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For the academic year 2022-2023, total 245,889 students have enrolled in South Carolina colleges including both undergraduate and graduate schools - 222,417 undergraduate and 30,424 graduate students.

By gender, there are 97,300 male students and 148,589 female students at South Carolina colleges. For online degree programs, 51,825 students have enrolled online exclusively at South Carolina colleges.

South Carolina College Student Population Statistics

The next list shows the colleges having the most students by gender and enrollment types. Online completely schools are excluded for the statistics (excepting the colleges with the most online students).

University of South Carolina-Columbia has the largest number of students including both undergraduate and graduate schools of 35,653.
University of South Carolina-Columbia has the largest number of male students of 15,070.
University of South Carolina-Columbia has the largest number of female students of 20,583.
University of South Carolina-Columbia has the most undergraduate students of 28,470.
University of South Carolina-Columbia has the most graduate students of 8,109.
Trident Technical College has the most online enrollment of 6,345 students who are enrolled online exclusively.

Student Population Comparison Between South Carolina Colleges

All SchoolsPublicPrivate4-Years CollegeCommunity CollegesCareer Colleges

College Name	Total Number of Students	Men Students	Women Students	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduate Enrollment	Online Student Population
Aiken Technical College Graniteville, SC Public, 2-4 years	2,121	748	1,373	2,218	-	841
Allen University Columbia, SC Private, 4 years four-years	657	372	285	635	42	9
Anderson University Anderson, SC Private, 4 years four-years	4,121	1,436	2,685	3,413	912	716
Charleston Southern University Charleston, SC Private, 4 years four-years	3,418	1,245	2,173	2,914	631	579
Technical College of the Lowcountry Beaufort, SC Public, 2-4 years	2,196	646	1,550	2,349	-	1,051
Benedict College Columbia, SC Private, 4 years four-years	1,840	828	1,012	1,694	37	156
Bob Jones University Greenville, SC Private, 4 years four-years	3,095	1,424	1,671	2,477	416	322
Southern Wesleyan University Central, SC Private, 4 years four-years	1,175	389	786	887	301	450
Charleston Cosmetology Institute Charleston, SC Private, Less than 2 years	101	1	100	89	-	-
College of Charleston Charleston, SC Public, 4 years four-years	10,885	3,498	7,387	10,660	1,069	868
Charzanne Beauty College Greenwood, SC Private, Less than 2 years	43	2	41	32	-	-
Northeastern Technical College Cheraw, SC Public, 2-4 years	1,466	425	1,041	1,477	-	999
Citadel Military College of South Carolina Charleston, SC Public, 4 years four-years	3,721	2,831	890	2,661	1,066	751
Claflin University Orangeburg, SC Private, 4 years four-years	1,830	564	1,266	1,754	81	227
Clemson University Clemson, SC Public, 4 years four-years	28,466	13,554	14,912	22,875	5,872	2,117
Clinton College Rock Hill, SC Private, 4 years four-years	197	86	111	106	-	94
Coker University Hartsville, SC Private, 4 years four-years	1,160	516	644	1,187	76	587
Columbia International University Columbia, SC Private, 4 years four-years	2,481	1,142	1,339	916	1,715	1,809
Columbia College Columbia, SC Private, 4 years four-years	1,514	233	1,281	1,268	304	836
Converse University Spartanburg, SC Private, 4 years four-years	1,284	273	1,011	852	489	77
Denmark Technical College Denmark, SC Public, 2-4 years	725	298	427	646	-	142
Erskine College Due West, SC Private, 4 years four-years	956	643	313	854	130	23
Florence-Darlington Technical College Florence, SC Public, 2-4 years	2,940	1,087	1,853	3,521	-	1,266
Francis Marion University Florence, SC Public, 4 years four-years	4,045	1,342	2,703	3,623	394	416
Furman University Greenville, SC Private, 4 years four-years	2,443	983	1,460	2,327	178	32
Greenville Technical College Greenville, SC Public, 4 years four-years	11,380	4,584	6,796	10,661	-	3,380
Horry-Georgetown Technical College Conway, SC Public, 2-4 years	8,137	2,816	5,321	7,353	-	1,921
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-North Augusta North Augusta, SC Private, Less than 2 years	113	4	109	125	-	-
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology and Nails-Columbia Columbia, SC Private, Less than 2 years	124	5	119	124	-	-
Lander University Greenwood, SC Public, 4 years four-years	4,167	1,317	2,850	3,669	694	795
Limestone University Gaffney, SC Private, 4 years four-years	1,786	856	930	1,598	184	643
Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC Public, 4 years four-years	3,175	943	2,232	281	2,836	596
Midlands Technical College West Columbia, SC Public, 2-4 years	9,091	3,392	5,699	8,978	-	2,992
Morris College Sumter, SC Private, 4 years four-years	384	182	202	421	-	13
Newberry College Newberry, SC Private, 4 years four-years	1,312	724	588	1,462	45	100
North Greenville University Tigerville, SC Private, 4 years four-years	2,125	995	1,130	1,944	275	489
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College Orangeburg, SC Public, 2-4 years	2,012	590	1,422	2,146	-	1,261
Piedmont Technical College Greenwood, SC Public, 2-4 years	5,315	1,664	3,651	4,999	-	2,255
Presbyterian College Clinton, SC Private, 4 years four-years	1,199	510	689	903	233	-
University of South Carolina Aiken Aiken, SC Public, 4 years four-years	3,840	1,379	2,461	3,109	746	1,297
University of South Carolina Beaufort Bluffton, SC Public, 4 years four-years	2,124	672	1,452	2,067	54	386
University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC Public, 4 years four-years	35,653	15,070	20,583	28,470	8,109	3,068
University of South Carolina-Lancaster Lancaster, SC Public, 2-4 years	1,772	717	1,055	2,328	-	551
University of South Carolina-Salkehatchie Allendale, SC Public, 2-4 years	745	299	446	809	-	185
University of South Carolina-Sumter Sumter, SC Public, 2-4 years	1,537	677	860	1,692	-	415
University of South Carolina-Union Union, SC Public, 2-4 years	1,098	497	601	1,392	-	319
Coastal Carolina University Conway, SC Public, 4 years four-years	10,337	4,604	5,733	10,306	523	511
South Carolina State University Orangeburg, SC Public, 4 years four-years	2,649	1,174	1,475	2,762	279	171
University of South Carolina-Upstate Spartanburg, SC Public, 4 years four-years	4,913	1,557	3,356	4,471	475	1,174
Sherman College of Chiropractic Spartanburg, SC Private, 4 years four-years	375	177	198	-	381	-
Spartanburg Methodist College Spartanburg, SC Private, 4 years four-years	1,064	488	576	1,029	-	166
Spartanburg Community College Spartanburg, SC Public, 2-4 years	6,224	2,412	3,812	6,330	-	1,707
Central Carolina Technical College Sumter, SC Public, 2-4 years	3,314	974	2,340	3,004	-	1,188
Tri-County Technical College Pendleton, SC Public, 2-4 years	5,629	2,640	2,989	5,780	-	802
Trident Technical College Charleston, SC Public, 2-4 years	11,789	4,473	7,316	14,025	-	6,345
Voorhees University Denmark, SC Private, 4 years four-years	507	215	292	460	55	146
Williamsburg Technical College Kingstree, SC Public, 2-4 years	673	224	449	629	-	122
Winthrop University Rock Hill, SC Public, 4 years four-years	4,712	1,452	3,260	3,787	907	655
Wofford College Spartanburg, SC Private, 4 years four-years	1,823	870	953	1,873	-	-
York Technical College Rock Hill, SC Public, 2-4 years	4,521	1,862	2,659	4,731	-	1,476
South University-Columbia Columbia, SC Private, 4 years four-years	510	80	430	445	64	269
Academy of Hair Technology Greenville, SC Private, Less than 2 years	72	1	71	95	-	-
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Rock Hill Rock Hill, SC Private, Less than 2 years	174	3	171	172	-	-
Strand College of Hair Design Myrtle Beach, SC Private, Less than 2 years	92	1	91	103	-	-
Miller-Motte College-Charleston Charleston, SC Private, 2-4 years	174	56	118	124	-	-
Southeastern College-Charleston North Charleston, SC Private, 2-4 years	196	18	178	232	-	3
LeGrand Institute of Cosmetology Inc Camden, SC Private, Less than 2 years	30	-	30	30	-	-
Southeastern College-Columbia Columbia, SC Private, 2-4 years	155	8	147	249	-	-
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Spartanburg Spartanburg, SC Private, Less than 2 years	156	2	154	132	-	-
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Columbia Columbia, SC Private, Less than 2 years	117	3	114	74	-	-
Charleston School of Law Charleston, SC Private, 4 years four-years	619	237	382	-	675	-
Academy for Careers and Technology Mullins, SC Public, Less than 2 years	48	-	48	45	-	-
Strayer University-South Carolina Greenville, SC Private, 4 years four-years	1,841	402	1,439	1,830	231	2,056
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Florence Florence, SC Private, Less than 2 years	182	-	182	178	-	-
Fortis College-Columbia Columbia, SC Private, 2-4 years	431	89	342	513	-	-
Miller-Motte College-Conway Conway, SC Private, 2-4 years	235	73	162	164	-	-
Paul Mitchell the School-Columbia West Columbia, SC Private, Less than 2 years	236	43	193	300	-	-
Paul Mitchell the School-Charleston North Charleston, SC Private, Less than 2 years	284	11	273	266	-	-
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Greenville Greenville, SC Private, Less than 2 years	146	2	144	133	-	-
Paul Mitchell the School-Greenville Greenville, SC Private, Less than 2 years	153	6	147	147	-	-
Arclabs Piedmont, SC Private, Less than 2 years	503	457	46	643	-	-
Top of the Line Barber College Charleston, SC Private, Less than 2 years	52	35	17	60	-	-
B-Unique Beauty and Barber Academy Greenville, SC Private, Less than 2 years	12	10	2	12	-	-
Barber Tech Academy Orangeburg, SC Private, Less than 2 years	65	36	29	67	-	-
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Goose Creek Goose Creek, SC Private, Less than 2 years	146	3	143	128	-	-
Southeastern Esthetics Institute Elgin, SC Private, Less than 2 years	328	2	326	318	-	-
American College of the Building Arts Charleston, SC Private, 4 years four-years	141	121	20	140	-	-
Vski Cosmetology School Charleston, SC Private, Less than 2 years	32	1	31	24	-	-
Personal Touch Beauty and Barber College Kingstree, SC Private, Less than 2 years	8	1	7	12	-	-
Galen Health Institutes-Myrtle Beach Myrtle Beach, SC Private, 2-4 years	252	18	234	629	-	-
Average	245,889	97,300	148,589	222,417	30,424	51,825

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