Name of College |
Type |
Years |
Location |
Founded |
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Aiken Technical College |
Public |
2-year |
Aiken |
1972 |
Allen University |
Private |
4-year |
Columbia |
1870 |
Anderson University |
Private |
4-year |
Anderson |
1911 |
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Benedict College |
Private |
4-year |
Columbia |
1870 |
Bob Jones University |
Private |
4-year |
Greenville |
1927 |
|
|
|
Central Carolina Technical College |
Public |
2-year |
Sumter |
1963 |
Charleston School of Law |
Private |
2-year |
Charleston |
2004 |
Charleston Southern University |
Private |
4-year |
North Charleston |
1964 |
Christ Central Institute |
Private |
Seminary |
Wagener |
1997 |
The Citadel |
Public |
4-year |
Charleston |
1842 |
Claflin University |
Private |
4-year |
Orangeburg |
1869 |
Clemson University |
Public |
4-year |
Clemson |
1893 |
Clinton College |
Private |
4-year |
Rock Hill |
1894 |
Coastal Carolina University |
Public |
4-year |
Conway |
1954 |
Coker University |
Private |
4-year |
Hartsville |
1908 |
College of Charleston |
Public |
4-year |
Charleston |
1770 |
Columbia College |
Private |
4-year |
Columbia |
1854 |
Columbia International University |
Private |
4-year |
Columbia |
1923 |
Columbia International University Seminary |
Private |
Seminary |
Columbia |
1923 |
Converse University |
Private |
4-year |
Spartanburg |
1889 |
|
|
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Denmark Technical College |
Public |
2-year |
Denmark |
1969 |
Dickerson-Green Theological Seminary at Allen University |
Private |
Seminary |
Columbia |
1880 |
|
|
|
ECPI University - out-of-state, for-profit |
Proprietary |
2 & 4-year |
3 SC campuses |
|
– Charleston Campus - out-of-state, for-profit |
Proprietary |
2 & 4-year |
North Charleston |
2004 |
– Columbia Campus - out-of-state, for-profit |
Proprietary |
2 & 4-year |
Columbia |
2006 |
– Greenville Campus - out-of-state, for-profit |
Proprietary |
2 & 4-year |
Greenville |
2000 |
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine |
Private |
Graduate |
Spartanburg |
2011 |
Erskine College |
Private |
4-year |
Due West |
1839 |
Erskine Theological Seminary |
Private |
Seminary |
Due West |
1837 |
|
|
|
Florence-Darlington Technical College |
Public |
2-year |
Florence |
1964 |
Forrest College - out-of-state, for-profit |
Proprietary |
2-year |
Anderson |
1946 |
Fortis College - out-of-state, for-profit |
Proprietary |
2-year |
Columbia |
2010 |
Francis Marion University |
Public |
4-year |
Florence |
1970 |
Furman University |
Private |
4-year |
Greenville |
1826 |
|
|
|
Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary |
Private |
Seminary |
Taylors |
1987 |
Greenville Technical College |
Public |
2-year |
Greenville |
1962 |
|
|
|
Holmes Bible College |
Private |
Seminary |
Greenville |
1898 |
Horry-Georgetown Technical College |
Public |
2-year |
Georgetown, Horry |
1966 |
|
|
|
Lander University |
Public |
4-year |
Greenwood |
1872 |
Limestone College |
Private |
4-year |
Gaffney |
1845 |
Lowcountry Graduate Center |
Public |
Graduate |
North Charleston |
2001 |
Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary* |
Private |
Seminary |
Columbia |
1830 |
*Relocating to Hickory, NC effective January 1, 2025 |
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|
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Medical University of South Carolina |
Public |
4-year, Graduate |
Charleston |
1824 |
Midlands Technical College |
Public |
2-year |
Columbia |
1963 |
Morris College |
Private |
4-year |
Sumter |
1908 |
|
|
|
Newberry College |
Private |
4-year |
Newberry |
1856 |
North Greenville University |
Private |
4-year |
Tigerville |
1892 |
Northeastern Technical College |
Public |
2-year |
Cheraw |
1968 |
|
|
|
Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College |
Public |
2-year |
Orangeburg |
1968 |
|
|
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Piedmont Technical College |
Public |
2-year |
Greenwood |
1966 |
Presbyterian College |
Private |
4-year |
Clinton |
1880 |
|
|
|
Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic |
Private |
Graduate |
Spartanburg |
1973 |
South Carolina State University |
Public |
4-year |
Orangeburg |
1896 |
South University |
Private |
4-year |
Columbia |
1935 |
Southern Methodist College |
Private |
4-year |
Orangeburg |
1956 |
Southern Wesleyan University |
Private |
4-year |
Central |
1906 |
Spartanburg Community College |
Public |
2-year |
Spartanburg |
1963 |
Spartanburg Methodist College |
Private |
2-year |
Spartanburg |
1911 |
Strayer University - out-of-state, for-profit |
Proprietary |
4-year |
3 SC campuses |
1892 |
– Charleston Campus - out-of-state, for-profit |
Proprietary |
4-year |
North Charleston |
2006 |
– Columbia Campus - out-of-state, for-profit |
Proprietary |
4-year |
Columbia |
2005 |
– Greenville Campus - out-of-state, for-profit |
Proprietary |
4-year |
Greenville |
2004 |
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|
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Technical College of the Lowcountry |
Public |
2-year |
Beaufort |
1969 |
Tri-County Technical College |
Public |
2-year |
Pendleton |
1963 |
Trident Technical College |
Public |
2-year |
Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester |
1964 |
– Culinary Institute of Charleston |
|
|
Charleston |
2005 |
Troy University - out-of-state, public university |
Proprietary |
4-year |
Sumter |
2008 |
|
|
|
University Center of Greenville |
Public, Private |
4-year |
Greenville |
1987 |
University of Phoenix - out-of-state, for-profit |
Proprietary |
4-year |
2 SC campuses |
|
– Columbia Campus - out-of-state, for-profit |
Proprietary |
4-year |
Columbia |
2006 |
– Greenville Campus - out-of-state, for-profit |
Proprietary |
4-year |
Greenville |
|
University of South Carolina |
Public |
4-year |
Columbia |
1801 |
– School of Law |
Public |
4-year |
Columbia |
1866 |
– School of Medicine, Columbia |
Public |
4-year |
Columbia |
1977 |
– School of Medicine, Greenville |
Public |
4-year |
Greenville |
2012 |
– Aiken campus |
Public |
4-year |
Aiken |
1961 |
– Beaufort campus |
Public |
4-year |
Beaufort |
1959 |
– Lancaster campus |
Public |
2-year |
Lancaster |
1959 |
– Salkehatchie campuses |
Public |
2-year |
Allendale, Walterboro |
1965 |
– Sumter campus |
Public |
2-year |
Sumter |
1966 |
– Union campuses |
Public |
2-year |
Union, Clinton |
1965 |
– Upstate campuses |
Public |
4-year |
Spartanburg, Greenville |
1967 |
|
|
|
Voorhees University
|
Private |
4-year |
Denmark |
1897 |
|
|
|
Webster University |
Private |
4-year |
3 SC campuses |
1915 |
– Columbia Campus |
Private |
|
Columbia |
2000 |
– Myrtle Beach Campus |
Private |
|
Myrtle Beach |
1992 |
Williamsburg Technical College |
Public |
2-year |
Kingstree |
1971 |
Winthrop University |
Public |
4-year |
Rock Hill |
1886 |
Wofford College |
Private |
4-year |
Spartanburg |
1854 |
|
|
|
York Technical College |
Public |
2-year |
Rock Hill |
1964 |