USC Columbia
Statistical Summary (Fall 2002)
| Address | Columbia SC 29208 | ||
| Location | Urban Campus | ||
| City Size | Medium (50,000 - 249,999) | ||
| Schools and Colleges | 16 | ||
| Admissions | Undergraduate | Lieber College (803) 777-7700 (800) 868-5872 | |
| Graduate | Byrnes Building (803) 777-4243 | ||
| Deadlines (Priority) | Admissions: | None | |
| Financial Aid: | April 15 | ||
| Tuition | Academic Year (Undergraduate) |
$4,784 In-State $12,904 Out-of-State | |
| Room and Board | Academic Year | $5,064 (Average) | |
| Enrollment | Undergraduate Master's Doctorate First-Professional |
16,567 5,813 1,508 1,252 | |
| Male/Female | Undergraduate |
Male 7,610 (45.9%) |
Female 8,957 (54.1%) |
| Graduate |
2,590 (35.4%) |
4,731 (64.6%) | |
| First-Professional |
636 (50.8%) |
616 (49.2%) | |
| Minority | Undergraduate Graduate First-Professional |
3,854 (23.3%) 2,181 (29.8%) 170 (13.6%) | |
| African American | Undergraduate Graduate First-Professional |
2,766 (16.7%) 1,025 (14.0%) 96 (7.7%) | |
| Residency (Fee-Based) |
Out-of-State In-State |
12% 88% | |
| SAT Scores | Verbal Range Math Range |
280 - 800 (Average: 555) 340 - 800 (Average: 569) | |
| Housing | 47% of Undergraduates live on campus. 26 residence halls Types of residence halls: Coed, Apartments, Married, Greek, Honors, Pre-medical, Engineering Community, Teaching Fellows, US/International, Wellness, Athletic, Residential College | ||
| Library | Volumes Microforms Periodicals Computers |
3,333,746 5,008,383 21,836 200+ | |
| Top Three Majors (Undergraduate) | Experimental Psychology Business Administration Marketing |
6.9% 6.3% 6.2% | |
| Greek | Fraternities Sororities |
18 (17% of undergraduate men) 12 (17% of undergraduate women) | |
| Majors | Associates Bachelors Masters Doctoral First-Professional |
1 65 115 56 3 | |
| Degrees Awarded | Associates |
Total 19 |
African American 10 |
| Bachelors |
3,164 | 498 | |
| Masters |
1,734 | 170 | |
| Doctoral |
253 | 10 | |
| First-Professional |
358 | 37 | |
| New Freshmen | Applicants Accepted Enrolled |
12,016 8,446 3,561 | |
| Transfer | Applicants Accepted Enrolled |
3,471 1,804 1,114 | |
| Faculty | 1,431 Full-time 524 Part-time | ||
| Faculty Degrees (Ranked Only) |
Ph.D. M.D. LLM JD or LLB Masters Bachelors |
85.5% 0.4% 1.3% 2.2% 10.5% 0.2% | |
| Financial Aid (Undergraduate Students Receiving Aid) |
79% of New Freshmen 67% of Continuing Students | ||
| Retention | 81.7% of freshmen continue to their sophomore year. 59.8% graduate within 6 years. | ||
| Latin Motto | Our University seal quotes the Latin poet Ovid, "Emollit Mores Nec Sinit Esse Feros," which is translated, "Learning humanizes character and does not permit it to be cruel." | ||