Below is a ranking of the 12 public colleges in South Carolina with the highest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. Citadel Military College of South Carolina leads the list by accepting 98% of high school students that applied.
School | Acceptance Rate | |
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Citadel Military College of South CarolinaCharleston, SC |
98% |
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Francis Marion UniversityFlorence, SC |
82% |
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South Carolina State UniversityOrangeburg, SC |
82% |
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University of South Carolina AikenAiken, SC |
80% |
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Coastal Carolina UniversityConway, SC |
80% |
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Winthrop UniversityRock Hill, SC |
75% |
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College of CharlestonCharleston, SC |
72% |
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University of South Carolina UpstateSpartanburg, SC |
70% |
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University of South Carolina BeaufortBluffton, SC |
69% |
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Lander UniversityGreenwood, SC |
68% |
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University of South Carolina ColumbiaColumbia, SC |
61% |
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Clemson UniversityClemson, SC |
38% |