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	South Carolina	Nation

Demographics

Population
	South Carolina	Nation
Total (State rank: 24)	4,679,230	311,591,919

Age distribution
Age range	South Carolina	Nation
Up to 4	6.5%	6.4%
5 to 14	12.8%	13.2%
15 to 19	7.0%	7.0%
20 to 24	7.2%	7.1%
25 to 44	25.5%	26.4%
45 to 64	26.9%	26.5%
65 and older	14.0%	13.2%

Racial and ethnic distribution
Race or ethnicity	South Carolina	Nation
American Indian	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	1.4%	4.8%
Black	27.9%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
White	67.0%	74.1%
More than one race	1.8%	2.8%
Hispanic (may be any race)	5.2%	16.7%
Other	1.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment of adults (highest level)
Level	South Carolina	Nation
8th grade or less	5.6%	6.0%
Some high school, no diploma	10.3%	8.1%
High-school diploma	30.7%	28.4%
Some college, no degree	20.8%	21.2%
Associate degree	8.6%	7.8%
Bachelor’s degree	15.6%	17.9%
Master’s degree	6.1%	7.5%
Doctoral degree	0.9%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.4%	1.9%

Proportion who speak a language other than English at home
	South Carolina	Nation
	6.6%	20.8%

Per capita personal income
	South Carolina	Nation
(State rank: 49)	$34,266	$42,693

Poverty rate
	South Carolina	Nation
	18.9%	15.9%

New high-school graduates
Estimate	South Carolina	Nation
Total for 2013-14	40,035	3,219,207
Projected change from 2013-14 to 2023-24	18.3%	7.9%

New GED diploma recipients
	South Carolina	Nation
	7,479	401,388

High-school dropout rate
	South Carolina	Nation
	6.7%	4.9%

Faculty pay

Average pay of full-time professors

Public doctoral institutions
Academic rank	South Carolina	Nation
Professor	$109,005	$118,822
Associate professor	$78,608	$81,373
Assistant professor	$69,601	$70,325
All	$79,701	$85,690

Public master’s institutions
Academic rank	South Carolina	Nation
Professor	$81,147	$89,076
Associate professor	$66,064	$71,297
Assistant professor	$57,237	$60,506
All	$64,334	$69,025

Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
Academic rank	South Carolina	Nation
Professor	n/a	$152,042
Associate professor	n/a	$95,762
Assistant professor	n/a	$82,983
All	n/a	$108,803

Private nonprofit master’s institutions
Academic rank	South Carolina	Nation
Professor	$59,540	$91,161
Associate professor	$54,171	$71,963
Assistant professor	$48,291	$58,901
All	$50,890	$69,941

Other 4-year institutions
Control	South Carolina	Nation
Public	$53,278	$61,265
Private nonprofit	$57,948	$68,804

2-year colleges
Control	South Carolina	Nation
Public	$46,371	$62,568
Private nonprofit	$45,517	$48,969

Students

Enrollment
Group	South Carolina	Nation
Undergraduate	234,149	18,047,249
Graduate and professional	25,853	2,931,076
At public 4-year institutions	105,575	8,033,071
At public 2-year institutions	102,727	7,062,467
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	34,237	3,887,322
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	979	39,553
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	13,456	1,559,080
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	3,028	396,832
Total	260,002	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Institution type	South Carolina	Nation
Public	80%	72%
4-year	59%	64%
2-year	41%	36%

Degrees awarded
Level	South Carolina	Nation
Associate	9,771	942,217
Bachelor’s	23,034	1,712,538
Master’s	5,849	730,635
Doctorate	1,606	163,715

Residence of new students

State

State residents made up 76% of all freshmen enrolled in South Carolina in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 90% of all South Carolina residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.

Nation

82% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.

Graduation rates at 4-year institutions
Gender, race or ethnicity	South Carolina	Nation
All	57.3%	59.0%
Men	54.6%	56.4%
Women	59.5%	61.2%
American Indian	49.4%	40.6%
Asian	65.3%	69.7%
Black	40.6%	40.2%
Hispanic	56.6%	51.4%
White	63.5%	62.3%
2 or more races	85.7%	64.0%
Race unknown	50.0%	56.0%

Diversity

Enrollment by race, ethnicity, and citizenship status
Race, ethnicity, or citizenship status	South Carolina	Nation
American Indian	1,072	174,629
Asian	3,615	1,133,719
Black	73,021	2,840,259
Pacific Islander	341	61,179
Hispanic	7,140	2,695,637
White	158,508	11,519,372
2 or more races	3,892	405,812
Race unknown	8,195	1,409,094
Foreign	4,218	738,624
Total	260,002	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Group	South Carolina	Nation
Women	59.8%	57.0%
American Indian	0.4%	0.8%
Asian	1.4%	5.4%
Black	28.1%	13.5%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Hispanic	2.7%	12.8%
White	61.0%	54.9%
2 or more races	1.5%	1.9%
Race unknown	3.2%	6.7%
Foreign	1.6%	3.5%
Minority	34.3%	34.9%
Underrepresented minority	31.2%	27.2%
Full-time	68.7%	61.9%

Test scores

State

Students averaged 20.2 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 57% of South Carolina’s high-school seniors. Students averaged 969 on the SAT, which was taken by an estimated 73% of South Carolina’s high-school seniors.

Nation

Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1010 on the SAT.

Finance

Average tuition and fees
Institution type	South Carolina	Nation
Public 4-year	$10,158	$7,087
Public 2-year	$3,632	$2,419
Private 4-year	$20,842	$26,165

State funds for higher-education operating expenses
	South Carolina	Nation
State funds	$942,770,165	$71,966,406,875
One-year change	9.7%	-0.4%

State spending on student aid
Aid type	South Carolina	Nation
Need-based grants	$51,840,113	$6,954,307,090
Non-need-based grants	$275,740,315	$2,444,876,754
Nongrant aid	$4,444,727	$1,737,198,826
Total	$332,025,155	$11,136,382,670

Spending on research and development by colleges and universities
	South Carolina	Nation
Total	$622,702,000	$65,073,411,000
One-year change	-5.7%	6.3%

Sources of financing
Source	South Carolina	Nation
Federal government	53.4%	62.6%
State and local governments	1.5%	5.9%
Industry	4.9%	4.9%
Nonprofit	3.4%	5.9%
Institution itself	35.3%	19.1%
Other	1.6%	1.6%

Share for specific research fields
Field	South Carolina	Nation
Engineering	22.0%	15.4%
Environmental sciences	3.0%	4.9%
Life sciences	55.8%	57.2%
Math and computer sciences	2.1%	3.6%
Physical sciences	6.6%	7.3%
Psychology	1.3%	1.7%
Social sciences	2.0%	3.1%
Other sciences	0.6%	1.7%
Fields other than science and engineering	6.8%	4.9%

Largest endowment
Institution	South Carolina
Furman University	$550,266,000

Top fund raisers (among survey participants)
Institution	South Carolina
University of South Carolina at Columbia	$85,565,822
Clemson University	$71,303,606
Medical University of South Carolina	$40,196,614

Colleges and universities

Number of institutions
Institution type	South Carolina	Nation
Public 4-year	13	679
Public 2-year	20	972
Private 4-year, nonprofit	22	1,557
Private 2-year, nonprofit	2	100
Private 4-year, for-profit	13	735
Private 2-year, for-profit	7	669
Total	77	4,712

3 largest institutions by enrollment
Institution	South Carolina
University of South Carolina at Columbia	25,836
Clemson University	17,626
College of Charleston	10,047

Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

Benedict College, Charleston Southern University, North Greenville University

Institutions on NCAA probation

University of South Carolina at Columbia

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South Carolina

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	South Carolina	Nation

Demographics

Population
	South Carolina	Nation
Total (State rank: 24)	4,679,230	311,591,919

Age distribution
Age range	South Carolina	Nation
Up to 4	6.5%	6.4%
5 to 14	12.8%	13.2%
15 to 19	7.0%	7.0%
20 to 24	7.2%	7.1%
25 to 44	25.5%	26.4%
45 to 64	26.9%	26.5%
65 and older	14.0%	13.2%

Racial and ethnic distribution
Race or ethnicity	South Carolina	Nation
American Indian	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	1.4%	4.8%
Black	27.9%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
White	67.0%	74.1%
More than one race	1.8%	2.8%
Hispanic (may be any race)	5.2%	16.7%
Other	1.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment of adults (highest level)
Level	South Carolina	Nation
8th grade or less	5.6%	6.0%
Some high school, no diploma	10.3%	8.1%
High-school diploma	30.7%	28.4%
Some college, no degree	20.8%	21.2%
Associate degree	8.6%	7.8%
Bachelor’s degree	15.6%	17.9%
Master’s degree	6.1%	7.5%
Doctoral degree	0.9%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.4%	1.9%

Proportion who speak a language other than English at home
	South Carolina	Nation
	6.6%	20.8%

Per capita personal income
	South Carolina	Nation
(State rank: 49)	$34,266	$42,693

Poverty rate
	South Carolina	Nation
	18.9%	15.9%

New high-school graduates
Estimate	South Carolina	Nation
Total for 2013-14	40,035	3,219,207
Projected change from 2013-14 to 2023-24	18.3%	7.9%

New GED diploma recipients
	South Carolina	Nation
	7,479	401,388

High-school dropout rate
	South Carolina	Nation
	6.7%	4.9%

Faculty pay

Average pay of full-time professors

Public doctoral institutions
Academic rank	South Carolina	Nation
Professor	$109,005	$118,822
Associate professor	$78,608	$81,373
Assistant professor	$69,601	$70,325
All	$79,701	$85,690

Public master’s institutions
Academic rank	South Carolina	Nation
Professor	$81,147	$89,076
Associate professor	$66,064	$71,297
Assistant professor	$57,237	$60,506
All	$64,334	$69,025

Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
Academic rank	South Carolina	Nation
Professor	n/a	$152,042
Associate professor	n/a	$95,762
Assistant professor	n/a	$82,983
All	n/a	$108,803

Private nonprofit master’s institutions
Academic rank	South Carolina	Nation
Professor	$59,540	$91,161
Associate professor	$54,171	$71,963
Assistant professor	$48,291	$58,901
All	$50,890	$69,941

Other 4-year institutions
Control	South Carolina	Nation
Public	$53,278	$61,265
Private nonprofit	$57,948	$68,804

2-year colleges
Control	South Carolina	Nation
Public	$46,371	$62,568
Private nonprofit	$45,517	$48,969

Students

Enrollment
Group	South Carolina	Nation
Undergraduate	234,149	18,047,249
Graduate and professional	25,853	2,931,076
At public 4-year institutions	105,575	8,033,071
At public 2-year institutions	102,727	7,062,467
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	34,237	3,887,322
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	979	39,553
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	13,456	1,559,080
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	3,028	396,832
Total	260,002	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Institution type	South Carolina	Nation
Public	80%	72%
4-year	59%	64%
2-year	41%	36%

Degrees awarded
Level	South Carolina	Nation
Associate	9,771	942,217
Bachelor’s	23,034	1,712,538
Master’s	5,849	730,635
Doctorate	1,606	163,715

Residence of new students

State

Nation

82% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.

Graduation rates at 4-year institutions
Gender, race or ethnicity	South Carolina	Nation
All	57.3%	59.0%
Men	54.6%	56.4%
Women	59.5%	61.2%
American Indian	49.4%	40.6%
Asian	65.3%	69.7%
Black	40.6%	40.2%
Hispanic	56.6%	51.4%
White	63.5%	62.3%
2 or more races	85.7%	64.0%
Race unknown	50.0%	56.0%

Diversity

Enrollment by race, ethnicity, and citizenship status
Race, ethnicity, or citizenship status	South Carolina	Nation
American Indian	1,072	174,629
Asian	3,615	1,133,719
Black	73,021	2,840,259
Pacific Islander	341	61,179
Hispanic	7,140	2,695,637
White	158,508	11,519,372
2 or more races	3,892	405,812
Race unknown	8,195	1,409,094
Foreign	4,218	738,624
Total	260,002	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Group	South Carolina	Nation
Women	59.8%	57.0%
American Indian	0.4%	0.8%
Asian	1.4%	5.4%
Black	28.1%	13.5%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Hispanic	2.7%	12.8%
White	61.0%	54.9%
2 or more races	1.5%	1.9%
Race unknown	3.2%	6.7%
Foreign	1.6%	3.5%
Minority	34.3%	34.9%
Underrepresented minority	31.2%	27.2%
Full-time	68.7%	61.9%

Test scores

State

Nation

Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1010 on the SAT.

Finance

Average tuition and fees
Institution type	South Carolina	Nation
Public 4-year	$10,158	$7,087
Public 2-year	$3,632	$2,419
Private 4-year	$20,842	$26,165

State funds for higher-education operating expenses
	South Carolina	Nation
State funds	$942,770,165	$71,966,406,875
One-year change	9.7%	-0.4%

State spending on student aid
Aid type	South Carolina	Nation
Need-based grants	$51,840,113	$6,954,307,090
Non-need-based grants	$275,740,315	$2,444,876,754
Nongrant aid	$4,444,727	$1,737,198,826
Total	$332,025,155	$11,136,382,670

Spending on research and development by colleges and universities
	South Carolina	Nation
Total	$622,702,000	$65,073,411,000
One-year change	-5.7%	6.3%

Sources of financing
Source	South Carolina	Nation
Federal government	53.4%	62.6%
State and local governments	1.5%	5.9%
Industry	4.9%	4.9%
Nonprofit	3.4%	5.9%
Institution itself	35.3%	19.1%
Other	1.6%	1.6%

Share for specific research fields
Field	South Carolina	Nation
Engineering	22.0%	15.4%
Environmental sciences	3.0%	4.9%
Life sciences	55.8%	57.2%
Math and computer sciences	2.1%	3.6%
Physical sciences	6.6%	7.3%
Psychology	1.3%	1.7%
Social sciences	2.0%	3.1%
Other sciences	0.6%	1.7%
Fields other than science and engineering	6.8%	4.9%

Largest endowment
Institution	South Carolina
Furman University	$550,266,000

Top fund raisers (among survey participants)
Institution	South Carolina
University of South Carolina at Columbia	$85,565,822
Clemson University	$71,303,606
Medical University of South Carolina	$40,196,614

Colleges and universities

Number of institutions
Institution type	South Carolina	Nation
Public 4-year	13	679
Public 2-year	20	972
Private 4-year, nonprofit	22	1,557
Private 2-year, nonprofit	2	100
Private 4-year, for-profit	13	735
Private 2-year, for-profit	7	669
Total	77	4,712

3 largest institutions by enrollment
Institution	South Carolina
University of South Carolina at Columbia	25,836
Clemson University	17,626
College of Charleston	10,047

Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

Benedict College, Charleston Southern University, North Greenville University

Institutions on NCAA probation

University of South Carolina at Columbia

Note: See Sources & Notes for details about the data.

Correction (9/24/2014): All tables in the 2013 Almanac’s States section have been updated to make them more comparable to ones published in other years. The data are now limited to degree-granting institutions that are eligible to receive Title IV federal financial aid, not all higher-education institutions. Administrative offices that were inadvertently counted as institutions in the original version of the tables have been omitted from the total number of institutions in each state. Figures for tuition and fees, which had incorrectly excluded fees, now reflect both tuition and fees. The three largest institutions by enrollment give figures for full-time students in fall 2011, not an unduplicated head count of all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled over a 12-month period for 2010-11.

South Carolina: Almanac 2013

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Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

Institutions on NCAA probation