A total of 245,502 students are enrolled in South Carolina colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.

There are 215,733 undergraduate and 29,769 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 87.87% and the proportion of graduate students is 12.13%.

By school level, 169,549 students enrolled in 4-year colleges, 72,748 students enrolled in community colleges, and 3,205 students enrolled in trade schools.

For South Carolina colleges, University of South Carolina-Columbia has the most number of students of 35,653 among 4-year colleges. For South Carolina community colleges, Trident Technical College has the most students of 11,789 and Arclabs is the largest trade school with 503.

Student Population By School Level for South Carolina Colleges

By attending status, there are 165,866 full-time students and 79,636 part-time students at South Carolina colleges.

The following table compares student population by school level between South Carolina colleges. A total of 245,502 students have enrolled in South Carolina colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Student Population By School Level between South Carolina Colleges
SchoolTotal EnrollmentUndergraduateGraduate
TotalFull-timePart-time TotalFull-timePart-time
Aiken Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,1212,1216991,422---
Allen UniversityPrivate, 4-year65760357627542628
Anderson UniversityPrivate, 4-year4,1213,2372,857380884759125
Charleston Southern UniversityPrivate, 4-year3,4182,8362,583253582206376
Technical College of the LowcountryPublic, 2-4 year2,1962,1964581,738---
Benedict CollegePrivate, 4-year1,8401,7961,708884444-
Bob Jones UniversityPrivate, 4-year3,0952,6652,26540043074356
Southern Wesleyan UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,17589664125527951228
Charleston Cosmetology InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year1011016536---
College of CharlestonPublic, 4-year10,8859,9729,185787913279634
Charzanne Beauty CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year43432815---
Northeastern Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,4661,4662401,226---
Citadel Military College of South CarolinaPublic, 4-year3,7212,6952,4692261,026183843
Claflin UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,8301,7491,618131814734
Clemson UniversityPublic, 4-year28,46622,56621,7418255,9003,2932,607
Clinton CollegePrivate, 4-year1971971925---
Coker UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,1601,0607473131003367
Columbia International UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,4811,0015644371,4801811,299
Columbia CollegePrivate, 4-year1,5141,173790383341167174
Converse UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,28480478123480120360
Denmark Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year725725327398---
Erskine CollegePrivate, 4-year9568177645313911128
Florence-Darlington Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,9402,9401,1121,828---
Francis Marion UniversityPublic, 4-year4,0453,6352,5831,052410112298
Furman UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,4432,2832,2641916011743
Greenville Technical CollegePublic, 4-year11,38011,3804,1927,188---
Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year8,1378,1373,5754,562---
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-North AugustaPrivate, Less than 2-year1131138330---
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology and Nails-ColumbiaPrivate, Less than 2-year1241247450---
Lander UniversityPublic, 4-year4,1673,5623,197365605120485
Limestone UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,7861,6021,31428818415925
Medical University of South CarolinaPublic, 4-year3,175300290102,8752,614261
Midlands Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year9,0919,0913,6695,422---
Morris CollegePrivate, 4-year3843843804---
Newberry CollegePrivate, 4-year1,3121,2961,264321697
North Greenville UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,1251,8391,57426528624145
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,0122,0125631,449---
Piedmont Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year5,3155,3151,7333,582---
Presbyterian CollegePrivate, 4-year1,199955893622442377
University of South Carolina AikenPublic, 4-year3,8403,1452,452693695158537
University of South Carolina BeaufortPublic, 4-year2,1242,0531,66538871863
University of South Carolina-ColumbiaPublic, 4-year35,65327,34326,2421,1018,3105,6992,611
University of South Carolina-LancasterPublic, 2-4 year1,7721,7726751,097---
University of South Carolina-SalkehatchiePublic, 2-4 year745745285460---
University of South Carolina-SumterPublic, 2-4 year1,5371,5374981,039---
University of South Carolina-UnionPublic, 2-4 year1,0981,098294804---
Coastal Carolina UniversityPublic, 4-year10,3379,7949,015779543148395
South Carolina State UniversityPublic, 4-year2,6492,3742,114260275171104
University of South Carolina-UpstatePublic, 4-year4,9134,4813,58589643247385
Spartanburg Methodist CollegePrivate, 4-year1,0641,064958106---
Spartanburg Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year6,2246,2242,4773,747---
Central Carolina Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year3,3143,3149022,412---
Tri-County Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year5,6295,6293,1542,475---
Trident Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year11,78911,7893,9697,820---
Voorhees UniversityPrivate, 4-year507473418553434-
Williamsburg Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year673673116557---
Winthrop UniversityPublic, 4-year4,7123,7413,179562971318653
Wofford CollegePrivate, 4-year1,8231,8231,80716---
York Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year4,5214,5211,9042,617---
South University-ColumbiaPrivate, 4-year51042032298907317
Academy of Hair TechnologyPrivate, Less than 2-year72721656---
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Rock HillPrivate, Less than 2-year17417410965---
Strand College of Hair DesignPrivate, Less than 2-year929292----
Miller-Motte College-CharlestonPrivate, 2-4 year1741741686---
Southeastern College-CharlestonPrivate, 2-4 year19619614155---
LeGrand Institute of Cosmetology IncPrivate, Less than 2-year303030----
Southeastern College-ColumbiaPrivate, 2-4 year15515511540---
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-SpartanburgPrivate, Less than 2-year15615612333---
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-ColumbiaPrivate, Less than 2-year1171178433---
Charleston School of LawPrivate, 4-year619---61957346
Academy for Careers and TechnologyPublic, Less than 2-year484848----
Strayer University-South CarolinaPrivate, 4-year1,8411,6251371,48821635181
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-FlorencePrivate, Less than 2-year18218212755---
Fortis College-ColumbiaPrivate, 2-4 year431431431----
Miller-Motte College-ConwayPrivate, 2-4 year2352352332---
Paul Mitchell the School-ColumbiaPrivate, Less than 2-year23623618947---
Paul Mitchell the School-CharlestonPrivate, Less than 2-year28428420084---
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-GreenvillePrivate, Less than 2-year14614611234---
Paul Mitchell the School-GreenvillePrivate, Less than 2-year1531539756---
ArclabsPrivate, Less than 2-year503503308195---
Top of the Line Barber CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year52523517---
Barber Tech AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year65655015---
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Goose CreekPrivate, Less than 2-year14614610244---
Strayer University-Columbia CampusPrivate, 4-year-------
Southeastern Esthetics InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year32832828840---
Strayer University-Charleston CampusPrivate, 4-year-------
American College of the Building ArtsPrivate, 4-year1411411392---
Vski Cosmetology SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year323232----
ECPI University-GreenvillePrivate, 4-year-------
ECPI University-CharlestonPrivate, 4-year-------
ECPI University-ColumbiaPrivate, 4-year-------
Personal Touch Beauty and Barber CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year8835---
Galen Health Institutes-Myrtle BeachPrivate, 2-4 year25225221231---