Basic Information
Type
Private, Liberal Arts
Geographical Reach
Regional
Religious Affiliation
United Methodist
Population
80,000
Weather
Comfortable Days
105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours
2,845 (80%)
Days Without Precipitation
255 (66%)
Demographics
Total Undergraduates
1,639
Men / Women
29% / 71%
From State
82%
From Region
5%
Athletes
12.4%
Racial/Ethnic
Black
91%
International
2%
Hispanic
1%
White
1%
Native American
0%
Asian
0%
Mixed
0%
Men in the Entering Class
0%
12%
24%
36%
48%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Men: 34.5% 34.5%
2012 Men: 34.6% 34.6%
2013 Men: 38.4% 38.4%
2014 Men: 32.6% 32.6%
2015 Men: 31.6% 31.6%
2016 Men: 32.0% 32.0%
2017 Men: 29.3% 29.3%
2018 Men: 29.7% 29.7%
2019 Men: 33.3% 33.3%
2020 Men: 23.6% 23.6%
2021 Men: 30.8% 30.8%
2022 Men: 26.0% 26.0%
2023 Men: 23.2% 23.2%
2024 Men: 30.2% 30.2%
Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Native: 0.3% 0.3%
2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 Native: 0.9% 0.9%
2015 Native: 0.2% 0.2%
2016 Native: 1.2% 1.2%
2017 Native: 0.2% 0.2%
2018 Native: 0.2% 0.2%
2019 Native: 0.3% 0.3%
2020 Native: 1.3% 1.3%
2021 Native: 2.5% 2.5%
2022 Native: 1.4% 1.4%
2023 Native: 1.0% 1.0%
2024 Native: 1.2% 1.2%
2011 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2012 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2013 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2016 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2017 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2018 Asian: 0.2% 0.2%
2019 Asian: 0.3% 0.3%
2020 Asian: 1.0% 1.0%
2021 Asian: 1.8% 1.8%
2022 Asian: 1.4% 1.4%
2023 Asian: 1.3% 1.3%
2024 Asian: 1.4% 1.4%
2011 Black: 94.2% 94.2%
2012 Black: 96.5% 96.5%
2013 Black: 96.1% 96.1%
2014 Black: 93.7% 93.7%
2015 Black: 97.2% 97.2%
2016 Black: 92.0% 92.0%
2017 Black: 94.1% 94.1%
2018 Black: 88.6% 88.6%
2019 Black: 93.0% 93.0%
2020 Black: 91.0% 91.0%
2021 Black: 93.5% 93.5%
2022 Black: 93.4% 93.4%
2023 Black: 94.4% 94.4%
2024 Black: 93.8% 93.8%
2011 Hispanic: 0.3% 0.3%
2012 Hispanic: 0.3% 0.3%
2013 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 Hispanic: 1.5% 1.5%
2015 Hispanic: 1.7% 1.7%
2016 Hispanic: 3.8% 3.8%
2017 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7%
2018 Hispanic: 2.5% 2.5%
2019 Hispanic: 0.3% 0.3%
2020 Hispanic: 1.8% 1.8%
2021 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9%
2022 Hispanic: 1.6% 1.6%
2023 Hispanic: 1.9% 1.9%
2024 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9%
2011 White: 0.8% 0.8%
2012 White: 0.8% 0.8%
2013 White: 1.0% 1.0%
2014 White: 1.1% 1.1%
2015 White: 0.0% 0.0%
2016 White: 0.7% 0.7%
2017 White: 1.2% 1.2%
2018 White: 1.1% 1.1%
2019 White: 1.0% 1.0%
2020 White: 0.5% 0.5%
2021 White: 0.4% 0.4%
2022 White: 0.8% 0.8%
2023 White: 1.0% 1.0%
2024 White: 0.2% 0.2%
2011 International: 4.5% 4.5%
2012 International: 2.5% 2.5%
2013 International: 2.8% 2.8%
2014 International: 2.0% 2.0%
2015 International: 0.9% 0.9%
2016 International: 2.1% 2.1%
2017 International: 2.5% 2.5%
2018 International: 6.8% 6.8%
2019 International: 4.7% 4.7%
2020 International: 4.4% 4.4%
2021 International: 0.7% 0.7%
2022 International: 0.2% 0.2%
2023 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 International: 2.5% 2.5%
Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.
Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2020 Native: 1.5% 1.5%
2021 Native: 1.2% 1.2%
2022 Native: 0.8% 0.8%
2023 Native: 0.6% 0.6%
2024 Native: 0.5% 0.5%
2025 Native: 0.2% 0.2%
2020 Asian: 0.7% 0.7%
2021 Asian: 0.8% 0.8%
2022 Asian: 0.5% 0.5%
2023 Asian: 0.5% 0.5%
2024 Asian: 0.2% 0.2%
2025 Asian: 0.2% 0.2%
2020 Black: 91.5% 91.5%
2021 Black: 92.7% 92.7%
2022 Black: 92.6% 92.6%
2023 Black: 93.1% 93.1%
2024 Black: 90.8% 90.8%
2025 Black: 90.9% 90.9%
2020 Hispanic: 1.4% 1.4%
2021 Hispanic: 1.2% 1.2%
2022 Hispanic: 1.2% 1.2%
2023 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1%
2024 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8%
2025 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7%
2020 White: 1.5% 1.5%
2021 White: 1.7% 1.7%
2022 White: 2.3% 2.3%
2023 White: 2.5% 2.5%
2024 White: 0.9% 0.9%
2025 White: 1.3% 1.3%
2020 International: 2.8% 2.8%
2021 International: 2.3% 2.3%
2022 International: 2.3% 2.3%
2023 International: 1.9% 1.9%
2024 International: 2.1% 2.1%
2025 International: 2.4% 2.4%
Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.
IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Schools & Majors
⇅
Claflin University
336
23% / 77%
1%
$49,659
45
94%
Computer Engineering
5 —
100% / 0%
0%
$87,222
94
—
Computer Science
11 —
45% / 55%
9%
$73,090
85
—
Chemistry
4 —
0% / 100%
0%
$43,041
25
—
Biochemistry
3 —
0% / 100%
0%
$44,920
30
—
Biology
45 —
7% / 93%
0%
$42,920
25
85%
Biotechnology
1 —
100% / 0%
0%
$44,450
29
—
Environmental Science
3 —
0% / 100%
0%
$43,530
26
—
Nursing
45 —
9% / 91%
0%
$85,383
93
100%
Accounting and Business
5 —
0% / 100%
0%
$58,885
67
—
Business Administration
16 —
19% / 81%
0%
$53,794
56
92%
Business Studies
12 —
58% / 42%
0%
$37,832
13
83%
Management Information Systems
3 —
0% / 100%
0%
$59,505
68
—
Marketing
8 —
50% / 50%
0%
$46,539
35
100%
Organizational Management
7 —
29% / 71%
0%
$38,078
13
93%
Sport Management
12 —
100% / 0%
0%
$33,333
7
98%
African-American Studies
2 —
50% / 50%
0%
$41,279
20
—
English
1 +1
100% / 0%
0%
$42,267
23
—
History
1 —
0% / 100%
0%
$43,100
25
—
Interdisciplinary Studies
7 —
29% / 71%
0%
$42,923
25
—
Mass Communication
15 —
40% / 60%
0%
$43,204
25
91%
Political Science
6 —
17% / 83%
17%
$40,922
19
100%
Psychology
40 —
8% / 92%
0%
$40,442
18
100%
Sociology
5 —
0% / 100%
0%
$39,338
16
94%
Early Childhood Administration
14 —
29% / 71%
0%
$47,238
37
—
Early Childhood Education
4 —
0% / 100%
0%
$47,612
39
100%
Elementary Education
1 —
0% / 100%
0%
$47,612
39
100%
English/Language Arts Teacher Education
— —
—
—
$47,234
37
—
Health and Physical Education
18 —
28% / 72%
0%
$33,333
7
98%
Mathematics Education
1 —
0% / 100%
0%
$46,851
36
—
Middle School Education
2 —
100% / 0%
0%
$47,612
39
100%
Art
5 —
20% / 80%
0%
$35,961
10
—
Art Teacher Education
— —
—
—
$46,834
36
—
Music
5 —
20% / 80%
0%
$35,905
10
—
Music Teacher Education
1 —
100% / 0%
0%
$46,644
36
—
Studio Art
1 —
100% / 0%
0%
$35,922
10
—
Criminal Justice
27 +1
11% / 89%
0%
$40,883
19
91%
Financial
Tuition & Fees
$19,562
ROI Percentile
45th
Retention & Graduation
Full-Time Retention
76%
4-Year Graduation Rate
41%
6-Year Graduation Rate
52%
Transfer-Out Rate
27%
Six-Year Graduation Rate
0%
15%
30%
45%
60%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Graduated: 40.0% 40.0%
2012 Graduated: 43.6% 43.6%
2013 Graduated: 43.7% 43.7%
2014 Graduated: 49.2% 49.2%
2015 Graduated: 42.1% 42.1%
2016 Graduated: 56.0% 56.0%
2017 Graduated: 53.2% 53.2%
2018 Graduated: 49.5% 49.5%
2019 Graduated: 51.3% 51.3%
2020 Graduated: 49.6% 49.6%
2021 Graduated: 51.1% 51.1%
2022 Graduated: 50.0% 50.0%
2023 Graduated: 49.1% 49.1%
2024 Graduated: 51.6% 51.6%
Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Men: 28.4% 28.4%
2012 Men: 33.9% 33.9%
2013 Men: 40.8% 40.8%
2014 Men: 49.7% 49.7%
2015 Men: 35.4% 35.4%
2016 Men: 50.0% 50.0%
2017 Men: 46.8% 46.8%
2018 Men: 44.3% 44.3%
2019 Men: 48.2% 48.2%
2020 Men: 41.6% 41.6%
2021 Men: 41.5% 41.5%
2022 Men: 44.4% 44.4%
2023 Men: 46.7% 46.7%
2024 Men: 50.3% 50.3%
2011 Women: 46.3% 46.3%
2012 Women: 48.0% 48.0%
2013 Women: 45.3% 45.3%
2014 Women: 49.0% 49.0%
2015 Women: 46.0% 46.0%
2016 Women: 59.2% 59.2%
2017 Women: 56.6% 56.6%
2018 Women: 52.7% 52.7%
2019 Women: 53.0% 53.0%
2020 Women: 53.4% 53.4%
2021 Women: 55.6% 55.6%
2022 Women: 52.6% 52.6%
2023 Women: 50.1% 50.1%
2024 Women: 52.1% 52.1%
IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Black: 38.3% 38.3%
2012 Black: 42.0% 42.0%
2013 Black: 43.0% 43.0%
2014 Black: 48.1% 48.1%
2015 Black: 41.7% 41.7%
2016 Black: 58.6% 58.6%
2017 Black: 52.1% 52.1%
2018 Black: 47.9% 47.9%
2019 Black: 50.7% 50.7%
2020 Black: 48.9% 48.9%
2021 Black: 51.1% 51.1%
2022 Black: 51.5% 51.5%
2023 Black: 49.8% 49.8%
2024 Black: 50.7% 50.7%
2011 International: 82.4% 82.4%
2012 International: 100.0% 100.0%
2013 International: 72.7% 72.7%
2014 International: 88.9% 88.9%
2015 International: 100.0% 100.0%
2016 International: 11.1% 11.1%
2017 International: 80.0% 80.0%
2018 International: 70.0% 70.0%
2019 International: 88.9% 88.9%
2020 International: 76.5% 76.5%
2021 International: 66.7% 66.7%
2022 International: 100.0% 100.0%
2024 International: 92.9% 92.9%
Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.
IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Earnings by Major Category
Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).
Academics
⇅
Humanities & Social Sciences
22.9%
77
18% / 82%
1%
$41,251
20
98%
Business & Economics
18.8%
63
44% / 56%
0%
$44,865
30
93%
Life & Natural Sciences
14.6%
49
8% / 92%
0%
$43,074
25
85%
Health Sciences
13.4%
45
9% / 91%
0%
$85,383
93
100%
Education
11.9%
40
28% / 72%
0%
$41,037
20
98%
Professional
8.0%
27
11% / 89%
0%
$40,883
19
91%
Arts
3.6%
12
33% / 67%
0%
$36,825
11
—
Computer Science
3.3%
11
45% / 55%
9%
$73,090
85
—
Engineering
1.5%
5
100% / 0%
0%
$87,222
94
—
Physical Sciences & Math
1.2%
4
0% / 100%
0%
$43,041
25
—
Agriculture & Food Science
0.9%
3
0% / 100%
0%
$43,530
26
—
Research
⇅
Physical Sciences & Math
$0.6M
#419
100%
$0
—
—
—
—
Life & Natural Sciences
$0.5M
#390
100%
$0
—
—
—
—
Health Sciences
$0.5M
#293
100%
$0
—
—
—
—
Computer Science
$0.1M
#385
100%
$0
—
—
—
—
Business & Economics
$0.1M
#375
100%
$0
—
—
—
—
Engineering
$0.0M
#418
100%
$0
—
—
—
—
Agriculture & Food Science
$0
#318
—
$0
—
—
—
—
Education
$0
#457
—
$0
—
—
—
—
Humanities & Social Sciences
$0
#540
—
$0
—
—
—
—
Total
$1.8M
#509
100%
$0
—
—
—
—
Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24.
Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024,
which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the
source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.
Admissions
Uses Common App
Yes
Acceptance Rate
40%
Yield (Unbound)
7%
Acceptance Rates
In-State
Out-of-State
International
Regular Decision
40%
40%
40%
Acceptance & Yield
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Acceptance: 34.6% 34.6%
2012 Acceptance: 39.1% 39.1%
2013 Acceptance: 52.6% 52.6%
2014 Acceptance: 43.8% 43.8%
2015 Acceptance: 41.3% 41.3%
2016 Acceptance: 41.8% 41.8%
2017 Acceptance: 41.2% 41.2%
2018 Acceptance: 56.4% 56.4%
2019 Acceptance: 55.2% 55.2%
2020 Acceptance: 65.1% 65.1%
2021 Acceptance: 62.5% 62.5%
2022 Acceptance: 78.0% 78.0%
2023 Acceptance: 72.6% 72.6%
2024 Acceptance: 64.9% 64.9%
2011 Yield: 29.1% 29.1%
2012 Yield: 25.9% 25.9%
2013 Yield: 19.0% 19.0%
2014 Yield: 17.0% 17.0%
2015 Yield: 20.1% 20.1%
2016 Yield: 12.5% 12.5%
2017 Yield: 12.9% 12.9%
2018 Yield: 10.5% 10.5%
2019 Yield: 9.4% 9.4%
2020 Yield: 8.6% 8.6%
2021 Yield: 6.0% 6.0%
2022 Yield: 6.5% 6.5%
2023 Yield: 9.0% 9.0%
2024 Yield: 7.3% 7.3%
Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled
0
2,500
5,000
7,500
10,000
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Applicants: 4,204 4,204
2012 Applicants: 4,037 4,037
2013 Applicants: 4,354 4,354
2014 Applicants: 5,237 5,237
2015 Applicants: 5,418 5,418
2016 Applicants: 9,387 9,387
2017 Applicants: 9,767 9,767
2018 Applicants: 9,678 9,678
2019 Applicants: 9,081 9,081
2020 Applicants: 9,261 9,261
2021 Applicants: 8,467 8,467
2022 Applicants: 7,568 7,568
2023 Applicants: 6,999 6,999
2024 Applicants: 8,127 8,127
2011 Admitted: 1,453 1,453
2012 Admitted: 1,578 1,578
2013 Admitted: 2,290 2,290
2014 Admitted: 2,292 2,292
2015 Admitted: 2,239 2,239
2016 Admitted: 3,926 3,926
2017 Admitted: 4,021 4,021
2018 Admitted: 5,458 5,458
2019 Admitted: 5,013 5,013
2020 Admitted: 6,032 6,032
2021 Admitted: 5,289 5,289
2022 Admitted: 5,903 5,903
2023 Admitted: 5,078 5,078
2024 Admitted: 5,277 5,277
2011 Enrolled: 423 423
2012 Enrolled: 408 408
2013 Enrolled: 435 435
2014 Enrolled: 389 389
2015 Enrolled: 449 449
2016 Enrolled: 490 490
2017 Enrolled: 519 519
2018 Enrolled: 572 572
2019 Enrolled: 469 469
2020 Enrolled: 518 518
2021 Enrolled: 315 315
2022 Enrolled: 384 384
2023 Enrolled: 456 456
2024 Enrolled: 387 387
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Published SAT Distribution
SAT Composite
600
800
1000
1200
1400
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 25th: 775 775
2012 25th: 760 760
2013 25th: 760 760
2014 25th: 700 700
2015 25th: 720 720
2016 25th: 830 830
2017 25th: 780 780
2018 25th: 830 830
2019 25th: 830 830
2020 25th: 840 840
2011 75th: 990 990
2012 75th: 980 980
2013 75th: 1000 1000
2014 75th: 880 880
2015 75th: 890 890
2016 75th: 950 950
2017 75th: 1130 1130
2018 75th: 1060 1060
2019 75th: 1050 1050
2020 75th: 1040 1040
SAT Math
300
400
500
600
700
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 25th: 385 385
2012 25th: 380 380
2013 25th: 380 380
2014 25th: 350 350
2015 25th: 360 360
2016 25th: 400 400
2017 25th: 390 390
2018 25th: 410 410
2019 25th: 400 400
2020 25th: 420 420
2011 75th: 500 500
2012 75th: 490 490
2013 75th: 510 510
2014 75th: 440 440
2015 75th: 440 440
2016 75th: 480 480
2017 75th: 560 560
2018 75th: 520 520
2019 75th: 520 520
2020 75th: 520 520
SAT Reading & Writing
300
400
500
600
700
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 25th: 390 390
2012 25th: 380 380
2013 25th: 380 380
2014 25th: 350 350
2015 25th: 360 360
2016 25th: 430 430
2017 25th: 390 390
2018 25th: 420 420
2019 25th: 430 430
2020 25th: 420 420
2011 75th: 490 490
2012 75th: 490 490
2013 75th: 490 490
2014 75th: 440 440
2015 75th: 450 450
2016 75th: 470 470
2017 75th: 570 570
2018 75th: 540 540
2019 75th: 530 530
2020 75th: 520 520
Submitting a Test Score
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2012 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2013 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2014 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2015 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2017 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2019 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2020 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.
