2025 Cheapest South Carolina College Costs Rankings
Among South Carolina colleges, Greenville Technical College has the cheapest tuition & fees ($10,657) and Strayer University-South Carolina has the second lowest tuition & fees ($13,920) based on academic year 2023-2024 college costs data.
Below table ranks and compares the Cheapest South Carolina College Costs having lowest tuition & fees (based on undergraduate rate). For the ranking, we only include 4-year colleges that more than 1,500 students have enrolled in.
Cheapest South Carolina College Costs
| Rank | College Name | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Graduate Tuition & Fees | SAT Score | Acceptance Rate | Population | Graduation Rate | Student to Faculty Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greenville Technical College Greenville, SC | $10,657 | - | - | - | 11,380 | 18% | 17 to 1 |
| 2 | Strayer University-South Carolina Greenville, SC | $13,920 | $15,135 | - | - | 1,841 | - | 41 to 1 |
| 3 | Columbia College Columbia, SC | $16,745 | $15,216 | - | 95.8% | 1,514 | 53% | 11 to 1 |
| 4 | Claflin University Orangeburg, SC | $17,046 | $10,912 | - | 72.6% | 1,830 | 49% | 13 to 1 |
| 5 | Benedict College Columbia, SC | $18,000 | $14,720 | 910 | 67.3% | 1,840 | 21% | 17 to 1 |
| 6 | University of South Carolina Aiken Aiken, SC | $21,218 | $30,122 | 1,070 | 79.7% | 3,840 | 40% | 15 to 1 |
| 7 | Lander University Greenwood, SC | $21,300 | $9,910 | 1,060 | 67.9% | 4,167 | 49% | 16 to 1 |
| 8 | Francis Marion University Florence, SC | $21,544 | $22,000 | 1,030 | 82.2% | 4,045 | 43% | 13 to 1 |
| 9 | South Carolina State University Orangeburg, SC | $21,750 | $22,570 | - | 81.7% | 2,649 | 29% | 17 to 1 |
| 10 | University of South Carolina Beaufort Bluffton, SC | $21,776 | $30,146 | - | 69.2% | 2,124 | 39% | 14 to 1 |
Qualified South Carolina Colleges in Core Admission Stats
