Education Guide, Spring 2016

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PUBLIC FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

The Citadel
171 Moultrie St., Charleston; citadel.edu
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Admissions: 843-953-5230 or 800-8681842.

Tuition + fees: $23,500*.
Room/board: $6,381.
Enrollment: 2,763 undergraduates. 10%
female, 90% male. 1% American Indian/
Alaska native; 2% Asian; 8% AfricanAmerican/black; 6% Hispanic/Latino;
0% native Hawaiian/Pacific islander;
77% white; 3% two or more races; 0%
unknown; 1% nonresident.
ACADEMICS
Average SAT composite: 1090.
Average ACT: 22.5.
Applicants admitted: 76%.
Popular majors include business, criminal justice, political science and government, electrical engineering, and civil
engineering.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Ernest Fritz
Hollings, governor of South Carolina from
1959 to 1963; John C. West, governor of
South Carolina from 1971 to 1975; Pat
Conroy, novelist known for The Prince
of Tides.
A nice place to call home: Charleston
was voted the No. 1 city in the U.S. for
the fifth year in a row by Conde Nast
Traveler, and The Citadel is a top tourist
destination, with the Ashley River flowing along one side of the campus.
Did you know? For the fifth consecutive
year, U.S. News & World Report recognized The Citadel as the top public college in the South for institutions granting
up to a masters degree. In 2016, The
Citadel was voted the Best Value College in South Carolina by Forbes magazine. The average GPA of incoming
freshmen is 3.6.
*Costs differ depending on year. See
www.citadel.edu/root/cost-info.
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Clemson University
201 Sikes Hall, Clemson; clemson.edu
Admissions: 864-656-2287; 864-6562464 (fax).
Tuition + fees: $14,272.

Room/board: $8,718.
Financial aid: finaid@clemson.edu;
864-656-2280; 864-656-1831.
Enrollment: 17,260 undergraduates.
47% female, 53% male. 0% American
Indian/Alaska native; 2% Asian; 6%
black/African-American; 3% Hispanic/
Latino; 0% native Hawaiian/Pacific
islander; 83% white; 2% two or more
races; 2% race/ethnicity unknown; 1%
nonresident.
ACADEMICS
Average ACT: 28.5.
Popular majors include business administration and management, biology, psychology, mechanical engineering, and
marketing.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Gov. Nikki Haley,
sitting governor of South Carolina; Nancy
ODell, host of CBSs Entertainment Tonight; C.J. Spiller, running back and return specialist for the New Orleans Saints.
A nice place to call home: Tree-lined
streets welcome students to campus.
Many students spend hours studying,
lounging and playing on Bowman Field.
Nearby Lake Hartwell offers more than
900 miles of shoreline.
Did you know? Clemson is ranked among
the top 20 national public universities, and
its No. 3 for happiest students.
ACADEMICS
Average ACT: 21.
Popular majors include business administration and management, communications, education, kinesiology and exercise science, and marine biology and
biological oceanography.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Michael Kelly,
actor known for his roles in House of
Cards and Everest; Dustin Johnson,
professional golfer; Mike Tolbert, fullback
for the Carolina Panthers; Josh Norman,
cornerback for the Washington Redskins;
Amber Campbell, two-time U.S. Olympian in track and field.
A nice place to call home: Coastal Carolina Universitys proximity to the coast
and the Myrtle Beach resort area led to
the development of two distinctive programs: marine science and professional
golf management, the latter of which is
one of only 18 programs in the nation
accredited by the PGA of America.
Did you know? Coastal Carolina Universitys first doctoral program, established in 2014, is in marine science.
News & World Report ranked Coastal
Carolina sixth in the South among all
schools in the Best Value category in
2016. CCU was recognized by Forbes as
one of Americas Top Colleges for 2015..
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College of Charleston
Coastal Carolina
University
66 George St., Charleston; cofc.edu
103 Tom Trout Drive, Conway; coastal.edu
Admissions: admissions@coastal.edu;
800-277-7000; 843-349-6436 (fax).
Room/board: $9,060.
Financial aid: finaid@coastal.edu; 800277-7000, ext. 2313, or 843-349-2313;
843-349-2347 (fax).
female, 46% male. 0% American Indian/Alaska native; 1% Asian; 20% black/
African-American; 4% Hispanic/Latino;
race/ethnicity unknown; 1% nonresident.
Admissions: admissions@cofc.edu; 843953-5670; 843-953-6322 (fax).

Room/board: $11,629.
Financial aid: financialaid@cofc.edu;
843-953-5540; 843-953-7192 (fax).
nonresident.
ACADEMICS
Average ACT: 25.
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Popular majors include business administration and management, speech communication and rhetoric, biological sciences, psychology, and education.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: James B. Edwards, former governor of South Carolina; Brett Gardner, outfielder for the
New York Yankees; Anthony Johnson,
former NBA player; Padgett Powell, novelist; Callie Shell, photojournalist for
TIME magazine.
A nice place to call home: College of
Charleston is located in historic downtown Charleston, a city that has received
accolades from Conde Nast Traveler,
Travel + Leisure, Southern Living and
Forbes magazines.
Did you know? College of Charleston is
the oldest college south of Virginia and
the 13th oldest in the United States.
Founders of the College of Charleston
included signers of the Declaration of
Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
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Francis Marion University

4822 E. Palmetto St., Florence;
www.fmarion.edu
Admissions: admissions@fmarion.edu;
800-368-7551 or 843-661-1231.
Room/board: $7,472.
Financial aid: finasst@fmarion.edu;
843-661-1190.
Alaska native; 1% Asian; 48% black/African-American; 2% Hispanic/Latino; 0%
native Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 46%
white; 1% two or more races; 1% race/
ethnicity unknown; 2% nonresident.
ACADEMICS
Average SAT: 955.
Average ACT: 19.
Popular majors include nursing, biology,
psychology, business, and education.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Alan Wilson,
South Carolinas attorney general; Josh
Edgin, pitcher for the New York Mets;
Matt Bonds, co-founder of a nongovern-
mental organization studying ways to

bring health care to Madagascar.
A nice place to call home: Francis Marion boasts an intimate, walkable campus
among the most beautiful in South Carolina, located on 400 wooded acres, just
a few miles from the Pee Dee River.
Several campus buildings are in downtown Florence, but the main campus is
just east of town, close to Interstate 95
and about an hours drive from the coast.
Did you know? Francis Marion Universitys new Carter Center for Health Sciences
in downtown Florence is scheduled to
open in fall 2016. It will be home to FMUs
graduate-level nursing, clinical psychology
and health care administration programs.
It also will house the physicians assistant
program, which seats its first class next
fall. Another relatively new program, industrial engineering, will see its first graduates in 2017.
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Lander University
320 Stanley Ave., Greenwood; lander.edu
Admissions: admissions@lander.edu;
1-888-4-LANDER or 864-388-8307;
864-388-8125 (fax).
Room/board: $8,300.
Financial aid: finaid@lander.edu; 864388-8340; 864-388-8811 (fax).
Alaska native; 2% Asian; 31% black/
African-American; 1% Hispanic/Latino;
race/ethnicity unknown; 1% nonresident.
ACADEMICS
Average SAT: 940.
Average ACT: 19.5.
Popular majors include business administration and management, nursing,
education, psychology, and humanities.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Molly Spearman,
South Carolinas state Superintendent of
Education.
A nice place to call home: A new 210bed residence hall was completed in
2015, offering modern accommodations
just steps from the heart of campus.
Did you know? Landers Experience Your

Education (EYE) program won a national
award in recognition of its focus on providing students with opportunities to use
academic knowledge to address real-world
challenges in authentic contexts.
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South Carolina State

University
300 College St. NE, Orangeburg; scsu.edu
Admissions: admissions@scsu.edu;
800-260-5956 or 803-536-7186; 803536-8990 (fax).
Room/board: $9,000.
Financial aid: financialaid@scsu.edu;
803-536-7067; 803-536-8420 (fax).
Enrollment: 2,791. 51% female, 49%
male. 0% American Indian/Alaska native; 1% Asian; 95% African-American/
black; 1% Hispanic/Latino; 0% native
Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 2% white; 0%
two or more races; 1% race/ethnicity
ACADEMICS
Average ACT: 16.5.
Popular majors include family and consumer sciences/human sciences, biology,
education, social work, and criminal
justice/law enforcement administration.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: U.S. Rep. James
Clyburn, D-S.C.; Ernest A. Finney, retired
South Carolina Supreme Court justice;
Maj. Gen. Stephen M. Twitty, commanding general for the 1st Armored Division
at Fort Bliss in Texas.
A nice place to call home: At S.C. State,
you can celebrate your culture, enjoy the
arts and pursue academic, creative and
spiritual interests through active student
clubs. Plus, with dozens of intramural
and club sports, you can compete in your
favorite activities for fun and health.
Did you know? S.C. State boasts the only
Bachelor of Science in nuclear engineering in South Carolina. It also is one of the
top producers of minority officers for the
U.S. Army.
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University of South
Carolina
Lieber College on the Horseshoe, University of
South Carolina, Columbia; sc.edu
Admissions: admissions-ugrad@sc.edu;
803-777-7700.
Room/board: $9,872.
Financial aid: 803-777-8134; sc.edu/
financialaid.
African-American/black; 4% Hispanic/
nonresident.
ACADEMICS
Average ACT: 27.
Popular majors include experimental
psychology, exercise physiology, biology,
finance, and education.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Marva Smalls,
vice president of public affairs for Nickelodeon/Viacom; William Hubbard, president of the American Bar Association;
Darius Rucker, Grammy Award-winning
musician.
A nice place to call home: USC mixes
historic buildings with state-of-the-art
facilities on a campus of more than 400
acres. Recognized as a national model of a
healthy and sustainable campus, students
have the opportunity to live in LEEDcertified residence halls and participate in
campuswide wellness programs.
Did you know? USC has 47 nationally
ranked academic programs, more than any
other university in the state, according to
U.S. News & World Report. And now, with
the On Your Time summer program and
accelerated degrees, students can graduate
faster and at a lower cost.
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USC Aiken
417 University Parkway, Aiken; usca.edu
Admissions: admit@usca.edu;
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803-641-3366; 803-641-3727 (fax).
Room/board: $7,994.
Financial aid: 803-641-3476; 803-6436840 (fax).
Alaska native; 1% Asian; 25% black/African-American; 4% Hispanic/Latino; 0%
ACADEMICS
Average ACT: 20.5.
Popular majors include nursing, business, kinesiology and exercise science,
education, and sociology.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Jason Fulmer,
2003 S.C. teacher of the year; Rob Matwick, executive vice president of business
operations for the Texas Rangers; Dr.
Jennifer Walker, cardiac surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and assistant
professor in surgery at Harvard Medical
School.
A nice place to call home: The 453-acre
campus is located in the heart of South
Carolinas horse country, with 10 equestrian disciplines practiced in Aiken County.
Did you know? U.S. News & World Report ranked USC Aiken No. 1 among Best
Public Regional Colleges in the South;
the 2015 rankings mark USC Aikens 17th
consecutive ranking among the top three
in this category and its 10th time in first
place.
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USC Beaufort
One University Blvd., Bluffton; www.uscb.edu
Admissions: admissions@uscb.edu;
843-208-8000; 843-208-8290 (fax).
Room/board: $7,400.
Financial aid: uscbfina@uscb.edu; 843521-3104; 843-521-3194 (fax).
male; 0% American Indian/Alaska native; 2% Asian; 20% black/AfricanAmerican; 6% Hispanic/Latino; 0%

ACADEMICS
Average SAT: 935.
Average ACT: 19.5.
Popular majors include business administration and management, hospitality
administration/management, psychology, nursing, and social sciences.
ALSO
Did you know? USC Beaufort offers the
most affordable undergraduate tuition
for baccalaureate degree programs in the
state. USC Beaufort also has a concentration in coastal ecology with opportunities
to conduct dolphin research with faculty
on the coast.
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USC Lancaster
A USC PALMETTO COLLEGE CAMPUS
376 Hubbard Drive, Lancaster;
usclancaster.sc.edu
Admissions: uscladms@mailbox.sc.edu;
803-313-7073; 803-313-7116 (fax).
Financial aid: usclfa@mailbox.sc.edu;
803-313-7068; 803-313-7168 (fax).
male. 0% American Indian/Alaska native; 1% Asian; 15% black/African-American; 3% Hispanic/Latino; 0% native
Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 63% white;
3% two or more races; 14% race/ethnicity unknown; 1% nonresident.
ACADEMICS
Average ACT: 17.5.
Popular majors include liberal studies,
business, criminal justice and nursing.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: William D.
Boan, senior vice president of state government relations at McGuireWoods
Consulting and former legislator and
chief of staff to the governor; Dr. Deborah B. Cureton, former dean at University of Wisconsin-Richland; Julie Roberts, country music singer; Col. Michael
Oliver, commander with the S.C. Highway Patrol.
A nice place to call home: All students
have access to the Gregory Health and

Wellness Center, which features an indoor pool, a walking track, tennis courts,
racquetball and handball courts, an aerobic fitness center and a game area.
Did you know? USC Lancaster has the
largest single collection of Catawba Indian pottery in existence.
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USC Salkehatchie
Admissions: Keith Britton brittonk@

uscsumter.edu; 803-938-3882; 803-9383717.
Financial aid: 803-938-3766.
Enrollment: 878. 55% female, 45%

465 James Brandt Blvd., Allendale;
www.uscsalkehatchie.sc.edu
ACADEMICS
Average ACT: 19.
Admissions: saadmiss@mailbox.sc.edu;
803-584-3446; 803-584-3884 (fax).
Financial aid: safinaid@mailbox.sc.edu;
803-584-3446; 803-584-3884 (fax).
3% two or more races; 2% race/ethnicity
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A nice place to call home: USC Sumter
is less than an hours drive from USCs
main campus.
Did you know? USC Sumter is celebrating 50 years of serving students.
ACADEMICS
Average SAT composite: 830
Average ACT: 16
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Paula Harper
Bethea, S.C. Education Lottery executive
director; Bennish Brown, president and
CEO of Tacoma Regional Convention &
Visitors Bureau in Tacoma, Washington.
A nice place to call home: Besides all
the benefits of a small campus, such as
small class sizes, a hometown feel, and
the lowest tuition of any university in the
state, USC Salkehatchie also has student
housing and five NJCAA sports teams.
Did you know? USC Salkehatchie is
named for the Salkehatchie River, which
runs through all five counties that support the campus.
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USC Sumter
200 Miller Road, Sumter;
www.uscsumter.edu
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USC Union
309 E. Academy St., Union; uscunion.sc.edu
Admissions: Brad Greer:

greerm@mailbox.sc.edu; 864-424-8028;
864-424-8085 (fax).
Financial aid: Bobby Holcombe: reholcom@mailbox.sc.edu; 864-424-8024;
864-424-8085 (fax).
Enrollment: 679. 61% female, 39%
ACADEMICS
Average ACT: 15.5.
ALSO
A nice place to call home: USC Union
has a new bookstore and student center
on East Main Street with coffee, various
food items, merchandise and more.
Did you know? The Bantams, USC
Unions club baseball team, won their
division in 2013 and 2014.
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PUBLIC FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES AND

UNIVERSITIES
USC Upstate
800 University Way, Spartanburg; uscupstate.edu
Admissions: 800-277-8727; 864-503-5727 (fax).

Room/board: $7,848.
Financial aid: 864-503-5340; 864-503-5974 (fax).
Enrollment: 5,397. 64% female, 36% male. 0% American Indian/Alaska native; 2% Asian; 27% black/African-American; 5%
Hispanic/Latino; 0% native Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 56%
white; 3% two or more races; 4% race/ethnicity unknown; 1%
nonresident.
ACADEMICS
Average ACT: 20.
Popular majors include nursing, education, business administration and management, liberal studies, and psychology.
ALSO
A nice place to call home: USC Upstate is within easy driving
distance of Charlotte, N.C., and Atlanta and just hours from the
scenic Blue Ridge Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean.
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Winthrop University
701 Oakland Ave., Rock Hill; winthrop.edu
Admissions: admissions@winthrop.edu; 800-WINTHROP or

803-323-2191; 803-323-2137 or 803-323-4952 (fax).
Room/board: $8,570.
Financial aid: finaid@winthrop.edu; 803-323-2189; 803-323-2557
(fax).
Enrollment: 4,974 undergraduates. 68% female, 32% male. 0%
American Indian/Alaska native; 1% Asian; 29% African-American/black; 4% Hispanic/Latino; 0% native Hawaiian/Pacific
islander; 59% white; 3% two or more races; 0% race/ethnicity
ACADEMICS
Average ACT: 22.5.
Popular majors include business administration and management, education, psychology, biology, and art.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Shanola Hampton, actress known for
Showtimes Shameless; Julie Stortz Busha, owner of condiment
company Slawsa and contestant on ABCs Shark Tank; Mat
Fretschel, image capture specialist for Walt Disney Studio.
Did you know? U.S. News & World Report has included Winthrop
in its listing of Americas Best Colleges for the past 24 years.
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PRIVATE FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Allen University
1530 Harden St., Columbia;
www.allenuniversity.edu
Admissions: admissions@allen
university.edu; 877-625-5379 or
803-376-5735; 803-376-5733
(fax).
Room/board: $6,560.
Financial aid: financialaid@
allenuniversity.edu; 866-8281514 or 803-376-5740; 803-3765731 (fax).
Enrollment: 660. 56% female,
44% male. 0% American Indian/Alaska native; 0% Asian;
99% black/African-American;
1% Hispanic/Latino; 0% native
Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 0%
white; 0% two or more races;
0% race/ethnicity unknown;
0% nonresident.
ACADEMICS
Open admissions policy.
Popular majors include social
sciences, business administration, biology, music, and
religious studies.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: S.C.
Rep. William Clyburn, D-Aiken.
Did you know? Adult learners
can pursue bachelors degrees
through Allens College for Professional Adults, taking advantage of weekday-evening,
weekend and online programs.
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Anderson University
316 Boulevard, Anderson;
andersonuniversity.edu
Admissions: admission@
andersonuniversity.edu; 800542-3594 or 864-328-1835.
Room/board: $8,860.
Financial aid: finaid@anderson
university.edu; 800-542-3594 or
864-231-2070.
American Indian/Alaska native;

1% Asian; 8% black/AfricanAmerican; 3% Hispanic/Latino;
0% native Hawaiian/Pacific
islander; 83% white; 0% two or
more races; 3% race/ethnicity
ACADEMICS
Average ACT: 23.
Popular majors include education, human services, corrections and criminal justice, business, and nursing.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Sue
Monk Kidd, author of The Secret Life of Bees.
A nice place to call home: Located near the foothills of the
Appalachian Mountains, Anderson boasts one of the Souths
most scenic campuses. The lush
green spaces bring students
outside during warm weather to
play intramural sports, study on
one of the historic swings, or
hang an ENO between trees in a
popular grove at the corner of
campus.
Did you know? Anderson is
ranked in the top tier (No. 16) of
U.S. News & World Reports
Americas Best Colleges and
is ranked No. 2 in The South by
that publication for Innovation,
one of fewer than 50 schools
nationally to be recognized. It is
also ranked as one of the 100
Best College Buys. All Anderson students are issued iPads
for use in specially designed
classes as part of the schools
mobile learning initiative, which
earned rare recognition as an
Apple Distinguished School.
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Benedict College
1600 Harden St., Columbia;
www.benedict.edu
Admissions: 803-705-4910 or
803-705-6598.

Room/board: $8,104.
Financial aid: 803-705-4418;
803-705-6629 (fax).
Enrollment: 2,444. 50% male,
50% female. 0% American
Indian/Alaska native; 0% Asian;
0% nonresident.
ACADEMICS
Open admission policy.
Popular majors include criminal
justice and law enforcement
administration, biology, human
development and family studies,
mass communication and
media, and marketing.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Henry
D. Monteith, founder of South
Carolinas first African-American-owned bank; Dr. LeRoy T.
Walker, first African-American
to serve as president of the U.S.
Olympic Committee and first
African-American Olympic
coach; Dr. Luns C. Richardson,
president of Morris College.
A nice place to call home: Benedicts student center features
Burger King, Nicks Chicken and
Waffles, and Freshens yogurt, as
well as a barbershop and hair
salon for students.
Did you know? Benedicts campus features a new bookstore
and TV and radio broadcast
center, along with a state-of-theart student center.
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Bob Jones
University
1700 Wade Hampton Blvd.,
Greenville; bju.edu
Admissions: admissions@bju.
edu; 800-252-6363; 800-2-FAXBJU (fax).
Room/board: $6,280.
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Academics that Prepare.

Today, more than ever, SCHOOL MUST BE A PLACE WHERE ACADEMICS PREPARE AND PUSH, and ample challenges exist that
build the mind, body and spirit. The world as we see it is an environment that enhances, rather than impedes, possibility and
offers a meaningful connection to the larger global community. Ours is a culture of high expectation. And it begins now.
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#2 Most Innovative
Regional College in
The South. U.S. News & World Report
National Recognition for AU
Our Quality and Affordability
In the past eight years, Anderson University has been

recognized as one of Americas 100 Best College Buys
for academic quality, value and affordability. Recently,
Anderson University ranked among the top 11
universities in the South (public & private) for students
accumulating the least educational debt.
United States Presidential Honor Roll

for Community Service 2015
18th Fastest Growing Regional College

in America - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Apple Inc. has recognized Anderson University as an

Apple Distinguished School, an honor that places
AU in the forefront of educational institutions around
the globe in the use of mobile technology as a teaching
and learning tool. To learn more visit:
AndersonUniversity.edu/apple
Mobile Learning Initiative
All incoming freshmen receive the latest iPad

which will be used in specially designed courses.
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Furman University
Greenville, SC
#1 College in South Carolina

U.S. News & World Report
#5 among Best Schools for Making an Impact

The Princeton Review
Top Producer of Fulbright Scholars

Fulbright Awards
Outstanding Academics, Affordability,

and Career Prospects
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furman.edu
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Financial aid: finaid@bju.edu;
864-242-5100, ext. 3040; 864235-2897 (fax).
ACADEMICS
Average ACT: 22.5.
Popular majors include business
administration, nursing, accounting, elementary education,
and biblical studies.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Tim
LaHaye, co-author of the Left
Behind series; Cliff Barrows,
music director for the Billy Graham Evangelical Association; Stu
Epperson, co-founder and chairman of Salem Communications.
A nice place to call home: The
BJU Museum & Gallery is home
to the largest collection of religious art in the Western Hemisphere.
Did you know? Educate to Career ranked Bob Jones 15th nationally in its Best Value Colleges.
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4% race/ethnicity unknown; 1%
nonresident.
ACADEMICS
Average ACT: 21.5.
Popular majors include nursing;
health, physical education and
fitness; biology; psychology; nonprofit, public and organizational
management; and social sciences.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: U.S. Sen.
Tim Scott, a Charleston Republican; Dr. Sam Gandy, physician
and leading researcher of Alzheimers disease; Mayor Keith
Summey of North Charleston.
300-acre campus originally was
owned by the Izard family. According to the Biographical
Directory of the U.S. Congress,
Ralph Izard pledged his large
estate in South Carolina in payment of war ships to be used in
the Revolutionary War.
Did you know? Charleston
Southern is listed among Americas Best Christian Colleges,
Americas 100 Best College
Buys, Military Friendly Schools,
the VA Yellow Ribbon Program,
the Presidents Higher Education Community Service Honor
Roll and U.S. News & World
Reports Best Online Colleges.
Charleston
Southern University Claflin University
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9200 University Blvd., Charleston;

csuniv.edu
Admissions: enroll@csuniv.edu;
800-947-7474; 843-863-7070
(fax).
Room/board: $9,270.
1% Asian/Pacific islander; 28%
black/African-American; 3%
Hispanic/Latino; 0% native
400 Magnolia St., Orangeburg;

claflin.edu
Admissions: mike.zeigler@
claflin.edu; 800-922-1276 or
803-535-5382; 803-535-5385
(fax).
Room/board: $8,674.
Financial aid: twilliams@claflin.
edu; 803-535-5334; 803-5355383 (fax).

ACADEMICS
Average ACT: 17.
justice and safety studies, biology,
organizational behavior studies,
political science and government,
and mass communications.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Ernest
A. Finney Jr., retired S.C. Supreme Court justice; Leo Twiggs,
painter; Cecil Williams, photographer, journalist and author.
A nice place to call home: Faculty members purposefully cultivate their students curiosity
and potential by providing a
concrete framework for
problem-solving through higherorder thinking processes.
Did you know? Washington
Monthly recognized Claflin as
the best liberal arts college in
South Carolina and the top historically black college or university in its 2014 Best Liberal
Arts Colleges edition.
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Clinton College
1029 Crawford Road, Rock Hill;
www.clintoncollege.edu
Admissions: 803-327-7402, ext.

257.
Room/board: $9,551.
Financial aid: 803-327-7402,
ext. 260.
0% nonresident.
ACADEMICS
administration and management.
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Coker College
300 E. College Ave., Hartsville;
coker.edu
Admissions: admissions@coker.
edu; 800-950-1908 or 843-3838050; 843-383-8056 (fax).
Room/board: $8,242.
Financial aid: financial_aid@
coker.edu; 843-383-8050.
ACADEMICS
Average ACT: 20.5.
Popular majors include business,
psychology, criminology, speech
communications and rhetoric,
and sociology.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Ruth
Patrick, pioneering biologist and
National Medal of Science winner; Judy Southard, senior associate athletics director at Louisiana
State University; Terrance Hayes,
poet and 2014 MacArthur Fellow
(a genius grant recipient).
A nice place to call home: With
a 12:1 student-faculty ratio, a
Coker education is based on
personal interaction and Cokers
discussion-based round-table
technique.
Did you know? Coker was
ranked No. 5 out of 288 colleges
in the Southeast and No. 1 in
South Carolina in Washington
Monthlys 2015 Best Bang for
the Buck list.
Columbia College
1301 Columbia College Drive,
Columbia; columbiasc.edu
Admissions: admissions@
columbiasc.edu; 800-277-1301.
Room/board: $7,400.
Financial aid: fa@columbiasc.
edu; 800-786-3612.
Enrollment: 1,120 undergraduates. 86% female, 14% male.
0% American Indian/Alaska
native; 1% Asian; 37% black/
African-American; 5% Hispanic/
Latino; 0% native Hawaiian/
Pacific islander; 51% white; 4%
two or more races; 1% race/
ACADEMICS
Average ACT: 22.5.
Popular majors include social
work, psychology, business administration and management,
speech and language pathology,
and behavioral sciences.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Karen
Johnson Williams, first female
judge on the U.S. Fourth Circuit
Court; Lori Burns Allen, owner of
Bridals by Lori and star of TLCs
Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta
and Say Yes to the Dress:
Bridesmaids.
A nice place to call home: Columbias campus is one of the
safest in the state and was one
of three colleges in the nation to
receive the Exemplary School
Safety Award from the National
School Safety Advocacy Council.
Did you know? The rapidly
growing athletics program features competition in 10 sports
through the Appalachian Athletic Conference of the National
Association of Intercollegiate
Athletics. The Koalas have
earned the No. 1 ranking in the
NAIA Champions of Character
Competition for the past two
years.
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Columbia
International
University
7435 Monticello Road, Columbia;
ciu.edu
Admissions: yesciu@ciu.edu;
800-777-2227, ext. 5024.
Room/board: $7,530.
Financial aid: finaid@ciu.edu;
803-807-5036.
Enrollment: 560 undergraduates.
51% female, 49% male. 0%
ACADEMICS
Average ACT: 20.5.
Popular majors include psychology; biblical studies; diversity
studies; mass communications;
and humanities.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Laura
Story, Christian singer-songwriter; Daniel Blomberg, attorney for
the Becket Fund for Religious
Liberty in Washington; Steve
Richardson, president of Pioneers USA missions agency.
A nice place to call home: CIU,
located on 400 acres along the
Broad River, features a lake and
wooded trails, but its only minutes from the cultural and entertainment venues of Columbia.
The CIU Prayer Towers offer a
place of solitude.
Did you know? U.S. News &
World Report ranks CIU No. 35
among regional universities in
the South.
Admissions: admission@
converse.edu; 864-596-9040.
Room/board: $9,995.
Financial aid: financial_aid@
converse.edu; 864-596-9010.
Enrollment: 822 undergraduates. 100% female. 0% American Indian/Alaska native; 0%
Asian; 9% black/African-American; 6% Hispanic/Latino; 0%
native Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 63% white; 5% two or more
races; 16% race/ethnicity unknown; 1% nonresident.
ACADEMICS
Average ACT: 22.5.
Popular majors include psychology, biology, business administration and management, art,
special education, and early
childhood education.
580 E. Main St., Spartanburg;

converse.edu
ACADEMICS
Average ACT: 21.5.
Popular majors include biology,
business administration and
management, English, chemistry, and athletic training.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: April
Clayton, biomedical researcher
at the National Institutes of
Health; David Agnew, deputy
director of intergovernmental
affairs for the Obama administration; Lindy Scott, vice presiALSO
dent for Thornwell Home for
Alumni you may know: Julia
Children in Clinton.
Peterkin, Pulitzer Prize winner;
Harriet Smith ONeil, Texas
quiet town of Due West provides
Supreme Court justice; Kimilee
a peaceful setting that promotes
Bryant, Broadway performer
community. About 90 percent of
known for her role as Christine
students live on campus.
in Phantom of the Opera.
Did you know? The Forbes 2015
Did you know? Converse conBest Colleges list ranks Erskine
tinues to receive national visibil- the No. 1 Christian college in
ity for reshaping its business
South Carolina and the No. 1
model to address higher educaNCAA D2 school in the Southtion affordability and value.
east. Washington Monthly calls
Converse students achieve top
Erskine one of its top Best Bang
national awards for model defor the Buck Christian Colleges.
bate programs, have recently
The average South Carolina LIFE
been named Fulbright recipients scholar can attend Erskine for
and Goldwater Scholarship final- about $10,000 per year (after all
ists, and compete at the NCAA
sources of aid are applied).
Division II level for athletics.
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Erskine College
Two Washington St., Due West;
erskine.edu
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Converse College
Enrollment: 591 undergraduates.

erskine.edu; 800-241-8421.
Furman University
3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville;
furman.edu
Admissions: 864-294-2034.

ACADEMICS
SAT and ACT recommended but
not required.
Popular majors include health
sciences, business administration and management, political science and government,
speech communications and
rhetoric, and biology.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Richard
Riley, former governor of South
Carolina and U.S. Secretary of
Education under President Bill
Clinton; Keith Lockhart, principal conductor of the Boston
Pops; Clint Dempsey, member of
the U.S. Mens National Soccer
Team; Betsy King, Beth Daniels
and Dottie Pepper, past champions on the LPGA Tour.
A nice place to call home: Furmans scenic campus is widely
recognized as one of the most
beautiful in the nation and the
world. The Universitys relationship with the fast-growing city of
Greenville and surrounding
Upstate region affords ample
opportunities for undergraduate
research projects, internships,
and career placement.
Did you know? Furman is recognized for providing an integrated, purposeful education
that guides students down paths
of self-discovery. After four
years, students are well prepared
to take on challenges in a variety
of career fields. In fact, 96 percent of Furman graduates are
employed or in graduate school
within six months of graduation.
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Limestone College
1115 College Drive, Gaffney;
limestone.edu
limestone.edu; 800-795-7151,
ext. 4554; 864-488-8206 (fax).
Room/board: $8,200.
Financial aid: financialaid@
limestone.edu; 864-488-8231;
864-488-4596 (fax).
ACADEMICS
Average ACT: 21.5.
administration, management
and operations; social work;
liberal studies; psychology; and
criminal justice and law enforcement administration.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Robert
L. Bob Peeler, former lieutenant governor of South Carolina;
Travis Eamon Gillespie, professional lacrosse player; Tanner
Saraceno, MMA fighter and
reality show contestant on
WWEs Tough Enough; E.
DeWitt McCraw, former member of the S.C. House of Representatives; Kevin Pucetas, professional baseball player.
A nice place to call home:
Limestone Colleges campus is
nestled among gently rolling
hills in Gaffney. Limestone values excellent teaching and supportive student-faculty interaction, encourages faculty to
promote active learning in faceto-face and Internet classrooms,
and seeks to cultivate the intellectual curiosity of each member of the college community.
Did you know? In addition to
Limestone Colleges traditional
day program on the Gaffney
campus, Limestone has eight
convenient locations throughout
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South Carolina (including in Columbia) that offer evening classes
for working adults, as well as an
online degree program with more
than 18 majors available.
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Morris College
100 W. College St., Sumter;
morris.edu
Admissions: 803-934-3225,
admissions@morris.edu.
Room/board: $5,216.
finaid@morris.edu.
0% nonresident.
fully landscaped 41-acre campus

located near downtown Sumter.
The campus is minutes away
ACADEMICS
from the Sumter Opera House
and the Swan Lake Iris Gardens.
Popular majors include criminal Did you know? Morris College
is a participant in the Call Me
administration, business admin- MISTER program in affiliation
istration and management, com- with Clemson University. Morris
munity health, biology, and
is the only college in the state
business operations.
with a freestanding forensics
center exclusively devoted to the
ALSO
undergraduate study of criminal
Alumni you may know: James B. forensics. Since 1985, Morris
Blassingame, president of Baptist College, under the auspices of
E&M Convention of S.C.; S.C.
the University of South Carolina,
Rep. J. Wayne George, D-Marion; has operated an Army ROTC
Bernadette R. Hampton, S.C.
program. Affordablecolleges
Education Association president; online.org lists Morris as a most
John Hoffman, CEO of YMCA of affordable small private college.
Sumter; Barbara R. Jackson,
Morris College National Alumni .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Association president and Sumter School District trustee.
A nice place to call home: Mor- Newberry College
ris College is a safe and beauti2100 College St., Newberry;
newberry.edu
newberry.edu; 803-321-5127 or
800-845-4955.
Room/board: $9,550.
Financial aid: admissions@
newberry.edu; 803-321-5127 or
800-845-4955.
Enrollment: 1,093. 47% female,
white; 3% two or more races; 2%
race/ethnicity unknown; 4%
nonresident.
ACADEMICS
Average ACT: 20.
administration and manage-
ment, nursing, sports and fitness

administration and management, education, and biology.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Brig.
Gen. Janice Haigler, U.S. Army;
John Smith, winningest high
school basketball coach in state
history and first high school coach
inducted into the S.C. Athletic
Hall of Fame; Mark Hammond,
S.C. Secretary of State.
Did you know? The Newberry
College Loan Repayment Promise helps students repay their
college loans after graduation so
they can complete their education with a safety net and peace
of mind. At no cost to the student or the family, the Newberry
College Loan Repayment Promise is one more way Newberry
helps students achieve their
long-term goals with confident
that student loans wont hold
in the heart of the carolinas
COME HOME TO
Winthrop
Graduates prepared for successful careers and
grounded in strong values
Student-focused experience in class and beyond;

14:1 student to faculty ratio
100 undergraduate and 40 graduate programs in
the liberal arts and professions
Nationally recognized in undergraduate research,
global learning, community service, and diversity
Nationally competitive Division I intercollegiate
athletics
Located 20 miles south of Charlotte in Rock Hill,
South Carolina
To schedule your campus visit,

call 800/WINTHROP (946-8476) or visit us online at
www.winthrop.edu/admissions/visit.
Rock Hill, South Carolina
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them back from a successful
future.
Presbyterian
College
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503 S. Broad St., Clinton;

www.presby.edu
North Greenville
University
7801 N. Tigerville Road, Tigerville;
ngu.edu
Admissions: admissions@ngu.
edu; 864-977-7001 or 800-4686642; 864-977-7177 (fax).
Room/board: $9,640.
864-977-7342 (fax).
African-American; 3% Hispanic/Latino; 0% native Hawaiian/
ACADEMICS
Average ACT: 26.
Popular majors include liberal
studies; elementary education;
health, physical education and
fitness; biblical studies; and
business administration and
management.
ALSO
campus is located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in a pastoral setting that is
quiet and serene, yet close to
the exciting Greenville metropolitan area.
Did you know? North Greenville ranked No. 1 in U.S. News
and World Reports rankings of
the most efficient schools
among Regional Colleges in the
South, which compares spending on educational programs to
educational quality, as determined by the Best Colleges
rankings.
Admissions: admissions
@presby.edu; 800-960-7583 or
864-833-2820.
Room/board: $9,750.
Financial aid: Linda McAnnally:
lmcannally@presby.edu; 864833-8287.
native; 1% Asian; 12% AfricanAmerican/black; 2% Hispanic/
ACADEMICS
Presbyterian is a test-optional
school for students with a high
school GPA of 3.25 or higher.
Average ACT: 23.5.
administration and management, biology, psychology, English, and history.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Jim
Samples, president of international for Scripps Network Interactive; Ashley McCollum, chief of
staff at BuzzFeed; Justin Bethel,
cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals and three-time Pro Bowl
player; Ted Pitts, president and
CEO of S.C. Chamber of Commerce; Mike Lefever, president
and CEO of S.C. Independent
Colleges and Universities.
240-acre campus is lined with
tall oak trees and beautiful
Georgian-style architecture.
With 98 percent of students
residing on campus, the college
is designed to have anything a
student would need. Clinton is
conveniently located between
Greenville, Spartanburg and

Columbia.
Did you know? Presbyterian is
consistently recognized for the
value of its educational experience ranked No. 1 in value in
Money magazine. Whether
exploring the world through
study-abroad programs, getting
job-related experience through
internships, or diving into your
own research, Presbyterian
students experience learning
beyond the classroom.
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Southern Wesleyan
University
907 Wesleyan Drive, Central;
swu.edu
Room/board: $9,420.
ACADEMICS
SAT and ACT recommended,
but not required.
administration and management, human services, education, biology, and religious studies.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Dan
Seaborn, marriage counselor and
public speaker who founded the
Winning at Home ministry;
Lindsey Torgerson, Team USA
Duathlon medalist; Robert
Black, church historian and
published author.
Christ-centered, student-focused campus has a coffee shop
and outdoor recreation areas,

including an ENO hammock
park.
Did you know? Southern Wesleyan offers traditional classes
at the Central campus, as well
as programs for adult learners
across South Carolina and online.
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Voorhees College
481 Porter Drive, Denmark;
voorhees.edu
voorhees.edu; 866-685-9904 or
803-780-1030.
Room/board: $7,346.
Financial aid: 803-780-1150 or
803-780-1151.
nonresident.
ACADEMICS
SAT and ACT recommended,
but not required.
administration; sociology; business administration and management; business operations;
and biology.
ALSO
Nestled in the Midlands, Voorhees is located 1.5 miles from
Denmark on a well-landscaped
342-acre campus. The closest
metropolitan neighbor is Columbia, about 50 miles north,
and the historic seaport of Charleston is 86 miles east of campus.
Did you know? Voorhees is the
only historically black college is
South Carolina to offer a major
in emergency management.
Voorhees was also the first historically black college founded
by a woman, Elizabeth Evelyn
Wright Maleafee.
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Wofford College
429 N. Church St., Spartanburg;
wofford.edu
wofford.edu; 864-597-4130;
864-597-4147 (fax).
Financial aid: finaid@wofford.
edu; 864-597-4160; 864-5974149 (fax).
ACADEMICS
Average ACT: 27.
Popular majors include biology,
business and managerial economics, finance, English, and
accounting.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Jerry
Richardson, owner and founder
of the Carolina Panthers; Wendi
Nix, anchor and reporter for
EXPN; Craig Melvin, anchor and
reporter on NBC News and
MSNBC.
A nice place to call home: Last
year marked the 20th that the
Carolina Panthers have held
their summer training camp at
Wofford.
Did you know? Since 2007,
more than 2,200 Wofford students have studied in 70 countries on seven continents.
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TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES

Aiken Technical
College
Tuition: Per course, ranging

from $1,920 to $15,300.
nevetta.blocker@arclabs.com.
Alumni you may know: Floyd

Keels, president and CEO of Santee Electric Cooperative; Rodney
Levy, IT specialist with the Feder2276 Jefferson Davis Highway,
al Communications Commission;
Graniteville; atc.edu
MORE
Josh Arrants, S.C. Wildlife FederDid you know? Arclabs is a
ation board member.
Admissions: starthere@atc.edu; nationally accredited, one-of-aDid you know? Both 2013 and
803-508-7263.
kind welding school that pro2014 South Carolina Governors
Tuition: $4,352 in district;
vides the highest quality of
Professor of the Year (for two$4,712 in state.
hands-on training for students to year colleges) recipients were
gain employment. Arclabs proCentral Carolina Technical ColEnrollment: 2,351. 64% female, vides a low student-to-instructor lege instructors Josh Castleber36% male. 1% American Indian/ ratio and minimal classroom
ry and Chris Hall, respectively.
Alaska native; 1% Asian; 31%
time to allow focus on hands-on
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welding training. Employers
visit the school weekly to obHawaiian/Pacific islander; 61%
serve students for entry into the
Denmark Technical
white; 1% two or more races; 1% welding field. Welding is the
highest-paid skilled trade.
College
nonresident.
ACADEMICS
Popular programs include liberal
studies, nursing, health professions certification, lineworker
certification, and multidisciplinary studies.
ALSO
A nice place to call home: Aiken Tech has a vibrant campus
community with student life
activities, clubs and student
leadership organizations.
Did you know? Aiken Tech is
one of a few two-year colleges
with nuclear programs in radiation protection and quality
systems.
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Arclabs Welding
School
arclabs.com; 700 Gracern Road,
Columbia; 933 Commerce Circle,
Hanahan; 2615 S.C. 153, Piedmont
Admissions: Columbia: melissa.

smith@arclabs.com; 803-8079180; 803-807-9182 (fax). Charleston: ashley.mcadams@arclabs.
com; 843-261-0044; 843-2610074 (fax). Piedmont: amber.
gibson@arclabs.com; 864-2369995; 864-236-7666 (fax).
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Central Carolina
Technical College
506 N. Guignard Drive, Sumter;
cctech.edu
Campuses in Sumter, Camden,
Bishopville, Manning and Shaw Air
Force Base
Admissions: admissions@cc
tech.edu; 803-778-6605.
Tuition + fees: $4,481 in district; $5,075 in state.
Financial aid: finaid@cctech.
edu; 803-778-6605.
33% male. 0% American Indian/
nonresident.
ACADEMICS
studies, nursing, welding technology certification, child care
and support services management, and human services.
ALSO
1126 Solomon Blatt Blvd.,

Denmark; www.denmarktech.edu
0% nonresident.
ACADEMICS
arts, construction engineering
technology certification, building construction technology
certification, welding certification, and child care certification.
Admissions: 843-661-8289;
843-661-8041 (fax).
803-661-8041 (fax).
nonresident.
ACADEMICS
Popular programs include nursing, liberal studies, accounting
certification, computer and
information sciences certification, and welding certification.
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Forrest College
601 E. River St., Anderson;
forrestcollege.edu

0% nonresident.
ACADEMICS
Popular programs include medALSO
ical and clinical assistant; phleDid you know? The Engineering
botomy certification; nursing
Technology Center houses roand patient care assistant;
bots for the electromechanical
homeland security, law enforceengineering curriculum.
ment, firefighting and protective
services;
and business.
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Florence-Darlington
Technical College
Greenville Technical
2715 W. Lucas St., Florence;
College
fdtc.edu
738 S. Pleasantburg Drive,
Greenville; www.gvltec.edu
Campuses in Greenville,
Simpsonville and Taylors.
www.gvltec.edu/apply.
Financial aid: www.gvltec.edu/
financial_aid.
Enrollment: 12,592. 58% female, 42% male. 0% American
nonresident.
ACADEMICS
studies, nursing, commercial
vehicle operation and instruction certification, welding technology certification, and data
processing.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Dr. Daniel Dreisbach, First Amendment
law scholar and the only Rhodes
Scholar to come through the S.C.
Technical College system.
Did you know? Campus Pointe
at Greenville Technical College
offers spacious apartments minutes from the Barton Campus.
Greenville Tech is the only college within 200 miles offering
training in the SAP Enterprise
Resource Planning System.
Eight of the past 10 Alden
Transfer Scholarship recipients
at Furman University have come
from Greenville Tech. The
scholarship pays full tuition for
two years of study. Greenville
Tech offers a program in sustainable agriculture; the certificate program prepares students
for positions in agribusiness,
particularly entrepreneurship
and farming.
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Horry-Georgetown
Technical College
2050 U.S. 501 East, Conway;
www.hgtc.edu
Campuses in Conway, Georgetown
and Myrtle Beach.
nonresident.
ACADEMICS
studies, nursing, human services, HVAC certification, and
business.
ALSO
International Culinary Institute of
Myrtle Beach is on track to open
this fall. Chef Joseph Bonaparte, a
leader in the farm-to-table movement, directs the culinary arts
program. Many buildings have
state-of-the-art technology, such
as a hospital for medical programs and a manufacturing facility for industrial programs.
Did you know? Horry-Georgetown has the states only twoyear degree in forestry.
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Midlands Technical
College
1260 Lexington Drive, West
Columbia; midlandstech.edu
Campuses in Columbia, West
Columbia, Batesburg-Leesville,
Winnsboro, Irmo and Fort Jackson.
midlandstech.edu; 803-738-7839.
Financial aid: asksfs@midlands
tech.edu; 803-738-7792.
nonresident.
ACADEMICS
studies, health and medical
preparatory programs, pre-nursing certification, child care and
support services management,
and automobile mechanics certification.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Beth
Carrigg, Lexington County Clerk
of Court; Dr. Ronald L. Rhames,
Midlands Tech president.
A nice place to call home: Midlands Tech has six campuses
around the Midlands, as well as
a facility at Fort Jackson.
Did you know? There are plenty
of ways for students who want
the full college experience to get
involved at Midlands Tech,
which has more than 30 student
clubs and organizations.
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Northeastern
Technical College
1201 Chesterfield Highway,
Cheraw; netc.edu
Campuses in Pageland, Cheraw,
Bennettsville and Dillon.
Admissions: 800-921-7399 or
843-921-6933; 843-537-6148
(fax).
$4,062 in state.

0% nonresident.
ACADEMICS
arts, electrical engineering technology certification, nursing,
machine tool technology, and
industrial mechanics and maintenance technology certification.
ALSO
Chesterfield, Marlboro and
Dillon counties are beautiful,
historic areas, offering easy
access to outdoor recreation,
entertainment and cultural
events without the hassle of
big-city life.
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Orangeburg
Calhoun Technical
College
3250 St. Matthews Road,
Orangeburg; octech.edu
Admissions: askme@octech.
edu; 803-535-1234.
$5,005 in state.
Financial aid: finaid@octech.edu; 803-535-1224.
nonresident.
ACADEMICS
Popular programs include commercial vehicle operation and
instruction certification, welding

technology certification, nursing, liberal studies, electronic
and communications engineering technology.
ALSO
Did you know? OC Tech has an
exceptional record of preparing
students for successful and rewarding careers, boasting a 92
percent job-placement rate.
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Piedmont Technical
College
620 N. Emerald Road, Greenwood;
ptc.edu
Campuses in Greenwood, Abbeville,
Edgefield, Clinton, McCormick,
Newberry, Saluda and Laurens.
864-941-8466 (fax).
$4,601 in state.
864-941-8599 (fax).
0% nonresident alien.
ACADEMICS
studies, business, administrative
assistant and secretarial science,
nursing, and human services.
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Spartanburg
Community College
107 Community College Drive,
Spartanburg; sccsc.edu
Admissions: admissions@sccsc.
edu; 866-891-3700 or 864-592-
4800; 864-592-4564 (fax).

nonresident.
ACADEMICS
studies, nursing, data processing, business administration and
management, and welding technology certification.
ALSO
Did you know? Spartanburg
Community College is the only
college in the state to offer
American Sign Language interpreter training.
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Spartanburg
Methodist College
1000 Powell Mill Road,
Spartanburg; smcsc.edu
Admissions: admiss@smcsc.
edu; 864-587-4213; 864-6994634 (fax).
Room and board: $8,660.
Financial aid: strangek@smcsc.
edu; 864-587-4298.
56% male. 0% American Indian/Alaska native; 1% Asian; 31%
nonresident.
ACADEMICS
Average ACT: 18.
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studies, business administration
and management, criminal justice and law enforcement administration, and visual and
performing arts.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Fletcher
Thompson, former assistant director of the FBI who helped investigate President John F. Kennedys assassination; Reggie Sanders, former MLB right-fielder;
Mookie Wilson, former MLB outfielder and New York Mets Hall
of Famer; Orlando Hudson, former MLB second-baseman.
A nice place to call home: Spartanburg Methodist is the only
private two-year residential college in the state, focusing on the
first two years of college to help
students map out their futures.
Did you know? South Carolina
high school graduates with a
GPA of 3.0 or higher earn full-
tuition scholarships.
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Technical College of
the Lowcountry
921 Ribaut Road, Beaufort; tcl.edu
Campuses in Beaufort, Bluffton and
Varnville.
Admissions: admissions@tcl.
edu; 843-525-8211.
Financial aid: financialaid@tcl.
edu; 843-470-5961.
10% Hispanic/Latino; 0% native Hawaiian/Pacific islander;
49% white; 1% two or more

ACADEMICS
studies, nursing, HVAC certification, business, and medical
administration certification.
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trict; $5,167 in state.

Financial aid: finaid@tctc.edu;
864-646-1650.
nonresident.
Campuses in Pendleton, Anderson,

Easley and Seneca.
ACADEMICS
Popular majors include liberal
studies, nursing, industrial electronics technology, business
administration and management
and criminal justice and safety
studies.
Admissions: info@tctc.edu; 864646-TCTC; 864-646-8361 (fax).

Tuition + fees: $3,967 in dis-
ALSO
Bridge to Clemson program lets
freshmen blend the academic
Tri-County
Technical College
7900 U.S. 76, Pendleton; tctc.edu
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Did you know? Tri-County
offers the Connect to College
program, a second-chance opportunity for students who have
not completed high school.
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Trident Technical
College
7000 Rivers Ave., Charleston;
tridenttech.edu
Campuses in North Charleston,
Moncks Corner, Charleston and
Mount Pleasant.
tridenttech.edu; 843-574-6558.
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Financial aid: financial.aid@
tridenttech.edu; 843-574-6110.
nonresident.
ACADEMICS
arts; pre-nursing studies and
nursing; business, office administration and data entry certification; cosmetology certification; and culinary arts.
metto Warrior Connection.

A nice place to call home: Tridents Palmer Campus in downtown Charleston is in a historic
residential area, just blocks from
the Upper King Street shopping,
dining and entertainment district.
Did you know? Trident is one of
only a few two-year colleges in
the country training film production students in a professionalquality production facility using
professional-grade film production equipment.
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Williamsburg
Technical College
601 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.,
ALSO
Kingstree; www.wiltech.edu
Alumni you may know: Katherine Reeves White, garden designer
for Magnolia Plantation; Jermaine Admissions: admissions@wil
Husser, executive director of Paltech.edu; 843-355-4165.

Financial aid: boosj@wiltech.
edu; 843-355-4166.
nonresident.
ACADEMICS
studies, nursing and patient care
assistant certification, welding
technology certification, automotive technology certification,
and child care and support services management.
ALSO
Did you know? Williamsburg
Technical College has increased

online course offerings as well as
started programs in both phlebotomy and nursing assistant. Within the past year, the Colleges
Workforce Development and
Continuing Education Division
has offered SNAP2Work training
and employment programs and
has working with EvolveSC, Apprenticeship Carolina, and other
grant partnerships to provide
training for area industry employees.
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York Technical
College
452 S. Anderson Road, Rock Hill;
yorktech.edu

Financial aid: afowler@york
tech.edu; 803-327-8005.
nonresident.
ACADEMICS
studies, medical and clinical
assistant certification, administrative assistant and secretarial
science, business administration
and management, and accounting.
Admissions: aldridge@york
tech.edu; 800-922-8324.
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Columbia, SC 29210
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OUT-OF-STATE INSTITUTIONS WITH SOUTH CAROLINA CAMPUSES

Art Institute of
Charleston
8088 Rivers Ave., North

Charleston; centuracollege.edu
24 N. Market St., Charleston;

new.artinstitutes.edu/Charleston

Columbia enrollment: 70. 56%
female, 44% male. 0% American Indian/Alaska native; 0%
Asian; 71% black/African-AmerRoom and board: $8,550.
ican; 3% Hispanic/Latino; 1%
native Hawaiian/Pacific islan42% male. 0% American Indider; 21% white; 0% two or more
an/Alaska native; 2% Asian;
races; 3% race/ethnicity un23% black/African-American;
6% Hispanic/Latino; 0% native known; 0% nonresident.
Hawaiian/Pacific islander; 26% North Charleston enrollment:
121. 93% female, 7% male. 2%
0% Asian; 70% black/African0% nonresident.
American; 2% Hispanic/Latino;
ACADEMICS
Popular programs include graph- more races; 6% race/ethnicity
ic design; culinary arts; culinary unknown; 0% nonresident.
and catering management; cineACADEMICS
matography and film producOpen admission policy.
tion; and pastry arts.
Popular certificate programs at
the Columbia campus include
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HVAC maintenance, medical
coding, medical office assistant,
Brown Mackie
and information technology.
Popular certificate programs at
College
the North Charleston campus
Two Liberty Square, 75 Beattie
include medical office assistant
Place, Suite 100, Greenville;
and medical insurance coding.
www.brownmackie.edu

nonresident.
ACADEMICS
Popular programs include medical office assistant, business,
occupational therapy assistant,
corrections and criminal justice,
and nursing.
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Centura College
7500 Two Notch Road, Columbia;
ALSO
Hands-on learning and large
labs prepare students for employment.
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ECPI University
250 Berryhill Road #300,
Columbia; 1001 Keys Drive #100,
Greenville; 7410 Northside Drive
#100, North Charleston; ecpi.edu
Admissions: Columbia: 844611-0668, 803-610-4111. Greenville: 844-611-0627, 864-4385018. Charleston: 844-6110642, 843-606-5902.
ALSO
Did you know? Since it was
founded in 1966, ECPI has dem-
onstrated a commitment to
forward-thinking, market-based
curriculum and was among the
first to offer classes in computer
programming. From that time,
ECPI University has pursued a
path of sustained academic
innovation based on addressing
the needs of students and employers while playing a key role
in economic development. ECPI
University has been ranked in
the top three for Best for Vets by
Military Times for the past four
years (in Online and Nontraditional Schools).
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Fortis College
246 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 101,
Columbia; columbia.fortis.edu

nonresident.
ACADEMICS
Popular programs include medical and clinical assistant, nursing, HVAC technology certification, dental assistant, and medical billing and insurance specialist.
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Golf Academy of
America
3268 Waccamaw Blvd., Myrtle
Beach; www.golfacademy.edu

99% male. 4% American Indian/Alaska native; 0% Asian; 0%

nonresident.
ACADEMICS
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ITT Technical
Institute
1628 Browning Road, Suite 180,
Columbia; 6 Independence Pointe,
Greenville; 9654 N. Kings Highway,
Suite 101, Myrtle Beach; 2431 W.
Aviation Ave., North Charleston;
www.itt-tech.edu
Tuition: $18,048.
Columbia enrollment: 315. 31%
female, 69% male. 0% American Indian/Alaska native; 1%
Asian; 70% black/AfricanAmerican; 2% Hispanic/Latino;
Greenville enrollment: 269.
Myrtle Beach enrollment: 152.
North Charleston enrollment:
270. 31% female, 69% male. 1%
ACADEMICS
Secondary school record and
Test of English as a Foreign
Language required for admission consideration.

Applicants admitted: 95% to
Columbia campus; 90% to
Greenville; 91% to Myrtle Beach;
98% to North Charleston.
Popular programs include system, networking and LAN/WAN
management; electrical, electronic and communications
engineering technology; graphic
design; drafting and design
technology; computer and information systems security; and
project management.
ALSO
Did you know? Curriculum is
developed with industry feedback from local and national
employer advisory committees.
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Miller-Motte
Technical College
8085 Rivers Ave., Suite E, North
Charleston; 2451 U.S. 501 East,
Conway; miller-motte.edu
Tuition + fees: $10,336, North

Charleston campus. $10,510,
Conway campus.
635. 84% female, 16% male. 0%
Conway enrollment: 622. 93%
female, 7% male. 0% American
nonresident.
ACADEMICS
Popular programs include medical/clinical assistant; health
information and medical records
technology; commercial vehicle
operation certification; massage
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therapy certification; and esthetician and skin care certification.
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South University
ing, medical and clinical assistant, health and wellness, health

care administration and management, and criminal justice
and police science.
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9 Science Court, Columbia;

southuniversity.edu
Strayer University
Enrollment: 1,022 undergraduates. 79% female; 21% male. 1%
ACADEMICS
Popular programs include nurs-
200 Center Point Circle, Suite 300,

Columbia; 5010 Wetland Crossing,
North Charleston; 555 N.
Pleasantburg Drive, Suite 300,
Greenville; strayer.edu

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University of
Phoenix
1001 Pinnacle Point Drive,
Columbia; phoenix.edu

Enrollment: 487 undergraduates. 67% female, 33% male. 1%
ACADEMICS
Popular programs include business administration and management; hospital administration and
management; human resources
management; criminal justice and
law enforcement administration;
computer systems analysis; and
accounting.
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Virginia College
7201 Two Notch Road, Columbia;
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Florence; 78 Global Drive, Greenville;
6185 Rivers Ave., North Charleston;
8150 Warren H. Abernathy
Highway, Spartanburg; vc.edu

Columbia enrollment: 589.
Florence enrollment: 414. 93%
female, 7% male. 0% American
nonresident.
Greenville enrollment: 453.

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Spartanburg enrollment: 413.
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CAROLINA CAMPUSES
ACADEMICS
Popular programs in Columbia include
medical and clinical assistant, cosmetology certification, medical insurance
coding, pharmacy technician certification, and surgical technology.
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Webster University
100 Gateway Corporate Blvd., Columbia;
4589 Oleander Drive, Myrtle Beach; 4105
Faber Place Drive, Suite 11, North
Charleston; 101 W. Hill Blvd., Joint Base
Charleston; 124 Verdae Blvd., Suite 400,
Greenville; One Pinckney Blvd., Beaufort;
398 Shaw Drive, Room 108, Shaw Air Force
Base; 4600 Strom Thurmond Blvd., Fort
Jackson; www.webster.edu
Columbia campus: columbia@

webster.edu, 803-699-0900.
Myrtle Beach campus: 843-497-3677.
North Charleston campus: 843-7601324.
Joint Base campus: 843-767-2278.
Greenville campus: 864-676-9002.
Naval Hospital campus: 843-524-1851.
Shaw campus: 803-666-2254.
Fort Jackson campus: 803-738-0603.
nonresident.
ACADEMICS
Average ACT: 24.
Popular majors include business administration and management, nursing,
psychology, and communications.
ALSO
A nice place to call home: Discounted
tuition available for military students
and first responders.
Did you know? Webster is located on
four continents, in eight countries and
in 60 cities. It has more than 160,000
alumni worldwide.
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INSTITUTIONS OFFERING SPECIALIZED DEGREES

Charleston School
of Law
81 Mary St., Charleston;
charlestonlaw.edu
Admissions: info@charleston
law.edu; 843-377-2143.
Tuition: Not reported.
Enrollment: 449. 45% female, 55% male. 2% American Indian/Alaska native; 1%
Asian; 9% black/AfricanAmerican; 4% Hispanic/
Pacific islander; 82% white;
0% two or more races; 2%
nonresident.
ACADEMICS
Required tests: LSAT.
Required degree: Bachelors.
Degree offered: Juris Doctor.
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Christ Central
Institute
159 Church St. NE, Wagener;
www.ccins.org
Tuition: All students accepted
receive full scholarships.
Enrollment: 50.
ACADEMICS
Degrees offered: Two-year
certificate, community missions; three-year degree, mission specialist.
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Barbara Franklin, president of
the missions arm of Christ
Central Ministries.
Wagener is a thriving rural
community about 45 minutes
south of Columbia.
Did you know? Christ Central
Institute is the only school in
the U.S. that offers full scholarships to all qualified students including food, housing
and educational costs.
Edward Via
College of
Osteopathic
Medicine
ALSO
The renovated space for masters students includes a 24hour study area.
350 Howard St., Spartanburg;

vcom.edu
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ACADEMICS
Required tests: MCAT.
Degree offered: Doctorate of
Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.).
ALSO
Spartanburg is a city with opportunity to spare, home to
seven institutions of higher
learning, a highly rated and
rapidly growing regional health
care system, and a downtown
that has become a magnet for
corporate headquarters.
Did you know? VCOM students have a heart of service
and provide health care services for those most in need
locally and at the Colleges
sustainable clinics in El Salvador, Honduras and the Dominican Republic.
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Lenoir-Rhyne
University: Center
for Graduate
Studies of
Columbia
4201 N. Main St., Price House,
Columbia; columbia.lr.edu
Admissions: admissions_
columbia@lr.edu, 803-4613296.
ACADEMICS
Degrees offered: Master of
Arts in human services (fully
online); Master of Arts in
clinical mental health counseling.
Lutheran
Theological
Southern
Seminary
4201 N. Main St., Columbia;
ltss.lr.edu
Admissions: admissions_
columbia@lr.edu; 803-4613238.
54% male. 0% American
Indian/Alaska native; 0%
Asian; 15% black/AfricanAmerican; 0% Hispanic/
Pacific islander; 76% white;
1% two or more races; 8%
nonresident.
Undergraduate tuition +
fees: $16,374*.
Graduate tuition + fees:
$18,000*.
Financial aid: finaid@musc.
edu; 843-792-2536.
Enrollment (all programs):
2,898. 80% female, 20%
male. 1% American Indian/
Hawaiian/Pacific islander;
74% white; 2% two or more
ACADEMICS
Popular programs include
nursing (bachelors program);
health care administration,
physician assistant, and maternal and child health care
and neonatal nursing (masters programs); and medicine, pharmacy, and dentistry
(doctoral programs).
ALSO
Alumni you may know: Horace G. Smithy, cardiothoracic
surgeon who developed one
of the first instruments used
ACADEMICS
in beating-heart surgery;
Required degree: Any bache- Francis Peyre Porcher, profeslors.
sor who served as a physician
Degrees offered: Masters
during the Civil War.
degrees in divinity, pastoral
counseling, theological and
Charleston is one of the most
ministerial studies, and theolhighly recognized cities for
ogy.
tourism, find dining, historical
attractions and recreational
ALSO
activities on and off the water.
Did you know? The mission
As South Carolinas only comof Lutheran Theological
prehensive academic health
Southern Seminary is to teach, center providing a full range of
form and nurture women and programs in the biomedical
men for public ministry in a
sciences, MUSC is engaged in
context that is Christ-cenactivities statewide. Its campus
tered, faithfully Lutheran and is located on more than 80
ecumenically committed.
acres in downtown Charleston.
Did you know? MUSC has
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grown from a small, private
medical school in 1824 to one
the nations top academic
Medical University of
health science centers; total
of South Carolina grant support for MUSC tops
$232 million. The oldest med179 Ashley Ave., Charleston;
ical school in the South edumusc.edu
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INSTITUTIONS OFFERING
SPECIALIZED DEGREES
cates and trains more than
3,000 students (in dental
medicine, graduate studies, health professions,
medicine, nursing and
pharmacy) and residents,
and has nearly 13,000
employees, including approximately 1,500 faculty
members. As the largest
nonfederal employer in
Charleston, MUSC operates a 750-bed medical
center, which includes a
nationally recognized
Childrens Hospital, the
Ashley River Tower (housing cardiovascular, digestive disease and surgical
oncology specialists), the
Hollings Cancer Center (a
National Cancer Institutedesignated center), a Level
I trauma center, and the
Institute of Psychiatry.
*Tuition varies by program.
See academicdepartments.
musc.edu/esl/em/records/
fees.html.
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Sherman
College of
Chiropractic
2020 Springfield Road,
Spartanburg;
www.sherman.edu
Admissions: admissions@sherman.edu; 800849-8771, ext. 200.

Enrollment: 346. 43%
female, 57% male. 1%
American Indian/Alaska
native; 2% Asian; 4%
black/African-American;
7% Hispanic/Latino; 0%
native Hawaiian/Pacific
islander; 76% white; 0%
two or more races; 6%
race/ethnicity unknown;
3% nonresident.
ACADEMICS
Degree offered: Doctor of
Chiropractic.
ALSO
The colleges 80-acre
campus is ideally located
at the foothills of the Blue
Ridge Mountains in Spartanburg, a college town
with seven colleges and
the highest per-capita
college student population
of any major city in the
state.
Did you know? Sherman is
one of just 18 chiropractic
colleges in the U.S. and
the only one in the Carolinas.
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Southern
Methodist
College
541 Broughton St.,
Orangeburg; smcollege.edu
Admissions: jcourson@smcollege.edu; 803534-7826; 803-534-7827

(fax).
ACADEMICS
Degrees offered: Bachelors degrees in Bible with
specializations in pastoral
education, Christian ministries, missions, Christian
counseling, elementary
education and leadership
and ethics; associates
degrees; and one-year
Bible certificates.
ALSO
Edisto Memorial Gardens
are within walking distance, and Lake Marion
and Santee State Park are
just 30 miles away.
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3 simple steps for

saving for college
StatePoint
The overwhelming majority of

families agree that college is an
important and worthwhile investment, yet fewer than half are saving for it, according to How
America Saves for College 2015,
a recent study by Sallie Mae and
Ipsos.
Why the reluctance to put aside
money for something deemed so
important by so many?
One of the greatest obstacles
for families to overcome is simply
getting started, says Charlie Rocha, executive vice president of
Sallie Mae. We know those who
have a plan and save are more
likely to attend college, more likely
to graduate, and will do so with
less debt.
With a focus on saving, planning
and paying for college, the experts
at Sallie Mae recommend a 1-2-3
approach.
First, open a savings account;
second, set a goal and regularly
contribute money; and third, explore tax-advantaged savings options.
GETTING STARTED
College can be expensive these
days, so it is never too early to get
started no matter the age of the
college-bound student. Open a
savings account as soon as possible, earmarked for education.
The ideal savings account
should have no fees, and be FDICinsured, offering perks that help
you stay motivated, such as no
minimum balance, cash back rewards and tools to track goals and
share progress.
An account specifically designed
for college savings, such as the
new Upromise GoalSaver, can get
families on the right track.
It offers a competitive APY and a
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more than 850 retail partners. For
more information, visit
www.UpromiseGoalSaver.com.
GOALS AND CONTRIBUTIONS
Check out rates of tuition, room
and board, and other expenses at
the schools of your choice, so you
can set realistic goals and target
dates for reaching them.
Motivation can be derived from
progress, so within your savings
account consider itemizing smaller
benchmarks that are more easily
achieved than one lump sum -such as textbooks, an emergency
fund and a living expenses goal or
specific savings goals for each
child.
Applying the old adage, Set it
and forget it, to your college savings can make saving a habit you
dont have to think about often.
You can do so by linking a bank
account to your savings fund, like
Upromise GoalSaver, to make
recurring direct deposits on a
monthly or biweekly basis.

Some people keep themselves
focused on savings by sharing
goals over social media. Like losing weight or training for a marathon, research shows that making
a goal public is associated with a
higher chance of achievement.
Some savings accounts even make
sharing goals easy.
TAX ADVANTAGED SAVINGS
PLANS
After getting started with a simple savings account like Upromise
GoalSaver, supplement your savings plan with a tax advantaged
savings account, such as Coverdell
Education Savings Accounts, prepaid state plans or 529 college
savings plans.
Such plans can offer such benefits as annual nondeductible contributions so that your account can
grow without being subject to
federal income taxes.
A college education continues to
be overwhelmingly important to
American families.
Dont limit future possibilities
with inaction today.
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The osteopathic medical school in Spartanburg, South Carolina could be the

place for you! At VCOM, future physicians learn to provide patient centered care
through experiences in the classroom and beyond.
For more information, visit
www.vcom.edu
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@VCOMCarolinas
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Do you know how much college

will really cost your family?
StatePoint
Paying for college? Look beyond the tuition price tag when
making your financial plans and
you will encounter many expenses not listed in school brochures. Be aware of these costs.
Determine in advance how
youll pay for them and even
consider how you may save
money.
With some smart preparation,
you can avoid unpleasant surprises. Here are some things to
keep in mind when assessing
college costs and financing options:
FINANCING
No matter what your familys
financial status is, you should
complete the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student
Aid) form, which is the first step
toward obtaining financial aid.
Also explore additional financing options, like scholarships,
tuition payment plans your
school offers, federal loans and
private alternative loans.
Millions of Americans are
faced with a rising amount of
student loan debt. Make graduating debt-free your objective,
and only take out loans by necessity.
After receiving award letters,
scholarships and grants, calculate whether there is still a financial gap between your resources and the cost of college.
Take out a private student loan
only after exhausting these other
resources and efforts first.
If you do opt for a private
loan, ensure youre familiar with
the loans terms, as well as the
realities of graduating with debt.
A responsible lender that defers
payments until after you leave
school can help you get educated on how loan repayment
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affect you in the future. A loan
consultant at your bank can help
you explore the best options for
you. For example, applying with
a cosigner may qualify you for a
lower interest rate, saving you
money down the line.
PLAN AHEAD
To be truly prepared for the
years ahead, get as accurate an
estimate of total college costs as
possible. Most school websites
offer a net price calculator that

can give you an estimate of your
total college cost and your financial aid award.
Also, free online tools, such as
Wells Fargos Get College Ready
College Cost Calculator, available at www.WellsFargo.com/
GetCollegeReady, helps you
take all your personal factors
into consideration. The site also
features useful tips and checklists for parents and students on
subjects like paying for college,
managing money and building

good credit while in school.
When putting a price tag on
college, dont forget to budget
for other certain and potential
expenses like a mobile phone
plan, medical insurance, lab fees
and class materials.
SAVE MONEY
After tallying up college costs,
you may encounter practical
ways to reduce expenditures.
For instance, you can save on
big ticket items by attending

your state school at the in-state
tuition rate or by living at home.
Save on day-to-day living
costs by biking instead of driving
and buying textbooks used. Get
a smaller meal plan and prepare
some meals in your apartment.
Theres no doubt about it,
college is expensive. Be realistic
about the true costs associated
with a financing an education
and get savvy about how to pay
for it wisely.
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Fact vs. fiction: 7

truths about college
course materials
StatePoint
Youve seen the headlines: The cost of a college education is soaring! Course materials
have never been more
expensive! Textbook
producers take advantage
of our students!
Yes, these headlines
may be sensational, but
theyre not entirely accurate. While college can be
expensive, students arent
helpless victims crushed
by debt from buying textbooks. Instead, theyre
savvy consumers to
whom education companies cater. Below are
seven fictions and the
corresponding facts
about college course materials.
use interactive techniques

to help students master
course concepts, have
also helped reduce costs.
FICTION: College course
materials are unaffordable for the average
student.
FACT: Students can save
money on textbooks in a
variety of ways. Online
resources such as CourseSmart offer digital titles
at up to 60 percent below
the hardcover price. Other money-saving options
include purchasing
eChapters, loose-leaf
editions, black-and-white
editions and print-ityourself editions.
regularly revised. Commercial producers and

open-source publishers
often work together to
provide effective, affordable course materials.
However, producing materials for a single course
can cost anywhere from
$500,000 to $3 million.
Increasingly, OER publishers are trying to transfer these costs to students
and taxpayers.
FICTION: Students with

print-related disabilities
including blindness and
dyslexia dont have
access to the course materials they need.
FACT: Access is improving, thanks to programs
FICTION: The reason that like the AccessText Netnew editions of course
work. Founded and supmaterials are released so
ported by the Association
FICTION: The cost of
often is to increase pubof American Publishers
college textbooks and
lisher profits.
(AAP) and leading educacourse materials is a maFACT: Course materials in tion companies, they are
jor contributor to student many fields especially
working to ensure that
debt.
medicine, law and acstudents are not limited
FACT: Books and supplies counting are updated
by disability when accessaccount for just four perperiodically to reflect
ing and using course macent of college costs.
changes in regulations,
terials. Students should
Students primary expens- technology and methods. visit their colleges Dises are tuition (43 percent) Instructors want course
abled Student Services
and boarding (40 permaterials to be as current office for information
cent).
as possible to ensure stuabout participating.
dents can apply their
FICTION: The cost of
knowledge to real-world
FICTION: Students dont
course materials is climb- situations.
really need the course
ing.
materials to pass the
FACT: Student spending
FICTION: Since Open
class.
on course materials has
Educational Resources
FACT: Course materials
declined nearly 20 perare free, they will eventu- are a key component of
cent since the 2007-2008 ally replace purchased
academic success. Acaschool year and nearly 12 textbooks.
demic improvement from
percent since 2013-2014,
FACT: While free to stuusing digital course mateaccording to Student
dents, OER are not free to rials and traditional textWatch data. New digital
create, since they must be books is as high as 79
learning platforms, which developed, formatted and percent.
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Americans are spending more

out-of-pocket to pay for college
StatePoint
The Bank of Mom and Dad is

open for business, as parent
out-of-pocket spending has become the number one source of
college funding. In fact, 62 percent of families did not borrow
to pay for college last year, according to a new report.
The national study, How
America Pays for College 2015,
from Sallie Mae and Ipsos, now in
its eighth year, found that parent
income and savings covered the
largest share of college costs 32
percent surpassing scholarships
and grants at 30 percent, for the
first time since 2010.
Families covered the balance
of college costs using student
borrowing, student income and
savings, parent borrowing, and
contributions from relatives and
friends.
While families spent 16 percent
more on college in academic year
2014-2015, the report found that
fewer families are worried that
economic factors would affect
their ability to pay for college,
fewer eliminated colleges from
consideration due to cost, and
fewer took cost-saving measures
to control college costs.
The increase in the amount
families are spending appears to
be less about the rising cost of
college and more about the choices parents and students are making about how they pay for college, says Michael Gross, vice
president and head of the higher
education practice at Ipsos Public
Affairs. Traditional economic
concerns, such as job loss, declining home values, and decreased
value of savings, are less worrying
for parents this year, allowing
families greater freedom to concentrate on college.
Still, while the majority of
families agree college is an im-
portant and worthwhile investment and are making such

responsible decisions to help pay
for it as filing for federal aid,
reducing personal spending and
working while attending school
only 40 percent of families have
a plan to pay for college.
College remains a priority for
parents, and they are feeling
more confident as they reach
into their own pockets and put
their money where their values
are, says Raymond Quinlan,
Chairman and CEO, Sallie Mae.
Its gratifying to see families
are borrowing responsibly and
making efforts to reduce costs.
In an effort to move that stubborn statistic and encourage
more families to make a college
financing plan, the experts at
Sallie Mae are expanding their
suite of free tools and information. To get started, they recommend these three steps:
A Start with money you wont
have to repay. Supplement your
college savings and income by
maximizing scholarships, grants,
and work-study.
A Explore federal student
loans. Apply by completing the
Free Application for Federal
Student Aid (FAFSA) form.
A Consider a responsible private education loan. Fill the gap
between your available resources and the cost of college.
To view the complete report,
visit SallieMae.com/HowAmerica
PaysForCollege. For free tools,
such as a college planning calculator, scholarship search and the
College Ahead mobile app, visit
SallieMae.com/PlanforCollege.
For many families, college is
one of the biggest investments
they will ever make. Fortunately,
as the cost of college trends
upward, so too is the incidence
of responsible decision-making
about financing an education.
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