Popular South Carolina Colleges Easy to Get Into
South Carolina has 16 four-year colleges that accept 75% or more of applicants. If your GPA and test scores meet their typical thresholds, these are strong safety options, ordered by student interest online.
Leading examples include Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina, accepting 75% of applicants. Also frequently researched: South Carolina State University, Winthrop University and Benedict College.
Use the filters below to narrow by GPA, SAT, or ACT and see your estimated admission chance. For the highest academic quality among easy-admission schools, see best-ranked colleges with high acceptance rates. For schools with the highest acceptance rates regardless of popularity, see highest acceptance rate colleges.
Coastal Carolina University
- Public 4 Year
- Conway, SC
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4.7 | 3 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
Coastal Carolina is a public university known for undergraduate marine science and PGA golf management. The Conway campus lies a short drive from Myrtle Beach and the Atlantic coast.
- SAT Range 1050-1220
- Avg GPA 3.72
- Net Price $14,379
South Carolina State University
- Public 4 Year
- Orangeburg, SC
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| 0 reviews
- 83% acceptance rate
- Jul 31 application deadline
SC State is a public HBCU known for undergraduate education, business, and biological sciences. Most undergrads live on the residential campus in the small city of Orangeburg.
- SAT Range 800-1050
- Avg GPA 3.17
- Net Price $17,965
Winthrop University
- Public 4 Year
- Rock Hill, SC
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 79% acceptance rate
Winthrop is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education, visual and performing arts, and business. The historic campus sits in Rock Hill, near the Charlotte metro area.
- SAT Range 1010-1220
- Avg GPA 4.0
- Net Price $16,108
Benedict College
- Private 4 Year
- Columbia, SC
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3.0 | 2 reviews
- 96% acceptance rate
- Feb 15 application deadline
Benedict is a private historically Black college known for undergraduate business and criminal justice. The urban campus sits in South Carolina's capital city of Columbia.
- SAT Range 820-1010
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $18,665
Lander University
- Public 4 Year
- Greenwood, SC
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| 0 reviews
- 81% acceptance rate
Lander is a public university known for undergraduate nursing and education. The campus is in the small city of Greenwood in South Carolina's Upstate.
- SAT Range 950-1178
- Avg GPA 3.66
- Net Price $15,520
Charleston Southern University
- Private 4 Year
- Charleston, SC
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| 0 reviews
- 96% acceptance rate
Charleston Southern is a private Baptist university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. The suburban campus sits in North Charleston in the greater Charleston area.
- SAT Range 930-1160
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.24
- Net Price $21,080
Columbia College
- Private 4 Year
- Columbia, SC
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| 0 reviews
- 94% acceptance rate
Columbia College is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate education and nursing. Students study on an urban campus in South Carolina's capital.
- SAT Range 850-1140
- Avg GPA 3.56
- Net Price $18,790
University of South Carolina Aiken
- Public 4 Year
- Aiken, SC
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| 0 reviews
- 79% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
USC Aiken is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. The suburban campus is located in the smaller city of Aiken near the South Carolina-Georgia border.
- SAT Range 980-1220
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.19
- Net Price $12,236
Newberry College
- Private 4 Year
- Newberry, SC
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3.0 | 2 reviews
- 90% acceptance rate
Newberry is a private liberal arts college with undergraduate programs in education and business. The residential campus sits in the small town of Newberry and has long ties to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
- SAT Range 820-1060
- Avg GPA 3.58
- Net Price $21,943
Francis Marion University
- Public 4 Year
- Florence, SC
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| 0 reviews
- 86% acceptance rate
Francis Marion is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The wooded campus sits on the edge of Florence.
- SAT Range 870-1115
- Avg GPA 3.89
- Net Price $11,727
Limestone University
- Private 4 Year
- Gaffney, SC
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| 0 reviews
- 97% acceptance rate
Limestone is a private university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. The campus is in the small town of Gaffney in upstate South Carolina.
- SAT Range 980-1160
- Avg GPA 3.42
- Net Price $19,369
Columbia International University
- Private 4 Year
- Columbia, SC
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| 0 reviews
- 94% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
CIU is a private Christian university known for undergraduate biblical studies and intercultural studies. Most undergrads live on the residential campus in Columbia.
- SAT Range 990-1195
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Net Price $26,056
Coker University
- Private 4 Year
- Hartsville, SC
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| 0 reviews
- 94% acceptance rate
Coker is a private university known for undergraduate liberal arts programs and round-table classroom teaching. The historic campus sits in the small town of Hartsville.
- SAT Range 940-1160
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.1
- Net Price $19,823
Morris College
- Private 4 Year
- Sumter, SC
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1.0 | 1 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
Morris College is a private historically Black college with undergraduate programs in business, education, and the liberal arts. The residential campus is in Sumter in central South Carolina.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.57
- Net Price $19,180
Voorhees University
- Private 4 Year
- Denmark, SC
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| 0 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
Voorhees is a private historically Black university with undergraduate programs in business, education, and the sciences. Students attend a rural campus in the small town of Denmark.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.0
- Net Price $13,307
Southern Wesleyan University
- Private 4 Year
- Central, SC
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| 0 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
Southern Wesleyan is a private Christian university known for undergraduate education, business, and ministry programs. The residential campus is in the small town of Central in upstate South Carolina.
- SAT Range 1040-1210
- Avg GPA 4.0
- Net Price $20,134