| Address | Columbia SC 29208 |
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| Location |
Urban Campus |
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| City Size |
Medium (50,000 - 249,999) |
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| Schools and Colleges |
16 |
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| Admissions | Undergraduate | Lieber College
(803) 777-7700
(800) 868-5872 |
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| Graduate | Byrnes Building
(803) 777-4243 |
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| Deadlines (Priority) |
Admissions:
| None |
Financial Aid:
| April 15 |
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| Tuition | Academic Year (Undergraduate)
|
$5,778 In-State
$15,116 Out-of-State |
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| Room and Board |
Academic Year
|
$5,327 (Average) |
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| Enrollment |
Undergraduate
Master's
Doctorate
First-Professional |
17,133
4,058
1,608
1,298 |
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| Male/Female |
Undergraduate
|
Male
7,711
(45%) |
Female
9,422
(55%) |
Graduate
|
2,471
(36%) |
4,386
(64%) |
First-Professional
|
638
(49%) |
660
(51%) |
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| Minority |
Undergraduate
Graduate
First-Professional |
3,724 (21.7%)
2,063 (30.1%)
176 (13.6%) |
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| African American |
Undergraduate
Graduate
First-Professional |
2,670 (15.6%)
959 (14.0%)
92 (7.1%) |
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Residency
(Fee-Based) |
Out-of-State
In-State |
12%
88% |
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| SAT Scores |
Verbal Range
Math Range |
310 - 800
(Average: 568)
370 - 800
(Average: 577) |
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| Housing |
40% of Undergraduates live on campus.
28 residence halls
Types of residence halls: Coed, Apartments, Married, Greek, Honors, Pre-medical, Engineering Community,
Teaching Fellows, US/International, Wellness, Athletic, Residential College |
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| Library |
Volumes
Microforms
Periodicals
Computers |
3,374,496
5,060,469
22,744
200+ |
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| Top Three Majors (Undergraduate) |
Experimental Psychology
Business Administration
Marketing |
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| Greek |
Fraternities
Sororities |
18 (17% of undergraduate men)
12 (17% of undergraduate women) |
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| Majors |
Associates
Bachelors
Masters
Doctoral
First-Professional |
1
69
113
58
3 |
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| Degrees Awarded |
Associates |
Total
14 |
African American
6 |
Bachelors
|
3,054 |
515 |
Masters
|
1,855 |
210 |
Doctoral
|
235 |
23 |
First-Professional
|
339 |
25 |
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| New Freshmen |
Applicants
Accepted
Enrolled |
12,817
8,260
3,491 |
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| Transfer |
Applicants
Accepted
Enrolled |
3,293
1,851
1,117 |
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| Faculty |
1,416 Full-time
524 Part-time |
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Faculty Degrees
(Ranked Only) |
Ph.D.
M.D.
LLM
JD or LLB
Masters
Bachelors |
81.3%
0.9%
1.2%
2.3%
13.3%
0.9% |
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Financial Aid
(Undergraduate Students Receiving Aid) |
88% of New Freshmen
78% of Continuing Students |
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| Retention |
84.2% of freshmen continue to their sophomore year.
60.9% graduate within 6 years. |
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| 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." |
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| *Includes Certificates and Specialists |
