Tightest South Carolina Colleges to Get In

Tightest South Carolina Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The following table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) South Carolina colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Citadel Military College of South Carolina has the lowest acceptance rate as of 22.72% for academic year 2023-2024 in South Carolina. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).

The following table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in South Carolina.

Tightest South Carolina Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2023-2024)
	Name	Acceptance Rate	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Yield
1	Citadel Military College of South Carolina Public, four-yearsCharleston, SC	22.72%	3,252	739	672	90.93%
2	Clemson University Public, four-yearsClemson, SC	38.34%	61,517	23,586	4,880	20.69%
3	Furman University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsGreenville, SC	42.95%	10,813	4,644	608	13.09%
4	Wofford College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSpartanburg, SC	51.94%	4,459	2,316	427	18.44%
5	Anderson University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAnderson, SC	54.71%	4,548	2,488	809	32.52%
6	College of Charleston Public, four-yearsCharleston, SC	60.03%	31,680	19,016	2,265	11.91%
7	University of South Carolina-Columbia Public, four-yearsColumbia, SC	60.15%	52,703	31,701	7,272	22.94%
8	Erskine College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDue West, SC	62.74%	1,892	1,187	264	22.24%
9	Claflin University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOrangeburg, SC	64.93%	8,127	5,277	387	7.33%
10	North Greenville University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsTigerville, SC	66.67%	2,631	1,754	566	32.27%

Tightest South Carolina Colleges With Lowest Acceptance Rate

Tightest South Carolina Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

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