62.13% of Applicants Accepted to South Carolina Colleges in 2023-2024 Admission

For 2023-2024 admission, the average acceptance rate of South Carolina colleges is 62.13%, 157,825 accepted out of 254,027 applicants.

For South Carolina college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 28,363 (12.57%) compared to last year, from 225,664 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 1,506, which is more than 5.31% last year.

South Carolina colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 2.38% compared to last year, which means harder to get into South Carolina colleges. The yield decreased by 0.56%.

Among South Carolina colleges, Allen University has the lowest acceptance rate of 32.01% with 1,171 accepted students out of 3,658 applicants. Clemson University has the most number of applicants of 60,122 and University of South Carolina-Columbia has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 7,119.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for South Carolina Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in South Carolina. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.