| Address | Columbia SC 29208 | ||
| Location | Urban Campus | ||
| City Size | Medium (50,000 - 249,999) | ||
| Schools and Colleges | 15 | ||
| Admissions | Undergraduate | Lieber College (803) 777-7700 (800) 868-5872 | |
| Graduate | Byrnes Building (803) 777-4243 | ||
| Deadlines (Priority) | Admissions: | December 1 | |
| Financial Aid: | April 1 | ||
| Tuition | Academic Year (Undergraduate) |
$7,314 In-State $18,956 Out-of-State | |
| Room and Board | Academic Year | $6,083 (Approx) | |
| Enrollment | Undergraduate Master's Doctorate First-Professional |
18,362 5,587 1,676 1,440 | |
| Male/Female | Undergraduate |
Male 8,408 (46%) |
Female 9,954 (54%) |
| Graduate |
2,354 (32%) |
4,909 (68%) | |
| First-Professional |
666 (46%) |
774 (54%) | |
| Minority | Undergraduate Graduate First-Professional |
3,654 (19.89%) 1,996 (27.48%) 213 (14.79%) | |
| African American | Undergraduate Graduate First-Professional |
2,509 (13.66%) 1,013 (13.95%) 94 (6.53%) | |
| Residency (Fee-Based) |
Out-of-State In-State |
12% 88% | |
| SAT Scores | Verbal Range Math Range |
330 - 800 (Average: 577) 360 - 800 (Average: 589) | |
| Housing | 40% of Undergraduates live on campus. 29 residence halls Types of residence halls: Honors, Wellness, Residential College, Communities for Pre-Medical, Engineering, Athletic, Teaching Fellows, Global, and Environmentally Friendly |
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| Library | Volumes Microforms Periodicals Computers |
3,498,445 5,116,024 23,740 200+ | |
| Top Three Majors (Undergraduate) | Experimental Psychology Management Biology | ||
| Greek | Fraternities |
18 (14% of undergraduate men) 14 (15% of undergraduate women) | |
| Majors | Associates Bachelors Masters Doctoral First-Professional |
1 73 117 59 3 | |
| Degrees Awarded | Associates |
Total 4 |
African American 0 |
| Bachelors |
3,260 | 521 | |
| Masters |
1,788 | 223 | |
| Doctoral |
253 | 15 | |
| First-Professional |
383 | 27 | |
| New Freshmen | Applicants Accepted Enrolled |
13,033 8,812 3,734 | |
| Transfer | Applicants Accepted Enrolled |
3,454 1,994 945 | |
| Faculty | Full-time: 1,453 Part-time: 549 | ||
| Staff | 3249* (*Excludes student employees) | ||
| Faculty Degrees (Ranked Only) |
Ph.D. M.D. LLM JD or LLB Masters Bachelors |
79.4% 00.6% 01.0% 02.7% 15.4% 00.8% | |
| Financial Aid (Undergraduate Students Receiving Aid) |
95% of New Freshmen received some form of financial aid 83% of Continuing Students received some form of financial aid | ||
| Retention | 83% of freshmen continue to their sophomore year. 65% 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." | ||