Education Guide, Fall 2015

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The Citadel

171 Moultrie St., Charleston; citadel.edu

Admissions: 843-953-5230 or 800-868-1842.Tuition + fees: $11,098*.Room/board: $6,381.Enrollment: 2,763 undergraduates. 10%female, 90% male. 1% American Indian/Alaska native; 2% Asian; 8% African-Amer-ican/black; 6% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 77% white; 3%two or more races; 1% nonresident; 0% un-known.

ACADEMICSAverage SAT composite: 1090.Average ACT: 22.5.Applicants admitted: 76%.

Popular majors include business, criminaljustice, political science and government,civil engineering, and education.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Ernest “Fritz” Holl-ings, governor of South Carolina from 1959 to1963; John C. West, governor of South Car-olina from 1971 to 1975; Pat Conroy, novelistknown for “The Prince of Tides.”A nice place to call home: Charleston wasvoted the No. 1 city in the U.S. for the fifthyear in a row by “Conde Nast Traveler,” andThe Citadel is a top tourist destination, withthe Ashley River flowing along one side ofthe campus.Did you know? For the fifth consecutiveyear, U.S. News & World Report recognizedThe Citadel as the top public college in theSouth for institutions granting up to a mas-ter’s degree. The average GPA of incomingfreshmen is 3.6.

*Costs differ depending on year. Seewww.citadel.edu/root/cost-info.

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Clemson University

201 Sikes Hall, Clemson; clemson.edu

Admissions: 864-656-2287; 864-656-2464(fax).Tuition + fees: $13,446.Room/board: $8,358.Financial aid: [email protected]; 864-656-2280; 864-656-1831.Enrollment: 17,260. 47% female, 53% male.

0% American Indian/Alaska native; 2% Asian;6% black/African-American; 3% Hispanic/Latino; 0% native Hawaiian/Pacific islander;83% white; 2% two or more races; 1% nonresi-dent; 2% race/ethnicity unknown.


Popular majors include biological sciences,psychology, business administration and man-agement, mechanical engineering, and mar-keting.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Gov. Nikki Haley, cur-rent governor of South Carolina; Nancy O’Dell,host of CBS’s “Entertainment Tonight;” C.J.Spiller, running back and return specialist forthe New Orleans Saints.A nice place to call home: Tree-lined streetswelcome students to campus. Many studentsspend hours studying, lounging and playing onBowman Field. Nearby Lake Hartwell offersmore than 900 miles of shoreline.Did you know? Clemson is ranked among thetop 20 national public universities, and it’s No.3 for happiest students.

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Coastal Carolina University

103 Tom Trout Drive, Conway; coastal.edu

Admissions: [email protected]; 800-277-7000; 843-349-6436 (fax).Tuition + fees: $10,320.Room/board: $8,194.Financial aid: [email protected]; 800-277-7000, ext. 2313, or 843-349-2313; 843-349-2347 (fax).Enrollment: 9,364. 54% female, 46% male.0% American Indian/Alaska native; 1% Asian;20% black/African-American; 4% Hispanic/Latino; 0% native Hawaiian/Pacific islander;70% white; 4% two or more races; 0% race/ethnicity unknown; 1% nonresident.

ACADEMICSAverage SAT composite: 1000.Average ACT: 21.Applicants admitted: 64%.

Popular majors include business manage-ment, education, communications, liberalstudies, and marketing.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Michael Kelly, actor

known for roles in “House of Cards” and “Ev-erest”; Dustin Johnson, professional golfer;Mike Tolbert, fullback for the Carolina Pan-thers.A nice place to call home: Coastal Carolina’sproximity to the coast and the Myrtle Beach re-sort area led to the development of two distinc-tive programs: marine science and profession-al golf management.Did you know? Coastal’s first doctoral pro-gram, established in 2014, is in marine science.

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College of Charleston

66 George St., Charleston; cofc.edu

Admissions: [email protected]; 843-953-5670; 843-953-6322 (fax).Tuition + fees: $10,981.Room/board: $11,327.Financial aid: [email protected]; 843-953-5540; 843-953-7192 (fax).Enrollment: 10,440. 63% female, 37% male.0% American Indian/Alaska native; 2% Asian;7% black/African-American; 4% Hispanic/Latino; 0% native Hawaiian/Pacific islander;80% white; 4% two or more races; 1% nonresi-dent; 1% race/ethnicity unknown.


Popular majors include business administra-tion and management, speech communicationand rhetoric, biological sciences, psychology,and education.

ALSOAlumni you may know: James B. Edwards,former governor of South Carolina; BrettGardner, outfielder for the New York Yankees;Anthony Johnson, former NBA player; PadgettPowell, novelist; Callie Shell, photojournalistfor TIME magazine.A nice place to call home: College of Char-leston is located in historic downtown Charles-ton, a city that has received accolades fromConde Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure, South-ern Living and Forbes magazines.Did you know? College of Charleston is theoldest college south of Virginia and the 13th-oldest in the United States. Founders of theCollege of Charleston included signers of theDeclaration of Independence and the U.S.Constitution.

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About theEducation Guide

A Street addresses, costs,enrollment and informationfor the “Academics”heading were provided bythe National Center forEducation Statistics. Themost recent informationprovided is for the 2014-15school year.

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Francis Marion University

4822 E. Palmetto St., Florence;www.fmarion.edu

Admissions: [email protected];800-368-7551 or 843-661-1231.Tuition + fees: $9,738.Room/board: $7,256.Financial aid: [email protected];843-661-1190.Enrollment: 3,605. 69% female, 31%male. 0% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 1% Asian; 48% black/African-Amer-ican; 2% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 46% white;1% two or more races; 2% nonresident;1% race/ethnicity unknown.

ACADEMICSAverage SAT: 955.Average ACT: 19.Applicants admitted: 59%.

Popular majors include nursing,

biology, psychology, business, and earlychildhood education.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Alan Wilson,South Carolina’s attorney general; JoshEdgin, pitcher for the New York Mets;Matt Bonds, co-founder of an nongovern-mental organization studying ways tobring health care to Madagascar.A nice place to call home: Francis Ma-rion boasts an intimate, walkable campusamong the most beautiful in South Car-olina, located on 400 wooded acres, justa few miles from the Pee Dee River.Several campus buildings are in down-town Florence, but the main campus isjust east of town, close to Interstate 95and about an hour’s drive from the coast.Did you know? Francis Marion Uni-versity’s new Health Science Complex indowntown Florence is scheduled to openin fall 2016. It will be home to FMU’sgraduate-level nursing, clinical psycholo-gy and health care administration pro-grams. It also will house the physician’s

assistant program, which seats its firstclass next fall. Another relatively newprogram, industrial engineering, will seeits first graduates in 2017.

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Lander University

320 Stanley Ave., Greenwood; lander.edu

Admissions: [email protected];1-888-4-LANDER or 864-388-8307;864-388-8125 (fax).Tuition + fees: $10,418.Room/board: $8,000.Financial aid: [email protected]; 864-388-8340; 864-388-8811 (fax).Enrollment: 2,717. 69% female, 31%male. 0% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 2% Asian; 31% black/African-Amer-ican; 1% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 58% white;2% two or more races; 1% nonresident;

4% race/ethnicity unknown.

ACADEMICSAverage SAT: 940.Average ACT: 19.5.Applicants admitted: 58%.

Popular majors include business ad-ministration and management, nursing,education, humanities/humanistic stud-ies, and psychology.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Molly Spearman,South Carolina’s state Superintendent ofEducation.A nice place to call home: A new 210-bed residence hall will be completed in2015, offering modern accommodationsjust steps from the heart of campus.Did you know? Lander’s ExperienceYour Education (EYE) program won anational award in recognition of its focuson providing students with opportunitiesto use academic knowledge to addressreal-world challenges in authentic con-texts.



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South Carolina StateUniversity

300 College St. NE, Orangeburg; scsu.edu

Admissions: [email protected]; 800-260-5956 or 803-536-7186; 803-536-8990 (fax).Tuition + fees: $10,007.Room/board: $8,500.Financial aid: [email protected];803-536-7067; 803-536-8420 (fax).Enrollment: 2,791. 51% female, 49%male. 0% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 1% Asian; 95% African-American/black; 1% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 2% white; 0%two or more races; 0% nonresident; 1%race/ethnicity unknown.


Popular majors include family andconsumer sciences/human sciences,education, biology, nursing, and socialwork.

ALSOAlumni you may know: U.S. Rep. JamesClyburn, D-S.C.; Ernest A. Finney, retiredSouth Carolina Supreme Court justice;Maj. Gen. Stephen M. Twitty, command-ing general for the 1st Armored Divisionat Fort Bliss in Texas.A nice place to call home: At S.C. State,you can celebrate your culture, enjoy thearts and pursue academic, creative andspiritual interests through active studentclubs. Plus, with dozens of intramuraland club sports, you can compete in yourfavorite activities for fun and health.Did you know? S.C. State boasts the onlyBachelor of Science in nuclear engineer-ing in South Carolina. It also is one of thetop producers of minority officers for theU.S. Army.

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University of SouthCarolina

Lieber College on the Horseshoe, University ofSouth Carolina, Columbia; sc.edu

Admissions: [email protected];803-777-7700.

Tuition + fees: $11,158.Room/board: $9,248.Financial aid: 803-777-8134; sc.edu/financialaid.Enrollment: 24,866. 54% female, 46%male. 0% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 3% Asian; 10% African-American/black; 4% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 77% white;3% two or more races; 2% nonresident;1% race/ethnicity unknown.


Popular majors include experimentalpsychology, biology, nursing, education,and exercise physiology.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Marva Smalls,vice president of public affairs for Nickel-odeon/Viacom; William Hubbard, presi-dent of the American Bar Association;Darius Rucker, Grammy Award-winningmusician.A nice place to call home: USC mixeshistoric buildings with state-of-the-artfacilities on a campus of more than 400acres. Recognized as a national model ofa healthy and sustainable campus, stu-dents have the opportunity to live inLEED-certified residence halls and par-ticipate in campuswide wellness pro-grams.Did you know? USC has 47 nationallyranked academic programs, more thanany other university in the state, accord-ing to U.S. News & World Report. Andnow, with the On Your Time summerprogram and accelerated degrees, stu-dents can graduate faster and at a lowercost.

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USC Aiken

417 University Parkway, Aiken; usca.edu

Admissions: [email protected]; 803-641-3366; 803-641-3727 (fax).Tuition + fees: $9,602.Room/board: $7,626.Financial aid: 803-641-3476; 803-643-6840 (fax).Enrollment: 3,256. 62% female, 38%male. 0% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 1% Asian; 25% black/African-Amer-ican; 4% Hispanic/Latino; 0% native

Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 60% white;3% two or more races; 2% race/ethnicityunknown; 3% nonresident.


Popular majors include business, nurs-ing, kinesiology and exercise science,education, and psychology.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Jason Fulmer,2003 S.C. teacher of the year; Rob Mat-wick, executive vice president of businessoperations for the Texas Rangers; Dr.Jennifer Walker, cardiac surgeon at Mas-sachusetts General Hospital and assistantprofessor in surgery at Harvard MedicalSchool.A nice place to call home: The 453-acrecampus is located in the heart of SouthCarolina’s horse country, with 10 eques-trian disciplines practiced in Aiken Coun-ty.Did you know? U.S. News & World Re-port ranked USC Aiken No. 1 among BestPublic Regional Colleges in the South;the 2015 rankings mark USC Aiken’s 17thconsecutive ranking among the top threein this category and its 10th time in firstplace.

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USC Beaufort

One University Blvd., Bluffton; www.uscb.edu

Admissions: [email protected];843-208-8000; 843-208-8290 (fax).Tuition + fees: $9,404.Room/board: $7,310.Financial aid: [email protected]; 843-521-3104; 843-521-3194 (fax).Enrollment: 1,794. 62% female, 38%male; 0% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 2% Asian; 20% black/African-American; 6% Hispanic/Latino; 0%native Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 60%white; 3% two or more races; 1% nonresi-dent; 8% race/ethnicity unknown.

ACADEMICSAverage SAT: 935.Average ACT: 19.5.Applicants admitted: 57%.

Popular majors include business ad-ministration and management, psycholo-

gy, hospitality administration/manage-ment, nursing, and social sciences.

ALSODid you know? USC Beaufort offers themost affordable undergraduate tuitionfor baccalaureate degree programs in thestate. USC Beaufort also has a concentra-tion in coastal ecology with opportunitiesto conduct dolphin research with facultyon the coast.

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USC LancasterA USC PALMETTO COLLEGE CAMPUS

376 Hubbard Drive, Lancaster;usclancaster.sc.edu

Admissions: [email protected];803-313-7073; 803-313-7116 (fax).Tuition + fees: $6,686.Financial aid: [email protected];803-313-7068; 803-313-7168 (fax).Enrollment: 1,738. 57% female, 43%male. 0% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 1% Asian; 15% black/African-Amer-ican; 3% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 63% white;3% two or more races; 14% race/eth-nicity unknown; 1% nonresident.


Popular majors include universitytransfer, business, criminal justice andnursing.

ALSOAlumni you may know: William D. Boan,senior vice president of state governmentrelations at McGuireWoods Consultingand former legislator and chief of staff tothe governor; Dr. Deborah B. Cureton,former dean at University of Wisconsin-Richland; Julie Roberts, country musicsinger; Col. Michael Oliver, commanderwith the S.C. Highway Patrol.A nice place to call home: All studentshave access to the Gregory Health andWellness Center, which features an in-door pool, a walking track, tennis courts,racquetball and handball courts, an aero-bic fitness center and a game area.Did you know? USC Lancaster has thelargest single collection of Catawba Indi-an pottery in existence.


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UNIVERSITIESUSC Salkehatchie

A USC PALMETTO COLLEGE CAMPUS

465 James Brandt Blvd., Allendale;www.uscsalkehatchie.sc.edu

Admissions: [email protected];803-584-3446; 803-584-3884 (fax).Tuition + fees: $6,686.Financial aid: [email protected];803-584-3446; 803-584-3884 (fax).Enrollment: 1,076. 61% female, 39% male.0% American Indian/Alaska native; 1%Asian; 42% black/African-American; 3%Hispanic/Latino; 0% native Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 48% white; 3% two ormore races; 2% race/ethnicity unknown;1% nonresident.

ACADEMICSAverage SAT composite: 830Average ACT: 16Applicants admitted: 53%.

ALSOA nice place to call home: Besides all thebenefits of a small campus, such as smallclass sizes, a hometown feel, and the lowesttuition of any university in the state, USCSalkehatchie also has student housing andfive NJCAA sports teams.Did you know? USC Salkehatchie is namedfor the Salkehatchie River, which runsthrough all five counties that support thecampus.

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USC Sumter

A USC PALMETTO COLLEGE CAMPUS

200 Miller Road, Sumter; www.uscsumter.edu

Admissions: Keith Britton – [email protected]; 803-938-3882; 803-938-3717.Tuition + fees: $6,686.Financial aid: 803-938-3766.Enrollment: 878. 55% female, 45% male.1% American Indian/Alaska native; 1%Asian; 25% black/African-American; 5%Hispanic/Latino; 0% native Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 49% white; 3% two ormore races; 17% race/ethnicity unknown;0% nonresident.

ACADEMICSAverage SAT composite: 925.Average ACT: 19.

Applicants admitted: 58%.

ALSOA nice place to call home: USC Sumter isless than an hour’s drive from USC’s maincampus.Did you know? USC Sumter will kick offFire Ant tennis for men and women inspring 2016.

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USC UnionA USC PALMETTO COLLEGE CAMPUS

309 E. Academy St., Union; uscunion.sc.edu

Admissions: Brad Greer: [email protected]; 864-424-8028; 864-424-8085 (fax).Tuition + fees: $6,686.Financial aid: Bobby Holcombe: [email protected]; 864-424-8024; 864-424-8085 (fax).Enrollment: 679. 61% female, 39% male.0% American Indian/Alaska native; 1%Asian; 13% black/African-American; 2%Hispanic/Latino; 0% native Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 23% white; 2% two ormore races; 59% race/ethnicity unknown;0% nonresident.


ALSOA nice place to call home: USC Union hasa new bookstore and student center on EastMain Street with coffee, various food items,merchandise and more.Did you know? The Bantams, USC Union’sclub baseball team, won their division in2013 and 2014.

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USC Upstate

800 University Way, Spartanburg;uscupstate.edu

Admissions: 800-277-8727; 864-503-5727(fax).Tuition + fees: $10,518.Room/board: $7,682.Financial aid: 864-503-5340; 864-503-5974 (fax).Enrollment: 5,397. 64% female, 36% male.0% American Indian/Alaska native; 2%

Asian; 27% black/African-American; 5%Hispanic/Latino; 0% native Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 56% white; 3% two ormore races; 4% race/ethnicity unknown;1% nonresident.


Popular majors include nursing, businessadministration and management, educa-tion, psychology, and liberal studies.

ALSOA nice place to call home: USC Upstate iswithin easy driving distance of Charlotte,N.C., and Atlanta and just hours from thescenic Blue Ridge Mountains and the Atlan-tic Ocean.

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Winthrop University

701 Oakland Ave., Rock Hill; winthrop.edu

Admissions: [email protected];800-WINTHROP or 803-323-2191; 803-323-2137 or 803-323-4952 (fax).Tuition + fees: $14,082.Room/board: $8,200.Financial aid: [email protected]; 803-323-2189; 803-323-2557 (fax).Enrollment: 4,974. 68% female, 32% male.0% American Indian/Alaska native; 1%Asian; 29% African-American/black; 4%Hispanic/Latino; 0% native Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 59% white; 3% two ormore races; 3% nonresident; 0% race/ethnicity unknown.


Popular majors include business adminis-tration and management, education, psy-chology, biology, and art.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Shanola Hampton,actress known for Showtime’s “Shameless;”Julie Stortz Busha, owner of condimentcompany Slawsa and contestant on ABC’s“Shark Tank;” Mat Fretschel, image capturespecialist for Walt Disney Studio.Did you know? U.S. News & World Reporthas included Winthrop in its listing of“America’s Best Colleges” for the past 24years.

Allen University

1530 Harden St., Columbia;www.allenuniversity.edu

Admissions: [email protected]; 877-625-5379 or803-376-5735; 803-376-5733(fax).Tuition + fees: $13,140.Room/board: $6,560.Financial aid: [email protected]; 866-828-1514 or 803-376-5740; 803-376-5731 (fax).Enrollment: 660. 56% female,44% male. 0% American Indi-an/Alaska native; 0% Asian;99% black/African-American;1% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 0%white; 0% two or more races;0% race/ethnicity unknown;0% nonresident.

ACADEMICSOpen admissions policy.Popular majors include social

sciences, business adminis-tration and biology.

ALSOAlumni you may know: S.C.Rep. William Clyburn, D-Aiken.Did you know? Adult learnerscan pursue bachelor’s degreesthrough Allen’s College forProfessional Adults, takingadvantage of weekday-evening,weekend and online programs.

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AndersonUniversity

316 Boulevard, Anderson;andersonuniversity.edu

Admissions: [email protected]; 800-542-3594 or 864-328-1835.Tuition + fees: $23,750.Room/board: $9,000.Financial aid: [email protected]; 800-542-3594




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Mobile Learning InitiativeAll incoming freshmen receive the latest iPad

which will be used in specially designed courses.

National Recognition for AU

Our Quality and AHordabilityIn the past eight years, Anderson University has been

recognized as one of “America’s 100 Best College Buys”

for academic quality, value and aLordability. Recently,

Anderson University ranked among the top 11

universities in the South (public & private) for students

accumulating the least educational debt.

United States Presidential Honor Roll

for Community Service 2015

18th Fastest Growing Regional College

in America - The Chronicle of Higher Education

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Apple Distinguished School, an honor that places

AU in the forefront of educational institutions around

the globe in the use of mobile technology as a teaching

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#2 Most InnovativeRegional College inThe South.”– U.S. News & World Report

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Preview Day, October 31, 2015Spend Saturday morning at WU – take a tour and meet

students and faculty.

Saturday Visits, Nov. 14, 2015 or Jan. 16, 2016Enjoy a campus tour with a student guide and meet an

admissions counselor.

Transfer Tuesdays, Nov. 10, 2010;Dec. 8, 2015; or January 5, 2016

These evening sessions simplify the transfer process,helping you make the Winthrop transition.

Weekday VisitsCome visit any weekday; tours are

at 9:30 a.m. or 2 p.m.

To schedule your campus visit,call 800/WINTHROP (946-8476) or visit us online at

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or 864-231-2070.Enrollment: 2,780. 68% female, 32%male. 1% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 1% Asian/Pacific islander; 8%black/African-American; 3% Hispanic/Latino; 0% native Hawaiian/Pacificislander; 83% white; 0% two or moreraces; 3% race/ethnicity unknown; 1%nonresident.


Popular majors include business/com-merce, early childhood education, Chris-tian studies, kinesiology and exercisescience, and art.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Sue Monk Kidd,author of “The Secret Life of Bees.”A nice place to call home: Located nearthe foothills of the Appalachian Moun-tains, Anderson boasts one of the South’smost scenic campuses. The lush greenspaces bring students outside duringwarm weather to play intramural sports,study on one of the historic swings, orhang an ENO between trees in a populargrove at the corner of campus.Did you know? Anderson is ranked inthe top tier (No. 16) of U.S. News &World Report’s “America’s Best Colleg-es” and is ranked No. 2 in The South bythat publication for Innovation, one offewer than 50 schools nationally to berecognized. It is also ranked as one of the“100 Best College Buys.” All Andersonstudents are issued iPads for use in spe-cially designed classes as part of theschool’s mobile learning initiative, whichearned rare recognition as an Apple Dis-tinguished School.

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Benedict College

1600 Harden St., Columbia;www.benedict.edu

Admissions: 803-705-4910 or 803-705-6598.Tuition + fees: $18,288.Room/board: $8,104.Financial aid: 803-705-4418; 803-705-6629 (fax).Enrollment: 2,444. 50% male, 50%female. 0% American Indian/Alaskanative; 0% Asian; 99% black/African-

American; 0% Hispanic/Latino; 0%native Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 0%white; 0% two or more races; 0% race/ethnicity unknown; 0% nonresident.

ACADEMICSOpen admission policy.Popular majors include business ad-

ministration, biology, mass communi-cation/media studies, human devel-opment and family studies, and psycholo-gy.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Henry D. Mon-teith, founder of South Carolina’s firstAfrican-American-owned bank; Dr. Le-Roy T. Walker, first African-American toserve as president of the U.S. OlympicCommittee and first African-AmericanOlympic coach; Dr. Luns C. Richardson,president of Morris College.A nice place to call home: Benedict’sstudent center features restaurants in-cluding Burger King, Nick’s Chicken andWaffles, and Freshens yogurt, as well asa barbershop and hair salon for students.Did you know? Benedict’s campus fea-tures a new bookstore and TV and radiobroadcast center, along with a state-of-the-art student center.

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Bob Jones University

1700 Wade Hampton Blvd., Greenville;bju.edu

Admissions: [email protected]; 800-252-6363; 800-2-FAX-BJU (fax).Tuition + fees: $14,220.Room/board: $6,090.Financial aid: [email protected]; 864-242-5100, ext. 3040; 864-235-2897 (fax).Enrollment: 2,760. 56% female, 44%male. 0% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 2% Asian; 1% black/African-Amer-ican; 6% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 75% white;3% two or more races; 7% race/ethnicityunknown; 5% nonresident.


Popular majors include business ad-ministration, nursing, elementary educa-tion and accounting.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Tim LaHaye,co-author of the “Left Behind” series;Cliff Barrows, music director for the BillyGraham Evangelical Association; StuEpperson, co-founder and chairman ofSalem Communications.A nice place to call home: The BJUMuseum & Gallery is home to the largestcollection of religious art in the WesternHemisphere.Did you know? Educate to Careerranked Bob Jones 15th in its national listof Best Value Colleges.

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Charleston SouthernUniversity

9200 University Blvd., Charleston;csuniv.edu

Admissions: [email protected]; 800-947-7474; 843-863-7070 (fax).Tuition + fees: $22,840.Room/board: $9,000.Enrollment: 2,967. 63% female, 37%male. 1% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 1% Asian/Pacific islander; 28%black/African-American; 3% Hispanic/Latino; 0% native Hawaiian/Pacificislander; 60% white; 2% two or moreraces; 4% race/ethnicity unknown; 1%nonresident.


Popular majors include health andphysical education/fitness, psychology,nursing, criminal justice and nonprofitmanagement.

ALSOAlumni you may know: U.S. Sen. TimScott, a Charleston Republican; Dr. SamGandy, physician and leading researcherof Alzheimer’s disease; Mayor Keith Sum-mey of North Charleston.A nice place to call home: The 300-acrecampus originally was owned by theIzard family. According to the “Biograph-ical Directory of the U.S. Congress,”Ralph Izard “pledged his large estate inSouth Carolina in payment of war shipsto be used in the Revolutionary War.”Did you know? Charleston Southern islisted among America’s Best Christian

Colleges, America’s 100 Best CollegeBuys, Military Friendly Schools, the VAYellow Ribbon Program, the President’sHigher Education Community ServiceHonor Roll and U.S. News & World Re-port’s “Best Online Colleges.”

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Claflin University

400 Magnolia St., Orangeburg; claflin.edu

Admissions: [email protected];800-922-1276 or 803-535-5382; 803-535-5385 (fax).Tuition + fees: $15,010.Room/board: $10,540.Financial aid: [email protected];803-535-5334; 803-535-5383 (fax).Enrollment: 1,803. 65% female, 35%male. 1% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 1% Asian; 91% black/African-Amer-ican; 2% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 1% white; 0%two or more races; 0% race/ethnicityunknown; 4% nonresident.


Popular majors include sociology, masscommunications/media studies, busi-ness, criminal justice/law enforcementadministration, and organizational beha-vior studies.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Ernest A. FinneyJr., retired S.C. Supreme Court justice;Leo Twiggs, painter; Cecil Williams, pho-tographer, journalist and author.A nice place to call home: Faculty mem-bers purposefully cultivate their students’curiosity and potential by providing aconcrete framework for problem-solvingthrough higher-order thinking processes.Did you know? Washington Monthlyrecognized Claflin as the best liberal artscollege in South Carolina and the top his-torically black college or university in its2014 Best Liberal Arts Colleges edition.

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Clinton College

1029 Crawford Road, Rock Hill;www.clintoncollege.edu

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Transforming Lives.Inspiring Greatness.

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THE TOP TEN REASONS TO ATTEND SC STATE

Accredited – Maintains full accreditation as a

member of the Southern Association of Colleges

Schools Commission on College (SACSCOC), with 14

specialized national accreditations.

Strong Academic Programs – Offers excellent

academic programs that prepare students for careers

and for graduate and professional school.

A “Southern Gem” – Recognized as South Carolina’s

only publically assisted Historically Black College or

University (HBCU).

ENROLL TODAY! Call the OfCce of Admissions at (803) 536-7186.

Transforms Lives – Prepares global leaders in the areas

of law, education, speech pathology, engineering, business

and logistics.

Superior Faculty and Staff – Retains highly quali7ed

faculty and staff dedicated to teaching, research and public

service.

Best Value – Ranks among the top 5 accessible and

affordable institutions in South Carolina.

Great Student-Focused Environment – Promises to

always put you 7rst, treating each student as an individual

and approaching education from a personalized nature.

Strong Alumni Network – 25,000+ judges, attorneys,

engineers, speech pathologists, educators, lawmakers,

athletes, artists and musicians, physicians and other

notable professionals.

Engaging Student Life – Students demonstrate

leadership skills through involvement in intercollegiate,

athletics, marching band, student government as well as

national fraternities and sororities.

A Promising Future – Join us for a fantastic journey

that will lead to limitless possibilities.


Admissions: 803-327-7402, ext. 257.Tuition + fees: $5,320.Room/board: $8,305.Financial aid: 803-327-7402, ext. 260.Enrollment: 194. 45% female, 55% male.0% American Indian/Alaska native; 0%Asian; 84% black/African-American; 2%Hispanic/Latino; 0% native Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 1% white; 2% two ormore races; 13% race/ethnicity unknown;0% nonresident.

ACADEMICSOpen admissions policy.Popular majors include religion/reli-

gious studies and business administrationand management.

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Coker College

300 E. College Ave., Hartsville; coker.edu

Admissions: [email protected];800-950-1908 or 843-383-8050; 843-383-8056 (fax).

Tuition + fees: $25,536.Room/board: $7,830.Financial aid: [email protected];843-383-8050.Enrollment: 1,165. 62% female, 38%male. 1% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 0% Asian; 35% black/African-American; 3% Hispanic/Latino; 0% na-tive Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 52%white; 0% two or more races; 8% race/ethnicity unknown; 1% nonresident.


Popular majors include business/com-merce, criminology, social work, psychol-ogy and sociology.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Ruth Patrick,pioneering biologist and National Medalof Science winner; Judy Southard, seniorassociate athletics director at LouisianaState University; Terrance Hayes, poetand 2014 MacArthur Fellow (a “geniusgrant” recipient).

A nice place to call home: With a 12:1student-faculty ratio, a Coker educationis based on personal interaction andCoker’s discussion-based round-tabletechnique.Did you know? Coker was ranked No. 5out of 288 colleges in the Southeast – andNo. 1 in South Carolina – in WashingtonMonthly’s 2015 “Best Bang for the Buck”list.

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Columbia College

1301 Columbia College Drive, Columbia;columbiasc.edu

Admissions: [email protected]; 800-277-1301.Tuition + fees: $27,350.Room/board: $7,200.Financial aid: [email protected]; 800-786-3612.Enrollment: 1,120. 86% female, 14%male. 0% American Indian/Alaska na-

tive; 1% Asian; 37% black/African-Amer-ican; 5% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 51% white;4% two or more races; 1% race/ethnicityunknown; 2% nonresident.


Popular majors include psychology;behavioral sciences; human develop-ment, family studies and related services;business administration and manage-ment; and speech communication andrhetoric.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Karen JohnsonWilliams, first female judge on the U.S.Fourth Circuit Court; Lori Burns Allen,owner of Bridals by Lori and star ofTLC’s “Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta”and “Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids.”A nice place to call home: Columbia’scampus is one of the safest in the stateand was one of three colleges in the na-tion to receive the Exemplary School


USC College Student

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I like to catch up on the news in-between

classes on The State’s iPhone app.


Safety Award from the National SchoolSafety Advocacy Council.Did you know? The rapidly growingathletics program features competition in10 sports through the Appalachian Ath-letic Conference of the National Associ-ation of Intercollegiate Athletics. TheKoalas have earned the No. 1 ranking inthe NAIA Champions of Character Com-petition for the past two years.

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Columbia InternationalUniversity

7435 Monticello Road, Columbia; ciu.edu

Admissions: [email protected]; 800-777-2227, ext. 5024.Tuition + fees: $19,480.Room/board: $7,310.Financial aid: [email protected]; 803-807-5036.Enrollment: 560. 51% female, 49%male. 0% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 2% Asian; 13% black/African-Amer-ican; 4% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 72% white;2% two or more races; 4% race/ethnicityunknown; 3% nonresident.


Popular majors include Bible/Biblicalstudies, psychology, youth ministry, gen-eral studies and religious education.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Laura Story,Christian singer-songwriter; Daniel Blom-berg, attorney for the Becket Fund forReligious Liberty in Washington; SteveRichardson, president of Pioneers USAmissions agency.A nice place to call home: CIU, locatedon 400 acres along the Broad River,features a lake and wooded trails, but it’sonly minutes from the cultural and enter-tainment venues of Columbia. The CIUPrayer Towers offer a place of solitude.Did you know? U.S. News & World Re-port ranks CIU No. 35 among regionaluniversities in the South.

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Converse College

580 E. Main St., Spartanburg; converse.edu

Admissions: [email protected];864-596-9040.Tuition + fees: $16,500.Room/board: $9,500.Financial aid: [email protected]; 864-596-9010.Enrollment: 822. 100% female. 0%American Indian/Alaska native; 0%Asian; 9% black/African-American; 6%Hispanic/Latino; 0% native Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 63% white; 5% two ormore races; 16% race/ethnicity un-known; 1% nonresident.


Popular majors include psychology,biology, early childhood education, histo-ry, business and elementary education.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Julia Peterkin,Pulitzer Prize winner; Harriet SmithO’Neil, Texas Supreme Court justice;Kimilee Bryant, Broadway performerknown for her role as Christine in “Phan-tom of the Opera.”Did you know? Converse continues toreceive national visibility for reshapingits business model to address highereducation affordability and value. Con-verse students achieve top nationalawards for model debate programs, haverecently been named Fulbright recipientsand Goldwater Scholarship finalists, andcompete at the NCAA Division II levelfor athletics.

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Erskine College

Two Washington St., Due West; erskine.edu

Admissions: [email protected];800-241-8421.Tuition + fees: $31,580.Room/board: $10,105.Financial aid: 864-379-8421.Enrollment: 591. 49% female, 51% male.0% American Indian/Alaska native; 1%Asian; 11% black/African-American; 3%

Hispanic/Latino; 0% native Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 66% white; 0% two ormore races; 18% race/ethnicity un-known; 0% nonresident.


Popular majors include biology, busi-ness, athletic training, sports and fitnessadministration and management, andpolitical science and government.

ALSOAlumni you may know: April Clayton,biomedical researcher at the NationalInstitutes of Health; David Agnew, deputydirector of intergovernmental affairs forthe Obama administration; Lindy Scott,vice president for Thornwell Home forChildren in Clinton.A nice place to call home: The quiettown of Due West provides a peacefulsetting that promotes community. About90 percent of students live on campus. Did you know? The Forbes 2015 BestColleges list ranks Erskine the No. 1Christian college in South Carolina andthe No. 1 NCAA D2 school in the South-east. Washington Monthly calls Erskineone of its top “Best Bang for the Buck”Christian Colleges. The average SouthCarolina LIFE scholar can attend Erskinefor about $10,000 per year (after allsources of aid are applied).

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Furman University

3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville;furman.edu

Admissions: 864-294-2034.Tuition + fees: $44,668.Room/board: $11,204.Financial aid: 864-294-2204.Enrollment: 2,810. 57% female, 43%male. 0% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 2% Asian; 5% black/African-Amer-ican; 4% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 79% white;3% two or more races; 2% race/ethnicityunknown; 5% nonresident.

ACADEMICSSAT and ACT recommended but not

required.

Applicants admitted: 69%.Popular majors include political sci-

ence, health sciences, business adminis-tration, biology and chemistry.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Richard Riley,former governor of South Carolina andU.S. Secretary of Education under Presi-dent Bill Clinton; Keith Lockhart, princi-pal conductor of the Boston Pops; ClintDempsey, captain of the U.S. Men’s Na-tional Soccer Team; Betsy King and BethDaniels, members of the LPGA Hall ofFame.A nice place to call home: Furman’scampus is widely recognized as one ofthe most beautiful in the country. Fur-man has been listed among the “30 MostBeautiful College Campuses in theSouth” by The Best Colleges and wasincluded in BuzzFeed’s “10 UniquelyStunning College Campuses from Aroundthe World” and “41 Scenic College Cam-puses that Were Made for Instagram.”Did you know? The first authentic Japa-nese temple to be dismantled and fullyreconstructed in America is on the Fur-man campus. Furman is also home to anexact replica of the cabin that HenryDavid Thoreau built at Walden Pond.

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Limestone College

1115 College Drive, Gaffney; limestone.edu

Admissions: 800-795-7151, ext. 4554.Tuition + fees: $23,000.Room/board: $7,800.Financial aid: [email protected]; 864-488-8231; 864-488-4596 (fax).Enrollment: 3,137. 36% female, 44%male. 0% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 0% Asian; 47% black/African-American; 3% Hispanic/Latino; 0% na-tive Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 43%white; 0% two or more races; 2% race/ethnicity unknown; 3% nonresident.


Popular majors include business, socialwork, criminal justice/law enforcementadministration, liberal studies and psy-chology.



ALSOAlumni you may know: Robert L. “Bob”Peeler, former lieutenant governor ofSouth Carolina; Travis Eamon Gillespie,lacrosse player for the WashingtonStealth of the National Lacrosse League;Jay Byars, contestant on reality TV show“Survivor”; Ruth Elizabeth Moss East-erling, former member of the N.C. Houseof Representatives; Kevin Pucetas, pitcherfor the San Francisco Giants.A nice place to call home: LimestoneCollege’s campus is nestled among gent-ly rolling hills in Gaffney. Limestonevalues excellent teaching and supportivestudent-faculty interaction, encouragesfaculty to promote active learning inface-to-face and Internet classrooms, andseeks to cultivate the intellectual curi-osity of each member of the college com-munity.Did you know? In addition to LimestoneCollege’s traditional day program on themain campus in Gaffney, Limestone haseight convenient locations throughoutSouth Carolina (including in Columbia)that offer evening classes for workingadults, as well as an online degree pro-gram with more than 18 majors available.

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Morris College

100 W. College St., Sumter; morris.edu

Admissions: 803-934-3225, [email protected] + fees: $12,317.Room/board: $5,028.Financial aid: 803-934-3238, [email protected]: 780. 57% female, 43% male.0% American Indian/Alaska native; 0%Asian; 98% black/African-American; 1%Hispanic/Latino; 0% native Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 0% white; 1% two ormore races; 0% race/ethnicity unknown;0% nonresident.

ACADEMICSOpen admissions policyPopular majors include business ad-

ministration and management; criminaljustice and law enforcement adminis-tration; sociology; business adminis-tration, management and operations; andcommunity health services.

ALSOAlumni you may know: James B. Blas-singame, president of Baptist E&M Con-vention of S.C.; S.C. Rep. J. Wayne George,D-Marion; Bernadette R. Hampton, S.C.Education Association president; JohnHoffman, CEO of YMCA of Sumter; Bar-bara R. Jackson, Morris College NationalAlumni Association president and SumterSchool District trustee.A nice place to call home: Morris Col-lege is a safe and beautifully landscaped41-acre campus located near downtownSumter. The campus is minutes awayfrom the Sumter Opera House and theSwan Lake Iris Gardens.Did you know? Morris College is a par-ticipant in the Call Me MISTER programin affiliation with Clemson University.Morris College is the only college in thestate with a freestanding forensics centerexclusively devoted to the study of crimi-nal forensics on an undergraduate level.Since 1985, Morris College, under theauspices of the University of South Car-olina, has operated an Army ROTC pro-gram. Morris is listed by affordablecolle-gesonline.org as a most affordable smallprivate college.

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Newberry College

2100 College St., Newberry; newberry.edu

Admissions: [email protected];803-321-5127 or 800-845-4955.Tuition + fees: $24,300.Room/board: $11,200.Financial aid: [email protected]; 803-321-5127 or 800-845-4955.Enrollment: 1,093. 47% female, 53%male. 0% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 1% Asian; 26% black/African-Amer-ican; 4% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 60% white;3% two or more races; 2% race/ethnicityunknown; 4% nonresident.


Popular majors include business ad-ministration and management, educa-tion, psychology, nursing and biology.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Brig. Gen. Janice

Haigler, U.S. Army; John Smith, win-ningest high school basketball coach inSouth Carolina history and first highschool coach inducted into the S.C. Ath-letic Hall of Fame; Mark Hammond,South Carolina Secretary of State.Did you know? The Newberry CollegeTuition Promise guarantees students thattheir tuition won’t increase during thefour years they’re in school, making iteasier for families to plan. NewberryCollege was ranked on three lists in the2015 U.S. News & World Report BestColleges rankings: Best Colleges in theSouth (33rd); Colleges in the South withthe Least Student Debt (5th); The South’sBest Colleges for Veterans (11th).

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North GreenvilleUniversity

7801 N. Tigerville Road, Tigerville; ngu.edu

Admissions: [email protected]; 864-977-7001 or 800-468-6642; 864-977-7177 (fax).Tuition + fees: $15,510.Room/board: $9,180.Financial aid: 864-977-7056; 864-977-7342 (fax).Enrollment: 2,359. 49% female, 51%male. 0% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 1% Asian; 7% black/African-Amer-ican; 3% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 79% white;0% two or more races; 9% race/ethnicityunknown; 0% nonresident.


Popular majors include liberal studies,business administration and manage-ment, elementary education, sports man-agement, Bible/biblical studies and psy-chology.

ALSOA nice place to call home: The campusis located in the foothills of the BlueRidge Mountains in a pastoral settingthat is quiet and serene, yet close to theexciting Greenville metropolitan area.Did you know? North Greenville rankedNo. 1 in U.S. News and World Report’srankings of the most efficient schools

among Regional Colleges in the South,which compares spending on educationalprograms to educational quality, as deter-mined by the Best Colleges rankings.

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Presbyterian College

503 S. Broad St., Clinton; www.presby.edu

Admissions: Brian Fortman: [email protected]; 800-960-7583 or 864-833-2820.Tuition + fees: $34,828.Room/board: $9,344.Financial aid: Linda McAnnally:[email protected]; 864-833-8287.Enrollment: 1,146. 55% female, 45%male. 0% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 1% Asian; 12% African-American/black; 2% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 77% white;1% two or more races; 1% race/ethnicityunknown; 6% nonresident.

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for students with a high school GPA of3.25 or higher.Average SAT composite: 1090.Average ACT: 23.5.Applicants admitted: 54%.

Popular majors include business ad-ministration, biology, psychology, historyand English.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Jim Samples,president of international for ScrippsNetwork Interactive; Ashley McCollum,chief of staff at BuzzFeed; Justin Bethel,cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals andtwo-time Pro Bowl player; Ted Pitts, pres-ident and CEO of S.C. Chamber of Com-merce; Mike Lefever, president and CEOof S.C. Independent Colleges and Uni-versities.A nice place to call home: The 240-acrecampus is lined with tall oak trees andbeautiful Georgian-style architecture.With 98 percent of students residing oncampus, the college is designed to haveanything a student would need. Clintonis conveniently located between Green-ville, Spartanburg and Columbia.Did you know? Presbyterian is consistent-ly recognized for the value of its education-al experience – ranked No. 1 in value inMoney magazine. Whether exploring the



Columbia International University educates from a biblical worldview making yourcollege career more than a classroom experience. In our campus community, theBible’s words don’t simply linger within the curriculum. They affect and lead everyone-on-one conversation, every group activity, and all of life’s dif6cult decisions.

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Aiken Technical College

2276 Jefferson Davis Highway, Graniteville; atc.edu

Admissions: [email protected]; 803-508-7263.Tuition: $3,787 in district; $4,132 in state.Financial aid: 803-508-7263.Enrollment: 2,351. 64% female, 36% male. 1% Amer-ican Indian/Alaska native; 1% Asian; 31% black/Afri-can-American; 4% Hispanic/Latino; 0% native Ha-waiian/Pacific islander; 61% white; 1% two or moreraces; 1% race/ethnicity unknown; 0% nonresident.

ACADEMICSOpen admissions policy.Popular programs include university transfer, nurs-

ing, patient care assistant, medical assistant, and in-dustrial maintenance technology.

ALSOA nice place to call home: Aiken Tech has a vibrantcampus community with student life activities, clubsand student leadership organizations.Did you know? Aiken Tech is one of a few two-yearcolleges with nuclear programs in radiation protectionand quality systems.

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Central Carolina Technical College

506 N. Guignard Drive, Sumter; cctech.edu

Campuses in Sumter, Camden, Bishopville, Manning andShaw Air Force Base

Admissions: [email protected]; 803-778-6605.Tuition + fees: $4,345 in district; $5,136 in state.Financial aid: [email protected]; 803-778-6605.Enrollment: 3,963. 67% female, 33% male. 0% Amer-ican Indian/Alaska native; 1% Asian; 44% black/African-American; 3% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 49% white; 1% two ormore races; 3% race/ethnicity unknown; 0% nonresi-dent.

ACADEMICSOpen admission policy.Popular programs include nursing, university trans-

fer, human services, criminal justice and legal assist-ant/paralegal.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Floyd Keels, president andCEO of Santee Electric Cooperative; Rodney Levy, ITspecialist with the Federal Communications Commis-sion; Josh Arrants, board member of the S.C. Wildlife

ACADEMICSSAT and ACT recommended, but not required.

Applicants admitted: 50%.Popular majors include criminal justice/law enforce-

ment administration; business administration, man-agement and operations; accounting; business admin-istration and management; and sociology.

ALSOA nice place to call home: Nestled in the Midlands,Voorhees is located 1.5 miles from Denmark on a well-landscaped 342-acre campus. The closest metropolitanneighbor is Columbia, about 50 miles north, and thehistoric seaport of Charleston is 86 miles east of cam-pus.Did you know? Voorhees is the only historically blackcollege is South Carolina to offer a major in emergencymanagement. Voorhees was also the first historicallyblack college founded by a woman, Elizabeth EvelynWright Maleafee.

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Wofford College

429 N. Church St., Spartanburg; wofford.edu

Admissions: [email protected]; 864-597-4130;864-597-4147 (fax).Tuition + fees: $37,120.Room/board: $10,730.Financial aid: [email protected]; 864-597-4160;864-597-4149 (fax).Enrollment: 1,658. 51% female, 49% male. 0% Amer-ican Indian/Alaska native; 3% Asian; 8% black/Afri-can-American; 3% Hispanic/Latino; 0% native Hawai-ian/Pacific islander; 80% white; 3% two or more rac-es; 0% race/ethnicity unknown; 2% nonresident.


Popular majors include biology, finance, business/managerial economics, accounting, and Spanish.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Jerry Richardson, owner andfounder of the Carolina Panthers; Wendi Nix, anchorand reporter for EXPN; Craig Melvin, anchor and re-porter on NBC News and MSNBC.A nice place to call home: Last year marked the 20ththat the Carolina Panthers have held their summertraining camp at Wofford.Did you know? Since 2007, more than 2,200 Woffordstudents have studied in 70 countries on seven conti-nents.


world through study-abroad programs, getting job-related experience through internships, or diving intoyour own research, Presbyterian students experiencelearning beyond the classroom.

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Southern Wesleyan University

907 Wesleyan Drive, Central; swu.edu

Admissions: 877-644-5556.Tuition + fees: $22,950.Room/board: $8,710.Enrollment: 1,418. 62% female, 38% male. 0% Amer-ican Indian/Alaska native; 1% Asian; 24% black/Afri-can-American; 4% Hispanic/Latino; 0% native Hawai-ian/Pacific islander; 52% white; 1% two or more races;16% race/ethnicity unknown; 2% nonresident.

ACADEMICSApplicants admitted: 63%.

Popular majors include business administration,human services, education, biology, and recreationand sports management.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Dan Seaborn, marriage coun-selor and public speaker who founded the “Winning atHome” ministry; Lindsey Torgerson, Team USA Duath-lon medalist; Robert Black, church historian and pub-lished author.A nice place to call home: The Christ-centered, stu-dent-focused campus has a new coffee shop and out-door recreation areas, including an ENO hammockpark.Did you know? Southern Wesleyan offers traditionalclasses at the main campus in Central, as well as pro-grams for adult learners across South Carolina andonline.

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Voorhees College

481 Porter Drive, Denmark; voorhees.edu

Admissions: [email protected]; 866-685-9904 or 803-780-1030.Tuition + fees: $10,780.Room/board: $7,346.Financial aid: 803-780-1150 or 803-780-1151.Enrollment: 468. 54% female, 46% male. 0% Amer-ican Indian/Alaska native; 0% Asian; 98% black/African-American; 0% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 0% white; 0% two or moreraces; 0% race/ethnicity unknown; 1% nonresident.

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Federation.Did you know? Both 2013 and 2014South Carolina Governor’s Professor ofthe Year (for two-year colleges) recip-ients were Central Carolina TechnicalCollege instructors – Josh Castleberryand Chris Hall, respectively.

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Denmark TechnicalCollege

1126 Solomon Blatt Blvd., Denmark;www.denmarktech.edu

Admissions: 803-793-5176.Tuition + fees: $2,734.Financial aid: 803-793-5129.Enrollment: 1,678. 61% female, 39%male. 0% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 0% Asian; 96% black/African-American; 0% Hispanic/Latino; 0%native Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 3%white; 0% two or more races; 0% race/ethnicity unknown; 0% nonresident.

ACADEMICSOpen admission policy.Popular programs include university

transfer, child care and support servicesmanagement, criminal justice, businessand human services.

ALSODid you know? The Engineering Tech-nology Center houses robots for the elec-tromechanical engineering curriculum.

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Florence-DarlingtonTechnical College

2715 W. Lucas St., Florence; fdtc.edu

Admissions: 843-661-8289; 843-661-8041 (fax).Tuition + fees: $3,934.Financial aid: 843-661-8085; 803-661-8041 (fax).Enrollment: 6,215. 66% female, 34%male. 1% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 1% Asian; 50% black/African-Amer-ican; 2% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 41% white;1% two or more races; 5% race/ethnicityunknown; 0% nonresident.

ACADEMICSOpen admission policy.Popular programs include nursing,

university transfer, business adminis-tration and management, accounting andhuman services.

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Forrest College

601 E. River St., Anderson; forrestcollege.edu

Tuition + fees: $9,420.Enrollment: 111. 91% female, 9% male.1% American Indian/Alaska native; 0%Asian; 32% black/African-American; 1%Hispanic/Latino; 1% native Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 66% white; 0% two ormore races; 0% race/ethnicity unknown;0% nonresident.

ACADEMICSOpen admission policy.Popular programs include nursing

assistant/aide and patient care assistant/aide; Allied health and medical assisting;business administration and manage-ment; phlebotomy; and criminal justice.

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Greenville TechnicalCollege

738 S. Pleasantburg Drive, Greenville;www.gvltec.edu

Campuses in Greenville, Simpsonville andTaylors.

Admissions: 864-250-8000;www.gvltec.edu/apply.Tuition + fees: $4,094 in district; $4,442in state.Financial aid: www.gvltec.edu/financial_aid.Enrollment: 12,592. 58% female, 42%male. 0% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 2% Asian; 22% black/African-Amer-ican; 8% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 61% white;2% two or more races; 4% race/ethnicityunknown; 0% nonresident.

ACADEMICSOpen admission policy.

Popular programs include universitytransfer, nursing, business administrationand management, data processing anddata processing technology, and criminaljustice.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Dr. Daniel Dreis-bach, First Amendment law scholar andthe only Rhodes Scholar to come throughthe S.C. Technical College system.Did you know? Campus Pointe at Green-ville Technical College offers spaciousapartments that are minutes from class onthe Barton Campus. Greenville Tech is theonly college within 200 miles offeringtraining in the SAP Enterprise ResourcePlanning System. Eight of the past 10Alden Transfer Scholarship recipients atFurman University have come from Green-ville Tech. The scholarship pays full tuitionfor two years of study. Greenville Techoffers a program in sustainable agriculture;the certificate program prepares studentsfor positions in agribusiness, particularlyentrepreneurship and farming.

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Horry GeorgetownTechnical College

2050 U.S. 501 East, Conway; www.hgtc.edu

Campuses in Conway, Georgetown andMyrtle Beach.

Admissions: 843-349-5277.Tuition + fees: $3,854 in district; $4,768in state.Financial aid: Susan Thompson – 843-349-7818.Enrollment: 7,335. 64% female, 36%male. 0% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 1% Asian; 21% black/African-Amer-ican; 4% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 70% white;3% two or more races; 1% race/ethnicityunknown; 0% nonresident.


transfer, nursing, human services, dataprocessing and data processing tech-nology, and child care and support ser-vices management.

ALSOA nice place to call home: The Interna-

tional Culinary Institute of Myrtle Beachoperates as part of HGTC. Chef JosephBonaparte, a leader in the farm-to-tablemovement, directs the culinary arts pro-gram. A $15 million culinary center isexpected to be under construction thisfall. Many buildings have state-of-the-arttechnology, such as a hospital for med-ical programs and a manufacturing facil-ity for industrial programs.Did you know? Horry Georgetown hasthe nation’s only two-year degree inforestry.

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Midlands TechnicalCollege

1260 Lexington Drive, West Columbia;midlandstech.edu

Campuses in Columbia, West Columbia,Batesburg-Leesville, Winnsboro, Irmo andFort Jackson.

Admissions: [email protected]; 803-738-7839.Tuition + fees: $3,886 in district; $4,798in state.Financial aid: [email protected];803-738-7792.Enrollment: 11,424. 59% female, 41%male. 1% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 2% Asian; 36% black/African-Amer-ican; 4% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 52% white;3% two or more races; 3% race/ethnicityunknown; 0% nonresident.


transfer, nursing, criminal justice, busi-ness administration and management,and child care and support services man-agement.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Beth Carrigg,Lexington County Clerk of Court; Dr.Ronald L. Rhames, Midlands TechnicalCollege president.Did you know? There are plenty of waysfor students who want the full collegeexperience to get involved at MidlandsTech, which has more than 30 studentclubs and organizations.

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Northeastern TechnicalCollege

1201 Chesterfield Highway, Cheraw; netc.edu

Campuses in Pageland, Cheraw, Bennettsvilleand Dillon.

Admissions: 800-921-7399 or 843-921-6933; 843-537-6148 (fax).Tuition: $3,726 in district; $3,942 instate.Financial aid: 843-921-6939.Enrollment: 1,090. 66% female, 34%male. 2% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 0% Asian; 41% black/African-American; 1% Hispanic/Latino; 0% na-tive Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 53%white; 2% two or more races; 0% race/ethnicity unknown; 0% nonresident.


transfer, business, nursing, machine tooltechnology and electrical and electronicsengineering.

ALSOA nice place to call home: Chesterfield,Marlboro and Dillon counties are beauti-ful, historic areas, offering easy access tooutdoor recreation, entertainment andcultural events without the hassle ofbig-city life.

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Orangeburg-CalhounTechnical College

3250 St. Matthews Road, Orangeburg;octech.edu

Admissions: [email protected];

803-535-1234.Tuition: $3,925 in district; $4,861 in state.Financial aid: [email protected]; 803-535-1224.Enrollment: 3,060. 61% female, 39%male. 1% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 1% Asian; 55% black/African-Amer-ican; 1% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 39% white;0% two or more races; 2% race/ethnicityunknown; 0% nonresident.

ACADEMICSOpen admission policy.Popular concentrations include nurs-

ing, child care and support services man-agement, data processing, criminal jus-tice, and university transfer.

ALSODid you know? OC Tech has an excep-tional record of preparing students forsuccessful and rewarding careers, boast-ing a 92 percent job-placement rate.

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Piedmont TechnicalCollege

620 N. Emerald Road, Greenwood; ptc.edu

Campuses in Greenwood, Abbeville,Edgefield, Clinton, McCormick, Newberry,Saluda and Laurens.

Admissions: 864-941-8365; 864-941-8466 (fax).Tuition: $3,908 in district; $4,460 instate.Financial aid: 864-941-8635; 864-941-8599 (fax).Enrollment: 5,694. 67% female, 33%male. 1% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 1% Asian; 37% black/African-Amer-ican; 0% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 59% white;2% two or more races; 0% race/ethnicityunknown; 0% nonresident alien.


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university transfer, administrative assist-ant and secretarial science, nursing andcriminal justice.

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Spartanburg CommunityCollege

107 Community College Drive, Spartanburg;sccsc.edu

Admissions: [email protected];866-891-3700 or 864-592-4800; 864-592-4564 (fax).Tuition + fees: $3,940 in district; $4,896in state.Financial aid: 864-582-4810.Enrollment: 5,495. 58% female, 42%male. 0% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 3% Asian; 23% black/African-Amer-ican; 6% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 63% white;2% two or more races; 2% race/ethnicityunknown; 0% nonresident.

ACADEMICSOpen admission policy.Popular majors include university

transfer, nursing, business administrationand management, administrative assist-ant and secretarial science, data process-ing and electrical engineering.

ALSODid you know? Spartanburg CommunityCollege is the only college in the state tooffer American Sign Language interpretertraining.

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Spartanburg MethodistCollege

1000 Powell Mill Road, Spartanburg;smcsc.edu

Admissions: [email protected]; 864-587-4213; 864-699-4634 (fax).Tuition + fees: $15,930.Financial aid: Kendra Strange:[email protected]; 864-587-4298.

Enrollment: 793. 44% female, 56%male. 0% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 1% Asian; 31% black/African-Amer-ican; 6% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 59% white;2% two or more races; 0% race/ethnicityunknown; 1% nonresident.


Popular programs include liberal artsand sciences, business administrationand management, and criminal justiceand law enforcement administration.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Fletcher Thomp-son, former assistant director of the FBIwho helped investigate President John F.Kennedy’s assassination; Reggie Sanders,former MLB right-fielder; Mookie Wilson,former MLB outfielder and New YorkMets Hall of Famer; Orlando Hudson,former MLB second-baseman.A nice place to call home: SpartanburgMethodist is the only private two-yearresidential college in the state, focusingon the first two years of college to helpstudents map out their futures.Did you know? South Carolina highschool graduates with a GPA of 3.0 orhigher earn full-tuition scholarships.

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Technical College of theLowcountry

921 Ribaut Road, Beaufort; tcl.edu

Campuses in Beaufort, Bluffton andVarnville.

Admissions: [email protected]; 843-525-8211.Tuition + fees: $4,060 in district;$4,660 in state.Financial aid: [email protected]; 843-470-5961.Enrollment: 2,529. 69% female, 31%male. 0% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 1% Asian; 35% black/African-Amer-ican; 10% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 49% white;1% two or more races; 4% race/ethnicityunknown; 0% nonresident.


transfer, nursing, business, HVAC main-tenance technology, and cosmetology.

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Tri-County TechnicalCollege

7900 U.S. 76, Pendleton; tctc.edu

Campuses in Pendleton, Anderson, Easleyand Seneca.

Admissions: [email protected]; 864-646-TCTC; 864-646-8361 (fax).Tuition + fees: $3,852 in district; $5,016in state.Financial aid: [email protected]; 864-646-1650.Enrollment: 6,386. 53% female, 47%male. 0% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 1% Asian; 10% black/African-Amer-ican; 3% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 82% white;2% two or more races; 1% race/ethnicityunknown; 0% nonresident.

ACADEMICSOpen admission policy.Popular majors include university

transfer, nursing, business administrationand management, industrial electronics,and criminal justice.

ALSOA nice place to call home: The Bridge toClemson program lets freshmale blendthe academic experience at Tri-Countywith the social experience at Clemson.Did you know? Tri-County offers theConnect to College program, a second-chance opportunity for students whohave not completed high school.

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Trident Technical College

7000 Rivers Ave., Charleston;tridenttech.edu

Campuses in North Charleston, Moncks

Corner, Charleston and Mount Pleasant.

Admissions: [email protected]; 843-574-6558.Tuition + fees: $3,942 in district; $4,370in state.Financial aid: [email protected]; 843-574-6110.Enrollment: 16,136. 62% female, 38%male. 1% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 2% Asian; 30% black/African-American; 5% Hispanic/Latino; 0% na-tive Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 58%white; 2% two or more races; 2% race/ethnicity unknown; 0% nonresident.


transfer, nursing, criminal justice, culi-nary arts, and business administrationand management.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Katherine ReevesWhite, garden designer for MagnoliaPlantation; Jermaine Husser, executivedirector of Palmetto Warrior Connection.A nice place to call home: Trident’sPalmer Campus in downtown Charlestonis in a historic residential area, just blocksfrom the Upper King Street shopping,dining and entertainment district.Did you know? Trident is one of only afew two-year colleges in the countrytraining film production students in aprofessional-quality production facilityusing professional-grade film productionequipment.

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Williamsburg TechnicalCollege

601 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., Kingstree;www.wiltech.edu

Admissions: [email protected];843-355-4165.Tuition + fees: $3,756 in district; $3,876in state.Financial aid: [email protected]; 843-355-4166.Enrollment: 717. 58% female, 42% male.0% American Indian/Alaska native; 0%Asian; 70% black/African-American; 1%Hispanic/Latino; 0% native Hawaiian/


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Pacific islander; 27% white; 0%two or more races; 1% race/eth-nicity unknown; 0% nonresident.

ACADEMICSOpen admission policy.Popular programs include uni-

versity transfer, nursing (LPN),business, welding technology andchild care provider/assistant.

ALSODid you know? Recent changesinclude the reactivation of certif-icate programs in industrial elec-tricity, criminal justice and nailtechnology in 2013. SACS Com-mission on Colleges approved theHemingway Career and Tech-nology Center as an off-campussite in 2013 and the online crimi-nal justice certificate program in2015. The college continues toexpand its course technology baseand offers both hybrid and onlinecourses.

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York TechnicalCollege

452 S. Anderson Road, Rock Hill;yorktech.edu

Admissions: [email protected]; 800-922-8324.Tuition + fees: $4,241 in district;$4,577 in state.Financial aid: [email protected]; 803-327-8005.Enrollment: 5,061. 60% female,40% male. 1% American Indian/Alaska native; 1% Asian; 24%black/African-American; 5%Hispanic/Latino; 0% native Ha-waiian/Pacific islander; 58%white; 10% two or more races; 1%race/ethnicity unknown; 0%nonresident.

ACADEMICSOpen admissions policy.Popular majors include uni-

versity transfer, administrativeassistant and secretarial science,business administration and man-agement, nursing, and automotivetechnology.

Art Institute ofCharleston

24 N. Market St., Charleston;new.artinstitutes.edu/Charleston

Tuition + fees: $17,596.Room and board: $10,014.Enrollment: 554. 58% female, 42% male.0% American Indian/Alaska native; 2%Asian; 23% black/African-American; 6%Hispanic/Latino; 0% native Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 26% white; 1% two ormore races; 40% race/ethnicity un-known; 0% nonresident.

ACADEMICSOpen admission policy.Popular programs include apparel and

accessories marketing operations; culi-nary arts; graphic design; interior design;and baking and pastry arts.

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Brown Mackie College

Two Liberty Square, 75 Beattie Place, Suite100, Greenville; www.brownmackie.edu


ACADEMICSOpen admission policy.Popular programs include medical

office management, occupational therapyassistant, medical/clinical assistant,business and criminal justice.

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Centura College

7500 Two Notch Road, Columbia;8088 Rivers Ave., North Charleston;centuracollege.edu

Tuition + fees: $15,887.Columbia enrollment: 70. 56% female,44% male. 0% American Indian/Alaskanative; 0% Asian; 71% black/African-

American; 3% Hispanic/Latino; 1% na-tive Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 21%white; 0% two or more races; 3% race/ethnicity unknown; 0% nonresident.North Charleston enrollment: 121. 93%female, 7% male. 2% American Indian/Alaska native; 0% Asian; 70% black/African-American; 2% Hispanic/Latino;0% native Hawaiian/Pacific islander;18% white; 2% two or more races; 6%race/ethnicity unknown; 0% nonresi-dent.

ACADEMICSOpen admission policy.Popular programs at the Columbia

campus include HVAC maintenancetechnology, medical office assistant,medical coding, information technologyand corrections.

Popular programs at the North Char-leston campus include massage therapy,medical insurance coding, and medicaloffice assistant.

ALSOA nice place to call home: Hands-onlearning and large labs prepare studentsfor employment.

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ECPI University

250 Berryhill Road #300, Columbia; 1001Keys Drive #100, Greenville; 7410 NorthsideDrive #100, North Charleston; ecpi.edu

Columbia campus: 844-611-0668, 803-610-4111.Greenville campus: 844-611-0627, 864-438-5018.Charleston campus: 844-611-0642,843-606-5902.Tuition + fees: $14,245.

ALSODid you know? Since it was founded in1966, ECPI University has demonstrateda commitment to forward-thinking, mar-ket-based curriculum, being among thefirst to offer classes in the growing fieldof computer programming. From thatpoint forward, ECPI University has pur-sued a path of sustained academic in-novation based on addressing the needsof students and employers while playinga key role in the mid-Atlantic’s economicdevelopment. ECPI University’s fields ofstudy include technology, health science,business, criminal justice and the culi-

nary arts. ECPI University has beenranked in the top three for Best for Vetsby Military Times for the past four years(in Online and Nontraditional Schools).

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Fortis College

246 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 101, Columbia;columbia.fortis.edu


ACADEMICSOpen admission policy.Popular programs include medical/

clinical assistant, HVAC technology,nursing and dental assistant.

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Golf Academy of America

3268 Waccamaw Blvd., Myrtle Beach;www.golfacademy.edu


ACADEMICSOpen admission policy.

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ITT Technical Institute

1628 Browning Road, Suite 180, Columbia; 6Independence Pointe, Greenville; 9654 N.Kings Highway, Suite 101, Myrtle Beach; 2431W. Aviation Ave., North Charleston;www.itt-tech.edu

Tuition: $18,048.Columbia enrollment: 315. 31% female,


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69% male. 0% American Indian/Alaskanative; 1% Asian; 70% black/African-American; 2% Hispanic/Latino; 0% na-tive Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 22%white; 3% two or more races; 2% race/ethnicity unknown; 0% nonresident.Greenville enrollment: 269. 28% female,74% male. 1% American Indian/Alaskanative; 1% Asian; 36% black/African-American; 6% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 52% white; 3%two or more races; 1% race/ethnicity un-known; 0% nonresident.Myrtle Beach enrollment: 152. 35% fe-male, 65% male. 0% American Indian/Alaska native; 2% Asian; 40% black/Afri-can-American; 3% Hispanic/Latino; 0%native Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 49%white; 3% two or more races; 3% race/ethnicity unknown; 0% nonresident.North Charleston enrollment: 270. 31%female, 69% male. 1% American Indian/Alaska native; 1% Asian; 63% black/Afri-can-American; 3% Hispanic/Latino; 0%native Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 30%white; 1% two or more races; 2% race/ethnicity unknown; 0% nonresident.

ACADEMICSSecondary school record and Test of

English as a Foreign Language requiredfor admission consideration.Applicants admitted: 49% to Columbiacampus; 48% to Greenville and MyrtleBeach; 54% to North Charleston.

Popular programs at the Columbiacampus include system, networking andLAN/WAN management; criminalisticsand criminal science; graphic design;electrical engineering; and computer andinformation systems security.

Popular programs at the Greenvillecampus include electrical engineering;system, networking and LAN/WAN man-agement; computer systems networkingand telecommunications; criminal jus-tice/law enforcement administration;and project management.

Popular programs at the Myrtle Beachcampus include system, networking andLAN/WAN management; electrical engi-neering; and drafting and design tech-nology.

Popular programs at the North Char-leston campus include electrical engineer-ing; system, networking and LAN/WANmanagement; drafting and design tech-nology; and computer systems networkingand telecommunications.

ALSODid you know? Curriculum is developed

with industry feedback from local andnational employer advisory committees.

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Miller-Motte TechnicalCollege

8085 Rivers Ave., Suite E, North Charleston;2451 U.S. 501 East, Conway;miller-motte.edu

Tuition + fees: $10,360, North Char-leston campus. $10,422, Conway cam-pus.North Charleston enrollment: 635. 84%female, 16% male. 0% American Indian/Alaska native; 0% Asian; 54% black/African-American; 3% Hispanic/Latino;0% native Hawaiian/Pacific islander;40% white; 2% two or more races; 1%race/ethnicity unknown; 0% nonresi-dent.Conway enrollment: 622. 93% female,7% male. 0% American Indian/Alaskanative; 0% Asian; 55% black/African-American; 2% Hispanic/Latino; 0% na-tive Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 40%white; 0% two or more races; 2% race/ethnicity unknown; 0% nonresident.


clinical assistant; health information/medical records technology; commercialvehicle operation; massage therapy; andaesthetician and skin care specialist.

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South University

9 Science Court, Columbia;southuniversity.edu

Admissions: 803-946-4308.Tuition + fees: $16,360.

Financial aid: 803-935-4295.

ACADEMICSOpen admission policy.Popular programs include nursing;

health/medical preparatory programs;business administration and manage-ment; mental health counseling; andcriminal justice/law enforcement admin-istration.

Strayer University

200 Center Point Circle, Suite 300,Columbia; 5010 Wetland Crossing, NorthCharleston; 555 N. Pleasantburg Drive, Suite300, Greenville; strayer.edu

Tuition + fees: $12,975.

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University of Phoenix

1001 Pinnacle Point Drive, Columbia;phoenix.edu

Tuition + fees: $9,480.Enrollment: 540. 67% female, 33%male. 1% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 0% Asian; 52% black/African-American; 3% Hispanic/Latino; 1% na-tive Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 11%white; 4% two or more races; 28% race/ethnicity unknown; 0% nonresident.

ACADEMICSOpen admission policy.Popular programs include business

administration and management; hospi-tal and health care facilities adminis-tration and management; human re-sources management; and accounting.

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Virginia College

7201 Two Notch Road, Columbia; 2400David H. McLeod Blvd., Florence; 78 GlobalDrive, Greenville; 6185 Rivers Ave., NorthCharleston; 8150 Warren H. AbernathyHighway, Spartanburg; vc.edu

Tuition + fees: $13,932.Columbia enrollment: 589. 87% female,13% male. 0% American Indian/Alaskanative; 1% Asian; 84% black/African-American; 3% Hispanic/Latino; 0% na-tive Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 8% white;0% two or more races; 4% race/ethnicityunknown; 0% nonresident.Florence enrollment: 414. 93% female,7% male. 0% American Indian/Alaskanative; 0% Asian; 80% black/African-American; 4% Hispanic/Latino; 0%native Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 15%white; 0% two or more races; 1% race/ethnicity unknown; 0% nonresident.

Greenville enrollment: 453. 87% female,13% male. 0% American Indian/Alaskanative; 0% Asian; 53% black/African-American; 9% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 35% white; 2%two or more races; 2% race/ethnicity un-known; 0% nonresident.North Charleston enrollment: 414. 85%female, 15% male. 0% American Indian/Alaska native; 0% Asian; 71% black/Afri-can-American; 4% Hispanic/Latino; 0%native Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 23%white; 1% two or more races; 0% race/ethnicity unknown; 0% nonresident.Spartanburg enrollment: 413. 87% fe-male, 13% male. 0% American Indian/Alaska native; 0% Asian; 54% black/Afri-can-American; 5% Hispanic/Latino; 0%native Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 38%white; 2% two or more races; 1% race/ethnicity unknown; 0% nonresident.


clinical assistant, cosmetology, medicalinsurance coding, pharmacy technician/assistant, and surgical technology.

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Webster University

100 Gateway Corporate Blvd., Columbia;4589 Oleander Drive, Myrtle Beach; 4105Faber Place Drive, Suite 11, NorthCharleston; 101 W. Hill Blvd., Joint BaseCharleston; 124 Verdae Blvd., Suite 400,Greenville; One Pinckney Blvd., Beaufort; 398Shaw Drive, Room 108, Shaw Air Force Base;4600 Strom Thurmond Blvd., Fort Jackson;www.webster.edu

Columbia campus: [email protected], 803-699-0900.Myrtle Beach campus: 843-497-3677.North Charleston campus: 843-760-1324.Joint Base campus: 843-767-2278.Greenville campus: 864-676-9002.Naval Hospital campus: 843-524-1851.Shaw campus: 803-666-2254.Fort Jackson campus: 803-738-0603.

ALSOA nice place to call home: Discountedtuition available for military students.Did you know? Webster is located onfour continents, in eight countries and in60 cities. It has more than 160,000alumni worldwide.

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Charleston School of Law

81 Mary St., Charleston; charlestonlaw.edu

Admissions: [email protected];843-377-2143. Enrollment: 449. 45% female, 55%male. 2% American Indian/Alaska na-tive; 1% Asian; 9% black/African-Amer-ican; 4% Hispanic/Latino; 0% nativeHawaiian/Pacific islander; 82% white;0% two or more races; 2% race/ethnicityunknown; 0% nonresident.

ACADEMICSRequired tests: LSAT.Required degree: Bachelor’s.Degree offered: Juris Doctor.

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Christ Central Institute

159 Church St. NE, Wagener; www.ccins.org

Admissions: 803-564-5902.Tuition: All students accepted receivefull scholarships.Enrollment: 50.

ACADEMICSDegrees offered: Two-year certificate,community missions; three-year degree,mission specialist.

ALSOAlumni you may know: Barbara Fran-klin, president of the missions arm ofChrist Central Ministries.A nice place to call home: Wagener is athriving rural community about 45 min-utes south of Columbia.Did you know? Christ Central Institute isthe only school in the U.S. that offers fullscholarships to all qualified studentsincluding food, housing and educationalcosts.

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Edward Via College ofOsteopathic Medicine

350 Howard St., Spartanburg; vcom.edu

Admissions: 864-327-9808.Financial aid: 864-327-9902.

ACADEMICSRequired tests: MCAT.Degree offered: Doctorate of Osteopath-ic Medicine (D.O.).

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Lenoir-Rhyne University:Center for GraduateStudies of Columbia

4201 N. Main St., Price House, Columbia;columbia.lr.edu

Admissions: [email protected], 803-461-3296.Financial aid: 803-461-3296.

ACADEMICSDegrees offered: Master of Arts in hu-man services (fully online); Master ofArts in clinical mental health counseling.

ALSOA nice place to call home: The reno-vated space for master’s students in-cludes a 24-hour study area.

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Lutheran TheologicalSouthern Seminary

4201 N. Main St., Columbia; ltss.lr.edu

Admissions: [email protected]; 803-461-3238.Tuition + fees: $15,805.Financial aid: 803-461-3240.Enrollment: 92. 46% female, 54% male.0% American Indian/Alaska native; 0%Asian; 15% black/African-American; 0%Hispanic/Latino; 0% native Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 76% white; 1% two ormore races; 8% race/ethnicity unknown;0% nonresident.

ACADEMICSRequired degree: Any bachelor’s.Degrees offered: Master’s degrees indivinity, pastoral counseling, theologicaland ministerial studies, and theology.

ALSODid you know? The mission of LutheranTheological Southern Seminary is toteach, form and nurture women and menfor public ministry in a context that is

Christ-centered, faithfully Lutheran andecumenically committed.

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Medical University ofSouth Carolina

179 Ashley Ave., Charleston; musc.edu

Undergraduate tuition + fees: $16,076*. Graduate tuition + fees: $17,865*.Financial aid: [email protected]; 843-792-2536.Enrollment (all programs): 2,898. 80%female, 20% male. 1% American Indian/Alaska native; 4% Asian; 6% black/Afri-can-American; 3% Hispanic/Latino; 0%native Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 74%white; 2% two or more races; 9% race/ethnicity unknown; 0% nonresident.

ACADEMICSPopular programs include nursing (bach-

elor’s program); maternity and child healthand neonatal nursing, health care adminis-tration, and physician assistant (master’sprograms); and medicine, pharmacy, anddentistry (doctoral programs).

ALSOAlumni you may know: Horace G.Smithy, cardiothoracic surgeon who de-veloped one of the first instruments usedin beating-heart surgery; Francis PeyrePorcher, professor who served as a physi-cian during the Civil War.A nice place to call home: Charleston isone of the most highly recognized cities fortourism, find dining, historical attractionsand recreational activities on and off thewater. As South Carolina’s only compre-hensive academic health center providinga full range of programs in the biomedicalsciences, MUSC is engaged in activitiesstatewide. Its campus is located on morethan 80 acres in Charleston, with a pop-ulation of about 13,000 clinicians, faculty,staff members and students. Nearly 3,000students in six colleges (dental medicine,graduate studies, health professions, med-icine, nursing and pharmacy) study atMUSC. The university also provides resi-dency training for more than 500 graduatehealth professionals.Did you know? MUSC has grown from asmall, private medical school in 1824 toone of the nation’s top academic healthscience centers; total grant support forMUSC tops $232 million.

*Tuition varies by program. See academicdepartments.musc.edu/esl/em/records/fees.html.

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Sherman College ofChiropractic

2020 Springfield Road, Spartanburg;www.sherman.edu

Admissions: [email protected];800-849-8771, ext. 200.Enrollment: 346. 43% female, 57% male.1% American Indian/Alaska native; 2%Asian; 4% black/African-American; 7%Hispanic/Latino; 0% native Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 76% white; 0% two ormore races; 6% race/ethnicity unknown;3% nonresident.

ACADEMICSDegree offered: Doctor of Chiropractic.

ALSOA nice place to call home: Spartanburg isa college town, with seven colleges and thehighest per-capita college student popula-tion of any major city in the state.Did you know? Sherman is one of just 18chiropractic colleges in the U.S. and theonly one in the Carolinas.

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Southern MethodistCollege

541 Broughton St., Orangeburg; smcollege.edu

Admissions: [email protected];803-534-7826; 803-534-7827 (fax).

ACADEMICSDegrees offered: Bachelor’s degrees inBible with specializations in pastoral edu-cation, Christian ministries, missions,Christian counseling, elementary educa-tion and leadership and ethics; associatesdegrees; and one-year Bible certificates.

ALSOA nice place to call home: Edisto Memo-rial Gardens are within walking distance,and Lake Marion and Santee State Park arejust 30 miles away.

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Once the semester gets un-derway, your schedule will bejam-packed with classes, activ-ities, studying and friends. Setup your space wisely for a suc-cessful start to the year.

— STATEPOINT

Whether you’re an incomingfreshman or entering yoursenior year, the transition tocampus life requires mentaland logistical preparation. Fora smooth move, prepare inadvance.

“You’ll want your dorm roomor apartment to be a space inwhich you can thrive academ-ically and socially from dayone,” says Jessica Joyce,spokeswoman for Bed Bath &Beyond, a well-known destina-tion for college essentials.

Joyce and the lifestyle ex-perts at Bed Bath & Beyond areoffering tips to set up yourdorm room with form andfunction in mind.

A Use a checklist: Stay orga-nized and on-budget by using ashopping checklist. Manystores that sell housewaresprovide shopping guides forcollege students that breakdown all the basics needed forcampus living. Use this as abase point for what you’ll needand add your own customitems to it, so that when youget to the store you won’t missany essentials.

A Know school rules: Forspecific information about yourcollege, use online resourcessuch as, bedbathandbe-yond.com/shopforcollege,which offers customized lists ofwhat students can and can’tbring with them to their schooland what the school provides.Students can also use thesepages to locate stores close tocampus.

A Think small: For manystudents, moving to a collegedorm room means living in asmaller space. Take this intoconsideration when planninghow you will organize youritems. Space-saving storagetools and multifunctionalitems, such as bed risers thathave an AC outlet and USBcharger, can help students packmore essentials into a smallerspace.

A Build a better bed: As ifgetting a good night’s sleepisn’t hard enough in a dorm,

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STATEPOINT

memorize materials. A compet-itive edge is gained with truecomprehension. Fill your homewith books and magazines on awide range of subjects. Pickingup new words in a practical con-text will happen naturally with-out feeling like work.

On the math front, check outpractical tools that encouragedeeper understanding of difficultconcepts, such as research-basedbooks and education workbookson topics like critical thinking,algebra, geometry and statistics.

TEST DAYThe night before the test is not

the time to cram. Students shouldarrive at the test site refreshed,well-rested and well-fed. Fatigueor an empty stomach will provedistracting. Fill up on brain foodcontaining Omega-3s, antioxidantsand vitamin E. For those needinga morning boost, consider joggingthe brain into action over break-fast with a challenging article ormath problem.

College entrance exams cansignificantly impact an academiccareer. Take every step you canto ensure a maximum score.

— STATEPOINT

Whether taking the SAT, theACT or both, excelling on collegeentrance exams can strengthenone’s school applications.

While students need to takepersonal initiative when preppingfor these crucial tests, familiescan lend a helping hand.

PRIORITIZING STUDY TIMEGood study habits are important

for academic achievement andwill come in handy in college.They are also especially importantduring college exam preparation.

Ensure your student has a quietarea to study, free of distractionslike televisions, squabbling siblingsand social media.

Consider giving your student afree pass from chores on days heor she takes a full practice test –this will require several hoursand be mentally taxing.

THE RIGHT TOOLSMathematical coursework,

test-taking and preparation requirethe right gear. Set up your studentfor achievement with scientificand graphing calculators thatfeature a range of high-level func-tions. Remember, some questions

in the math sections of the SATcan’t be solved without a scientificor graphing calculator.

Choose one that is right for thetask. For example, Casio’sCLASSWIZ fx-991EX is the firstscientific calculator to featurespreadsheet functionality. Itenables users to create spread-sheets with up to five columnsand 45 rows. It can also convertgraphs into QR codes, which canbe displayed on a projectorscreen, allowing students to workseamlessly with their teacher ortest prep tutor.

Designed for elementary, mid-dle and high school students,Casio’s calculators focus on suchsubjects as general math, trigo-nometry, statistics, algebra, geom-etry and physics, and are availablein a variety of colors (a potentialmotivation for students who wantto do math in style).

Whatever model you opt for, besure it is authorized for use duringthe test and has an intuitive in-terface that will speed up calcula-tions when time matters.

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