South Carolina Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
List of Colleges by 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 28% of high school students that applied.
Data is reported for the 2017/18 academic year by the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics.
| College | Acceptance Rate | |
|---|---|---|
| C |
Columbia International University |
28% |
| C |
Claflin University |
41% |
| C |
Clemson University |
47% |
| L |
Lander University |
48% |
| L |
Limestone College |
50% |
| S |
Southern Wesleyan University |
53% |
| S |
University of South Carolina Aiken |
53% |
| V |
Voorhees College |
53% |
| E |
Erskine College and Seminary |
55% |
| C |
Charleston Southern University |
56% |
| N |
Newberry College |
58% |
| S |
University of South Carolina Upstate |
58% |
| S |
University of South Carolina Salkehatchie |
59% |
| F |
Francis Marion University |
60% |
| F |
Furman University |
61% |
| N |
North Greenville University |
61% |
| C |
Coastal Carolina University |
61% |
| S |
Spartanburg Methodist College |
61% |
| C |
Coker College |
62% |
| S |
University of South Carolina Beaufort |
64% |
