Most Favored South Carolina Colleges

Most Favored South Carolina Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in South Carolina. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.

Anderson University, has the highest yield rate of 34.86% for academic year 2022-2023 in South Carolina. Southern Wesleyan University is positioned second with 34.18% yield and Erskine College follows them with 32%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in South Carolina.

Most Favored South Carolina Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2023)
	Name	Yield	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Acceptance Rate
1	Anderson University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAnderson, SC	34.86%	5,043	2,289	798	45.39%
2	Southern Wesleyan University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCentral, SC	34.18%	846	433	148	51.18%
3	Erskine College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDue West, SC	31.75%	1,585	844	268	53.25%
4	Citadel Military College of South Carolina Public, four-yearsCharleston, SC	30.53%	2,253	2,221	678	98.58%
5	North Greenville University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsTigerville, SC	30.22%	2,197	1,671	505	76.06%
6	University of South Carolina Aiken Public, four-yearsAiken, SC	29.76%	2,453	1,855	552	75.62%
7	University of South Carolina-Upstate Public, four-yearsSpartanburg, SC	28.34%	3,090	2,428	688	78.58%
8	Lander University Public, four-yearsGreenwood, SC	26.79%	4,663	3,143	842	67.40%
9	University of South Carolina-Columbia Public, four-yearsColumbia, SC	24.33%	42,188	27,022	6,574	64.05%
10	Francis Marion University Public, four-yearsFlorence, SC	20.95%	3,523	2,921	612	82.91%

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