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Located in Columbia, South Carolina, University of South Carolina - Columbia is a public institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

781 Undergraduate Degrees
784 Graduate Degrees
$41,430 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
64% Acceptance Rate

Where Is University of South Carolina - Columbia?

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Contact details for UofSC are given below.

Contact Details
Address: Columbia-Campus, Columbia, SC 29208
Phone: 803-777-7000
Website: www.sc.edu

How Do I Get Into UofSC?

You can apply to UofSC online at: www.sc.edu/apply/index.php

Admission Requirements for UofSC

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 5
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 3
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into UofSC?

64% Acceptance Rate
63% Of Accepted Are Women
33% Submit SAT Scores
The acceptance rate at UofSC is 64%, which is a sign that the school is fairly selective. While it may not be as hard to get into as other colleges, you should not take admission for granted.

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 59%, and the acceptance rate for women is 67%.

Average Test Scores

About 33% of students accepted to UofSC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 600 and 690. Math scores were between 580 and 690.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for University of South Carolina - Columbia  ( 600 to 690 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for University of South Carolina - Columbia  ( 580 to 690 )
200
800
UofSC received ACT scores from 17% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 25 and 33. Math scores were between 24 and 0. Composite scores were between 27 and 32.

ACT English Scores for University of South Carolina - Columbia  ( 25 to 33 )
1
36
ACT Composite Scores for University of South Carolina - Columbia  ( 27 to 32 )
1
36

Can I Afford University of South Carolina - Columbia?

$41,430 Net Price
48% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of UofSC is $41,430. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UofSC, approximately 48% of students took out student loans averaging $9,631 a year. That adds up to $38,524 over four years for those students.

University of South Carolina - Columbia Undergraduate Student Diversity

26,174 Full-Time Undergraduates
54% Women
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 27,271 undergraduate students at UofSC, with 26,174 being full-time and 1,097 being part-time.

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There are also 8,199 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 26,174 full-time undergraduates at UofSC, 46% are male and 54% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of South Carolina - Columbia students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 989
Black or African American 2,223
Hispanic or Latino 1,380
White 19,559
International Students 656
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,367

Geographic Diversity

South Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at University of South Carolina - Columbia. At this time, 44 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 108 countries are represented at UofSC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

University of South Carolina - Columbia Healthcare Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
General Public Health 435 0 19 5 459
Registered Nursing 241 0 26 0 267
Medicine 0 0 0 183 183
Pharmacy 0 0 0 108 108
Other Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration 82 0 0 0 82
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist 0 0 68 0 68
Athletic Training 0 0 48 0 48
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 0 0 43 0 43
Nurse Anesthetist 0 0 30 0 30
Critical Care Nursing 0 0 29 0 29
Physical Therapy/Therapist 0 0 0 29 29
Nursing Practice 0 0 0 28 28
Physician Assistant 0 0 27 0 27
Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist 23 0 0 0 23
Hospital & Health Care Facilities Administration/Management 0 0 19 0 19
Nursing Administration 0 0 19 0 19
Public Health Education and Promotion 0 0 14 5 19
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling 0 15 0 0 15
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 0 10 3 0 13
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling 0 0 13 0 13
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 0 0 11 0 11
Medical Informatics 0 0 8 0 8
Nursing Science 0 0 0 6 6
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design 0 0 1 5 6
Environmental Health 0 0 1 5 6
Speech Pathology & Audiology 0 0 0 3 3
Maternal and Child Health 0 2 0 0 2
Other Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions 0 1 0 0 1
Health Information Management 0 0 0 0 0
International Public Health/International Health 0 0 0 0 0
Other Public Health 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 781 28 379 377 1,565

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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