A total of 245,502 students are enrolled in South Carolina colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
By gender, there are 97,113 men students and 148,389 students. The men to woman students ratio is 0.65 to 1.
In 4-year colleges, 58.84% of total enrollment is women students and 41.16% is men students. In community colleges, the women students' proportion is 63.29%.
For South Carolina colleges with more than 1,000 students, Citadel Military College of South Carolina has the highest ratio of men students (76.08%) and Columbia College has the highest ratio of women students (84.61%).
By gender, 39.56% of total students is men students (97,113) and 60.44% is women students (148,389) in South Carolina collegs.
In 45 4-year South Carolina colleges in United States, there are 69,791 men students which is 41.16% of total students. The proportion of women students at 4-year South Carolina colleges is 58.84% (99,758).
Of the 72,748 students attending South Carolina community colleges (2-4 years colleges), 36.71% are men (46,045) and 63.29% are women students (46,045).
In South Carolina trade schools (less than 2-years schools), there are 619 men and 2,586 women students, accounting for 19.31% and 80.69% of total students.
| School Level | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Levels | 245,502 | 97,113 (39.56%) |
148,389 (60.44%) |
| 4-year Colleges | 169,549 | 69,791 (41.16%) |
99,758 (58.84%) |
| Community Colleges | 72,748 | 26,703 (36.71%) |
46,045 (63.29%) |
| Trade Schools | 3,205 | 619 (19.31%) |
2,586 (80.69%) |
The following table compares student population by gender and school level between South Carolina colleges. A total of 245,502 students have enrolled in South Carolina colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.
| School | Total Enrollment | Undergraduate | Graduate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
| Aiken Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,121 | 748 (35.3%) |
1,373 (64.7%) |
2,121 | 748 (35.3%) |
1,373 (64.7%) | - | - | - |
| Allen UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 657 | 372 (56.6%) |
285 (43.4%) |
603 | 344 (57.0%) |
259 (43.0%) | 54 | 28 (51.9%) |
26 (48.1%) |
| Anderson UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 4,121 | 1,436 (34.8%) |
2,685 (65.2%) |
3,237 | 1,068 (33.0%) |
2,169 (67.0%) | 884 | 368 (41.6%) |
516 (58.4%) |
| Charleston Southern UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 3,418 | 1,245 (36.4%) |
2,173 (63.6%) |
2,836 | 1,037 (36.6%) |
1,799 (63.4%) | 582 | 208 (35.7%) |
374 (64.3%) |
| Technical College of the LowcountryPublic, 2-4 year | 2,196 | 646 (29.4%) |
1,550 (70.6%) |
2,196 | 646 (29.4%) |
1,550 (70.6%) | - | - | - |
| Benedict CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,840 | 828 (45.0%) |
1,012 (55.0%) |
1,796 | 799 (44.5%) |
997 (55.5%) | 44 | 29 (65.9%) |
15 (34.1%) |
| Bob Jones UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 3,095 | 1,424 (46.0%) |
1,671 (54.0%) |
2,665 | 1,206 (45.3%) |
1,459 (54.7%) | 430 | 218 (50.7%) |
212 (49.3%) |
| Southern Wesleyan UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,175 | 389 (33.1%) |
786 (66.9%) |
896 | 337 (37.6%) |
559 (62.4%) | 279 | 52 (18.6%) |
227 (81.4%) |
| Charleston Cosmetology InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year | 101 | 1 (1.0%) |
100 (99.0%) |
101 | 1 (1.0%) |
100 (99.0%) | - | - | - |
| College of CharlestonPublic, 4-year | 10,885 | 3,498 (32.1%) |
7,387 (67.9%) |
9,972 | 3,281 (32.9%) |
6,691 (67.1%) | 913 | 217 (23.8%) |
696 (76.2%) |
| Charzanne Beauty CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year | 43 | 2 (4.7%) |
41 (95.3%) |
43 | 2 (4.7%) |
41 (95.3%) | - | - | - |
| Northeastern Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,466 | 425 (29.0%) |
1,041 (71.0%) |
1,466 | 425 (29.0%) |
1,041 (71.0%) | - | - | - |
| Citadel Military College of South CarolinaPublic, 4-year | 3,721 | 2,831 (76.1%) |
890 (23.9%) |
2,695 | 2,297 (85.2%) |
398 (14.8%) | 1,026 | 534 (52.0%) |
492 (48.0%) |
| Claflin UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,830 | 564 (30.8%) |
1,266 (69.2%) |
1,749 | 548 (31.3%) |
1,201 (68.7%) | 81 | 16 (19.8%) |
65 (80.2%) |
| Clemson UniversityPublic, 4-year | 28,466 | 13,554 (47.6%) |
14,912 (52.4%) |
22,566 | 10,717 (47.5%) |
11,849 (52.5%) | 5,900 | 2,837 (48.1%) |
3,063 (51.9%) |
| Clinton CollegePrivate, 4-year | 197 | 86 (43.7%) |
111 (56.3%) |
197 | 86 (43.7%) |
111 (56.3%) | - | - | - |
| Coker UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,160 | 516 (44.5%) |
644 (55.5%) |
1,060 | 487 (45.9%) |
573 (54.1%) | 100 | 29 (29.0%) |
71 (71.0%) |
| Columbia International UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,481 | 1,142 (46.0%) |
1,339 (54.0%) |
1,001 | 481 (48.1%) |
520 (51.9%) | 1,480 | 661 (44.7%) |
819 (55.3%) |
| Columbia CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,514 | 233 (15.4%) |
1,281 (84.6%) |
1,173 | 188 (16.0%) |
985 (84.0%) | 341 | 45 (13.2%) |
296 (86.8%) |
| Converse UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,284 | 273 (21.3%) |
1,011 (78.7%) |
804 | 169 (21.0%) |
635 (79.0%) | 480 | 104 (21.7%) |
376 (78.3%) |
| Denmark Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 725 | 298 (41.1%) |
427 (58.9%) |
725 | 298 (41.1%) |
427 (58.9%) | - | - | - |
| Erskine CollegePrivate, 4-year | 956 | 643 (67.3%) |
313 (32.7%) |
817 | 540 (66.1%) |
277 (33.9%) | 139 | 103 (74.1%) |
36 (25.9%) |
| Florence-Darlington Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,940 | 1,087 (37.0%) |
1,853 (63.0%) |
2,940 | 1,087 (37.0%) |
1,853 (63.0%) | - | - | - |
| Francis Marion UniversityPublic, 4-year | 4,045 | 1,342 (33.2%) |
2,703 (66.8%) |
3,635 | 1,257 (34.6%) |
2,378 (65.4%) | 410 | 85 (20.7%) |
325 (79.3%) |
| Furman UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,443 | 983 (40.2%) |
1,460 (59.8%) |
2,283 | 944 (41.3%) |
1,339 (58.7%) | 160 | 39 (24.4%) |
121 (75.6%) |
| Greenville Technical CollegePublic, 4-year | 11,380 | 4,584 (40.3%) |
6,796 (59.7%) |
11,380 | 4,584 (40.3%) |
6,796 (59.7%) | - | - | - |
| Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 8,137 | 2,816 (34.6%) |
5,321 (65.4%) |
8,137 | 2,816 (34.6%) |
5,321 (65.4%) | - | - | - |
| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-North AugustaPrivate, Less than 2-year | 113 | 4 (3.5%) |
109 (96.5%) |
113 | 4 (3.5%) |
109 (96.5%) | - | - | - |
| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology and Nails-ColumbiaPrivate, Less than 2-year | 124 | 5 (4.0%) |
119 (96.0%) |
124 | 5 (4.0%) |
119 (96.0%) | - | - | - |
| Lander UniversityPublic, 4-year | 4,167 | 1,317 (31.6%) |
2,850 (68.4%) |
3,562 | 1,150 (32.3%) |
2,412 (67.7%) | 605 | 167 (27.6%) |
438 (72.4%) |
| Limestone UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,786 | 856 (47.9%) |
930 (52.1%) |
1,602 | 781 (48.8%) |
821 (51.2%) | 184 | 75 (40.8%) |
109 (59.2%) |
| Medical University of South CarolinaPublic, 4-year | 3,175 | 943 (29.7%) |
2,232 (70.3%) |
300 | 32 (10.7%) |
268 (89.3%) | 2,875 | 911 (31.7%) |
1,964 (68.3%) |
| Midlands Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 9,091 | 3,392 (37.3%) |
5,699 (62.7%) |
9,091 | 3,392 (37.3%) |
5,699 (62.7%) | - | - | - |
| Morris CollegePrivate, 4-year | 384 | 182 (47.4%) |
202 (52.6%) |
384 | 182 (47.4%) |
202 (52.6%) | - | - | - |
| Newberry CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,312 | 724 (55.2%) |
588 (44.8%) |
1,296 | 715 (55.2%) |
581 (44.8%) | 16 | 9 (56.3%) |
7 (43.8%) |
| North Greenville UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,125 | 995 (46.8%) |
1,130 (53.2%) |
1,839 | 846 (46.0%) |
993 (54.0%) | 286 | 149 (52.1%) |
137 (47.9%) |
| Orangeburg Calhoun Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,012 | 590 (29.3%) |
1,422 (70.7%) |
2,012 | 590 (29.3%) |
1,422 (70.7%) | - | - | - |
| Piedmont Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,315 | 1,664 (31.3%) |
3,651 (68.7%) |
5,315 | 1,664 (31.3%) |
3,651 (68.7%) | - | - | - |
| Presbyterian CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,199 | 510 (42.5%) |
689 (57.5%) |
955 | 461 (48.3%) |
494 (51.7%) | 244 | 49 (20.1%) |
195 (79.9%) |
| University of South Carolina AikenPublic, 4-year | 3,840 | 1,379 (35.9%) |
2,461 (64.1%) |
3,145 | 1,148 (36.5%) |
1,997 (63.5%) | 695 | 231 (33.2%) |
464 (66.8%) |
| University of South Carolina BeaufortPublic, 4-year | 2,124 | 672 (31.6%) |
1,452 (68.4%) |
2,053 | 661 (32.2%) |
1,392 (67.8%) | 71 | 11 (15.5%) |
60 (84.5%) |
| University of South Carolina-ColumbiaPublic, 4-year | 35,653 | 15,070 (42.3%) |
20,583 (57.7%) |
27,343 | 11,975 (43.8%) |
15,368 (56.2%) | 8,310 | 3,095 (37.2%) |
5,215 (62.8%) |
| University of South Carolina-LancasterPublic, 2-4 year | 1,772 | 717 (40.5%) |
1,055 (59.5%) |
1,772 | 717 (40.5%) |
1,055 (59.5%) | - | - | - |
| University of South Carolina-SalkehatchiePublic, 2-4 year | 745 | 299 (40.1%) |
446 (59.9%) |
745 | 299 (40.1%) |
446 (59.9%) | - | - | - |
| University of South Carolina-SumterPublic, 2-4 year | 1,537 | 677 (44.0%) |
860 (56.0%) |
1,537 | 677 (44.0%) |
860 (56.0%) | - | - | - |
| University of South Carolina-UnionPublic, 2-4 year | 1,098 | 497 (45.3%) |
601 (54.7%) |
1,098 | 497 (45.3%) |
601 (54.7%) | - | - | - |
| Coastal Carolina UniversityPublic, 4-year | 10,337 | 4,604 (44.5%) |
5,733 (55.5%) |
9,794 | 4,417 (45.1%) |
5,377 (54.9%) | 543 | 187 (34.4%) |
356 (65.6%) |
| South Carolina State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 2,649 | 1,174 (44.3%) |
1,475 (55.7%) |
2,374 | 1,094 (46.1%) |
1,280 (53.9%) | 275 | 80 (29.1%) |
195 (70.9%) |
| University of South Carolina-UpstatePublic, 4-year | 4,913 | 1,557 (31.7%) |
3,356 (68.3%) |
4,481 | 1,482 (33.1%) |
2,999 (66.9%) | 432 | 75 (17.4%) |
357 (82.6%) |
| Spartanburg Methodist CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,064 | 488 (45.9%) |
576 (54.1%) |
1,064 | 488 (45.9%) |
576 (54.1%) | - | - | - |
| Spartanburg Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 6,224 | 2,412 (38.8%) |
3,812 (61.2%) |
6,224 | 2,412 (38.8%) |
3,812 (61.2%) | - | - | - |
| Central Carolina Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,314 | 974 (29.4%) |
2,340 (70.6%) |
3,314 | 974 (29.4%) |
2,340 (70.6%) | - | - | - |
| Tri-County Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,629 | 2,640 (46.9%) |
2,989 (53.1%) |
5,629 | 2,640 (46.9%) |
2,989 (53.1%) | - | - | - |
| Trident Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 11,789 | 4,473 (37.9%) |
7,316 (62.1%) |
11,789 | 4,473 (37.9%) |
7,316 (62.1%) | - | - | - |
| Voorhees UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 507 | 215 (42.4%) |
292 (57.6%) |
473 | 211 (44.6%) |
262 (55.4%) | 34 | 4 (11.8%) |
30 (88.2%) |
| Williamsburg Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 673 | 224 (33.3%) |
449 (66.7%) |
673 | 224 (33.3%) |
449 (66.7%) | - | - | - |
| Winthrop UniversityPublic, 4-year | 4,712 | 1,452 (30.8%) |
3,260 (69.2%) |
3,741 | 1,263 (33.8%) |
2,478 (66.2%) | 971 | 189 (19.5%) |
782 (80.5%) |
| Wofford CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,823 | 870 (47.7%) |
953 (52.3%) |
1,823 | 870 (47.7%) |
953 (52.3%) | - | - | - |
| York Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,521 | 1,862 (41.2%) |
2,659 (58.8%) |
4,521 | 1,862 (41.2%) |
2,659 (58.8%) | - | - | - |
| South University-ColumbiaPrivate, 4-year | 510 | 80 (15.7%) |
430 (84.3%) |
420 | 61 (14.5%) |
359 (85.5%) | 90 | 19 (21.1%) |
71 (78.9%) |
| Academy of Hair TechnologyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 72 | 1 (1.4%) |
71 (98.6%) |
72 | 1 (1.4%) |
71 (98.6%) | - | - | - |
| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Rock HillPrivate, Less than 2-year | 174 | 3 (1.7%) |
171 (98.3%) |
174 | 3 (1.7%) |
171 (98.3%) | - | - | - |
| Strand College of Hair DesignPrivate, Less than 2-year | 92 | 1 (1.1%) |
91 (98.9%) |
92 | 1 (1.1%) |
91 (98.9%) | - | - | - |
| Miller-Motte College-CharlestonPrivate, 2-4 year | 174 | 56 (32.2%) |
118 (67.8%) |
174 | 56 (32.2%) |
118 (67.8%) | - | - | - |
| Southeastern College-CharlestonPrivate, 2-4 year | 196 | 18 (9.2%) |
178 (90.8%) |
196 | 18 (9.2%) |
178 (90.8%) | - | - | - |
| LeGrand Institute of Cosmetology IncPrivate, Less than 2-year | 30 | - | 30 (100.0%) |
30 | - | 30 (100.0%) | - | - | - |
| Southeastern College-ColumbiaPrivate, 2-4 year | 155 | 8 (5.2%) |
147 (94.8%) |
155 | 8 (5.2%) |
147 (94.8%) | - | - | - |
| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-SpartanburgPrivate, Less than 2-year | 156 | 2 (1.3%) |
154 (98.7%) |
156 | 2 (1.3%) |
154 (98.7%) | - | - | - |
| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-ColumbiaPrivate, Less than 2-year | 117 | 3 (2.6%) |
114 (97.4%) |
117 | 3 (2.6%) |
114 (97.4%) | - | - | - |
| Charleston School of LawPrivate, 4-year | 619 | 237 (38.3%) |
382 (61.7%) |
- | - | - | 619 | 237 (38.3%) |
382 (61.7%) |
| Academy for Careers and TechnologyPublic, Less than 2-year | 48 | - | 48 (100.0%) |
48 | - | 48 (100.0%) | - | - | - |
| Strayer University-South CarolinaPrivate, 4-year | 1,841 | 402 (21.8%) |
1,439 (78.2%) |
1,625 | 365 (22.5%) |
1,260 (77.5%) | 216 | 37 (17.1%) |
179 (82.9%) |
| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-FlorencePrivate, Less than 2-year | 182 | - | 182 (100.0%) |
182 | - | 182 (100.0%) | - | - | - |
| Fortis College-ColumbiaPrivate, 2-4 year | 431 | 89 (20.6%) |
342 (79.4%) |
431 | 89 (20.6%) |
342 (79.4%) | - | - | - |
| Miller-Motte College-ConwayPrivate, 2-4 year | 235 | 73 (31.1%) |
162 (68.9%) |
235 | 73 (31.1%) |
162 (68.9%) | - | - | - |
| Paul Mitchell the School-ColumbiaPrivate, Less than 2-year | 236 | 43 (18.2%) |
193 (81.8%) |
236 | 43 (18.2%) |
193 (81.8%) | - | - | - |
| Paul Mitchell the School-CharlestonPrivate, Less than 2-year | 284 | 11 (3.9%) |
273 (96.1%) |
284 | 11 (3.9%) |
273 (96.1%) | - | - | - |
| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-GreenvillePrivate, Less than 2-year | 146 | 2 (1.4%) |
144 (98.6%) |
146 | 2 (1.4%) |
144 (98.6%) | - | - | - |
| Paul Mitchell the School-GreenvillePrivate, Less than 2-year | 153 | 6 (3.9%) |
147 (96.1%) |
153 | 6 (3.9%) |
147 (96.1%) | - | - | - |
| ArclabsPrivate, Less than 2-year | 503 | 457 (90.9%) |
46 (9.1%) |
503 | 457 (90.9%) |
46 (9.1%) | - | - | - |
| Top of the Line Barber CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year | 52 | 35 (67.3%) |
17 (32.7%) |
52 | 35 (67.3%) |
17 (32.7%) | - | - | - |
| Barber Tech AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 65 | 36 (55.4%) |
29 (44.6%) |
65 | 36 (55.4%) |
29 (44.6%) | - | - | - |
| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Goose CreekPrivate, Less than 2-year | 146 | 3 (2.1%) |
143 (97.9%) |
146 | 3 (2.1%) |
143 (97.9%) | - | - | - |
| Strayer University-Columbia CampusPrivate, 4-year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Southeastern Esthetics InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year | 328 | 2 (0.6%) |
326 (99.4%) |
328 | 2 (0.6%) |
326 (99.4%) | - | - | - |
| Strayer University-Charleston CampusPrivate, 4-year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| American College of the Building ArtsPrivate, 4-year | 141 | 121 (85.8%) |
20 (14.2%) |
141 | 121 (85.8%) |
20 (14.2%) | - | - | - |
| Vski Cosmetology SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year | 32 | 1 (3.1%) |
31 (96.9%) |
32 | 1 (3.1%) |
31 (96.9%) | - | - | - |
| ECPI University-GreenvillePrivate, 4-year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ECPI University-CharlestonPrivate, 4-year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ECPI University-ColumbiaPrivate, 4-year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Personal Touch Beauty and Barber CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year | 8 | 1 (12.5%) |
7 (87.5%) |
8 | 1 (12.5%) |
7 (87.5%) | - | - | - |
| Galen Health Institutes-Myrtle BeachPrivate, 2-4 year | 252 | 18 (7.1%) |
234 (92.9%) |
252 | 18 (7.1%) |
234 (92.9%) | - | - | - |