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