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.

Citadel Military College of South Carolina, has the highest yield rate of 90.93% for academic year 2024-2025 in South Carolina. Southern Wesleyan University is positioned second with 33.41% yield and Anderson University follows them with 33%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded 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 (2025)
	Name	Yield	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Acceptance Rate
1	Citadel Military College of South Carolina Public, four-yearsCharleston, SC	90.93%	3,252	739	672	22.72%
2	Southern Wesleyan University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCentral, SC	33.41%	427	425	142	99.53%
3	Anderson University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAnderson, SC	32.52%	4,548	2,488	809	54.71%
4	North Greenville University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsTigerville, SC	32.27%	2,631	1,754	566	66.67%
5	University of South Carolina Aiken Public, four-yearsAiken, SC	28.22%	3,005	2,360	666	78.54%
6	University of South Carolina-Upstate Public, four-yearsSpartanburg, SC	24.04%	4,682	3,149	757	67.26%
7	University of South Carolina-Columbia Public, four-yearsColumbia, SC	22.94%	52,703	31,701	7,272	60.15%
8	Coker University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHartsville, SC	22.72%	993	933	212	93.96%
9	Lander University Public, four-yearsGreenwood, SC	22.71%	4,565	3,712	843	81.31%
10	Francis Marion University Public, four-yearsFlorence, SC	22.47%	3,616	3,124	702	86.39%

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Most Favored South Carolina Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

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