of South Carolina-Upstate
Public, four-yearsSpartanburg, SC
15 to 14,913232192
10Anderson University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAnderson, SC
14 to 14,121163393