Top Colleges in South Carolina Student Population

A total of 80,527 students enroll in Top Colleges in South Carolina. By gender, of the total student body, 43.90% are male (35,355) and 56.10% are female (45,172).

The average student population of Top Colleges in South Carolina is 8,053. University of South Carolina-Columbia is the largest with 35,653 students, and Erskine College is the smallest with 956 students among Top Colleges in South Carolina.

There are 62,609 undergraduate students in Top Colleges in South Carolina, 77.75% of the student body. Graduate students account for 22.25% of the total students.

Of the Top Colleges in South Carolina, University of South Carolina-Columbia has the largest undergraduate and graduate schools with 27,343 undergraduate and 8,310 graduate schools.


Table. Top Colleges in South Carolina Student Population Comparison
RankSchoolTotalBy GenderBy LevelOnline Enrollment
MenWomenUndergraduateGraduateUndergraduateGraduate
1Southern Wesleyan UniversityCentral, SC1,175389786896279256279
2Clemson UniversityClemson, SC28,46613,55414,91222,5665,9001862,022
3North Greenville UniversityTigerville, SC2,1259951,1301,839286204143
4University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, SC35,65315,07020,58327,3438,3107452,426
5Anderson UniversityAnderson, SC4,1211,4362,6853,237884248624
6Erskine CollegeDue West, SC956643313817139-46
7Furman UniversityGreenville, SC2,4439831,4602,283160-74
8Wofford CollegeSpartanburg, SC1,8238709531,823---
9Columbia International UniversityColumbia, SC2,4811,1421,3391,0011,4802111,381
10Converse UniversitySpartanburg, SC1,2842731,0118044804117
-Average8,0533,5364,5176,2611,991206790