Largest South Carolina Public Colleges

University of South Carolina-Columbia is the largest public South Carolina college with 35,653 students. The percentage of online students is 8.89% at the school.

Clemson University with 28,466 students and Greenville Technical College with 11,380 students are following it in the largetst South Carolina college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest South Carolina online colleges.

University of South Carolina-Columbia stays at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. Clemson University also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $26,902 and graduate tuition & fees is $26,646 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 69.56% and the average SAT score is 1,140 at the schools.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% online students. Instead, you can check largest online colleges at the largest online colleges.

Table. Largest South Carolina Public Colleges With Most Students Comparison
School NameTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentOnline EnrollmentStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
-		University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SCPublic, 4-year 35,653
182		27,3438,31015,07020,5833,17118 to 1
2
-		Clemson University Clemson, SCPublic, 4-year 28,466
1,125		22,5665,90013,55414,9122,20816 to 1
3
2		Greenville Technical College Greenville, SCPublic, 4-year 11,380
1,624		11,380-4,5846,7963,69217 to 1
4
1		College of Charleston Charleston, SCPublic, 4-year 10,885
56		9,9729133,4987,38770716 to 1
5
1		Coastal Carolina University Conway, SCPublic, 4-year 10,337
136		9,7945434,6045,73355416 to 1
6
-		University of South Carolina-Upstate Spartanburg, SCPublic, 4-year 4,913
525		4,4814321,5573,3561,18415 to 1
7
-		Winthrop University Rock Hill, SCPublic, 4-year 4,712
462		3,7419711,4523,26066512 to 1
8
2		Lander University Greenwood, SCPublic, 4-year 4,167
342		3,5626051,3172,85079416 to 1
9
1		Francis Marion University Florence, SCPublic, 4-year 4,045
122		3,6354101,3422,70335213 to 1
10
1		University of South Carolina Aiken Aiken, SCPublic, 4-year 3,840
29		3,1456951,3792,4611,24515 to 1
Average11,8409,9622,0874,8367,0041,45715 to 1