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College costs in South Carolina

All 64 colleges in South Carolina, 39 four-year and 25 two-year. Median published tuition and fees at the four-year schools is $16,745, rising about 1.8% a year. 14 of the four-year schools are public. 23 show a tuition freeze or guarantee.

Four-year colleges (39)

School	Sector	Tuition & fees	Growth / yr
Allen University	private	$14,304	0.9%
American College of the Building Arts	private	$20,572	n/a
Anderson University	private	$33,580	3.9%
Benedict College	private	$18,000	-0.2%
Bob Jones University	private	$21,896	4.9%
Charleston Southern University	private	$31,030	3.5%
Citadel Military College of South Carolina	public	$12,570	1.4%
Claflin University	private	$17,046	1.4%
Clemson University	public	$15,120	0.8%
Clinton College	private	$10,516	7.9%
Coastal Carolina University	public	$11,640	1.3%
Coker University	private	$31,854	2.5%
College of Charleston	public	$12,978	1.9%
Columbia College	private	$16,745	-5.3%
Columbia International University	private	$27,900	4.1%
Converse University	private	$23,096	3.8%
Erskine College	private	$36,710	1.7%
Francis Marion University	public	$11,170	1.5%
Furman University	private	$63,288	2.9%
Greenville Technical College	public	$6,237	3.8%
Lander University	public	$11,700	1.3%
Limestone University	private	$27,500	2.0%
Medical University of South Carolina	public	$16,972	0.6%
Morris College	private	$16,224	3.1%
Newberry College	private	$30,050	2.5%
North Greenville University	private	$24,650	5.3%
Presbyterian College	private	$43,300	2.4%
South Carolina State University	public	$11,060	1.0%
South University-Columbia	private	$16,452	0.1%
Southern Wesleyan University	private	$27,870	2.2%
Spartanburg Methodist College	private	$19,350	2.2%
Strayer University-South Carolina	private	$13,920	0.8%
University of South Carolina Aiken	public	$10,760	1.3%
University of South Carolina Beaufort	public	$10,730	1.5%
University of South Carolina-Columbia	public	$13,542	1.5%
University of South Carolina-Upstate	public	$11,583	1.1%
Voorhees University	private	$12,630	1.8%
Winthrop University	public	$15,956	1.4%
Wofford College	private	$54,100	4.3%

Two-year colleges (25)

Community and technical colleges, projected over two years rather than four.

School	Sector	Tuition & fees	Growth / yr
Aiken Technical College	public	$5,404	3.0%
Central Carolina Technical College	public	$6,594	2.8%
Denmark Technical College	public	$6,301	9.7%
Florence-Darlington Technical College	public	$4,900	1.7%
Fortis College-Columbia	private	$14,576	-0.2%
Galen Health Institutes-Myrtle Beach	private	$15,860	n/a
Horry-Georgetown Technical College	public	$5,476	1.6%
Midlands Technical College	public	$5,916	2.4%
Miller-Motte College-Charleston	private	$10,940	-1.3%
Miller-Motte College-Conway	private	$10,880	n/a
Northeastern Technical College	public	$6,024	4.8%
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College	public	$5,954	2.3%
Piedmont Technical College	public	$5,675	2.7%
Southeastern College-Charleston	private	$24,184	n/a
Southeastern College-Columbia	private	$24,184	n/a
Spartanburg Community College	public	$6,198	2.7%
Technical College of the Lowcountry	public	$6,100	3.0%
Tri-County Technical College	public	$6,008	2.0%
Trident Technical College	public	$5,059	1.6%
University of South Carolina-Lancaster	public	$7,558	1.4%
University of South Carolina-Salkehatchie	public	$7,558	1.4%
University of South Carolina-Sumter	public	$7,558	1.4%
University of South Carolina-Union	public	$7,558	1.4%
Williamsburg Technical College	public	$4,800	2.4%
York Technical College	public	$5,882	2.8%

Published rates before aid, from federal IPEDS data through 2023. Projections are estimates, not quotes. See the methodology, or browse another state.