South Carolina Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 66 colleges in South Carolina with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. Columbia International University leads the list by accepting 33% of high school students that applied.

Data is reported for the 2018/19 academic year by the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics.

List of South Carolina Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
	College	Acceptance Rate
C	Columbia International University Columbia, SC	33%
L	Lander University Greenwood, SC	43%
L	Limestone College Gaffney, SC	44%
C	Clemson University Clemson, SC	47%
S	University of South Carolina Aiken Aiken, SC	51%
C	Charleston Southern University Charleston, SC	52%
S	South Carolina State University Orangeburg, SC	53%
S	Southern Wesleyan University Central, SC	54%
C	Claflin University Orangeburg, SC	56%
S	University of South Carolina Upstate Spartanburg, SC	57%
E	Erskine College and Seminary Due West, SC	58%
S	Spartanburg Methodist College Spartanburg, SC	58%
C	Converse College Spartanburg, SC	59%
N	North Greenville University Tigerville, SC	60%
F	Furman University Greenville, SC	61%
A	Anderson University Anderson, SC	62%
C	Coker College Hartsville, SC	63%
S	University of South Carolina Beaufort Bluffton, SC	63%
S	University of South Carolina Columbia Columbia, SC	63%
S	University of South Carolina Sumter Sumter, SC	63%