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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Florence, SC
Population 180,000
Website https://fmarion.edu
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Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,845 (80%)
Days Without Precipitation 255 (65%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 2,591
Men / Women 37% / 63%
From State 93%
From Region 2%
Athletes 16.1%

Racial/Ethnic

White 46%
Black 38%
Hispanic 6%
Mixed 4%
International 3%
Asian 1%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 34.3% 34.3% 2012 Men: 30.3% 30.3% 2013 Men: 31.0% 31.0% 2014 Men: 31.0% 31.0% 2015 Men: 35.5% 35.5% 2016 Men: 28.9% 28.9% 2017 Men: 33.6% 33.6% 2018 Men: 34.8% 34.8% 2019 Men: 35.1% 35.1% 2020 Men: 35.9% 35.9% 2021 Men: 32.3% 32.3% 2022 Men: 35.6% 35.6% 2023 Men: 35.9% 35.9% 2024 Men: 35.8% 35.8%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2012 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2013 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2014 Native: 1.6% 1.6% 2015 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2016 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2017 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2018 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2019 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2021 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2022 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2023 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2024 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2011 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2012 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2013 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2014 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2015 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2016 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2017 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2018 Asian: 1.4% 1.4% 2019 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2020 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2021 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2022 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2023 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2024 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2011 Black: 44.3% 44.3% 2012 Black: 41.5% 41.5% 2013 Black: 40.5% 40.5% 2014 Black: 49.0% 49.0% 2015 Black: 50.2% 50.2% 2016 Black: 43.8% 43.8% 2017 Black: 52.7% 52.7% 2018 Black: 49.9% 49.9% 2019 Black: 46.9% 46.9% 2020 Black: 48.8% 48.8% 2021 Black: 45.5% 45.5% 2022 Black: 42.0% 42.0% 2023 Black: 41.1% 41.1% 2024 Black: 37.6% 37.6% 2011 Hispanic: 1.5% 1.5% 2012 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0% 2013 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8% 2014 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9% 2015 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0% 2016 Hispanic: 1.4% 1.4% 2017 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3% 2018 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0% 2019 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3% 2020 Hispanic: 2.1% 2.1% 2021 Hispanic: 1.6% 1.6% 2022 Hispanic: 2.5% 2.5% 2023 Hispanic: 2.5% 2.5% 2024 Hispanic: 4.0% 4.0% 2011 White: 52.2% 52.2% 2012 White: 53.1% 53.1% 2013 White: 54.0% 54.0% 2014 White: 42.8% 42.8% 2015 White: 44.9% 44.9% 2016 White: 47.8% 47.8% 2017 White: 41.5% 41.5% 2018 White: 45.6% 45.6% 2019 White: 48.2% 48.2% 2020 White: 43.1% 43.1% 2021 White: 45.5% 45.5% 2022 White: 49.0% 49.0% 2023 White: 48.8% 48.8% 2024 White: 49.3% 49.3% 2011 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2012 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2013 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2014 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2015 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2016 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2017 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2018 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2019 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2020 International: 2.0% 2.0% 2021 International: 1.8% 1.8% 2022 International: 1.8% 1.8% 2023 International: 2.5% 2.5% 2024 International: 0.4% 0.4%

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

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2022 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2023 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2024 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2025 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2021 Asian: 1.5% 1.5% 2022 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2023 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2024 Asian: 1.4% 1.4% 2025 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2020 Black: 39.8% 39.8% 2021 Black: 39.0% 39.0% 2022 Black: 39.3% 39.3% 2023 Black: 39.7% 39.7% 2024 Black: 37.4% 37.4% 2025 Black: 37.6% 37.6% 2020 Hispanic: 3.4% 3.4% 2021 Hispanic: 3.5% 3.5% 2022 Hispanic: 4.1% 4.1% 2023 Hispanic: 4.1% 4.1% 2024 Hispanic: 5.5% 5.5% 2025 Hispanic: 6.5% 6.5% 2020 White: 48.8% 48.8% 2021 White: 49.0% 49.0% 2022 White: 47.3% 47.3% 2023 White: 47.1% 47.1% 2024 White: 47.4% 47.4% 2025 White: 45.7% 45.7% 2020 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2021 International: 1.7% 1.7% 2022 International: 2.2% 2.2% 2023 International: 2.6% 2.6% 2024 International: 3.1% 3.1% 2025 International: 3.4% 3.4%

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

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Liberal Arts 137 28% / 72% 1% $41,669 18 91%
Environmental Science 4 — 25% / 75% 0% — — —
English 8 +1 25% / 75% 0% $40,176 15 94%
Foreign Languages 5 — 20% / 80% 0% $46,247 30 —
History 11 +2 64% / 36% 0% $43,111 22 95%
Liberal Studies 4 — 50% / 50% 0% $39,319 13 92%
Mass Communication 8 +1 50% / 50% 0% $45,120 27 —
Political Science 8 — 50% / 50% 0% $46,836 32 93%
Psychology 53 +1 13% / 87% 2% $44,559 26 89%
Sociology 12 — 33% / 67% 0% $41,799 18 92%
Art 19 — 21% / 79% 0% $30,622 4 90%
Visual and Performing Arts 5 — 60% / 40% 0% $35,449 8 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Sciences 89 47% / 53% 2% $61,842 70 96%
Industrial Engineering 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $85,420 93 —
Mechanical Engineering 11 — 91% / 9% 0% $85,420 93 —
Computer Science 11 — 73% / 27% 9% $78,126 88 —
Chemistry 5 — 80% / 20% 0% $53,606 52 —
Mathematics 3 +2 0% / 100% 0% $57,867 62 —
Physics 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $63,523 73 —
Biology 49 — 24% / 76% 2% $50,611 44 96%
Engineering Technology 5 — 100% / 0% 0% $80,026 89 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Business 103 56% / 44% 10% $49,588 41 95%
Accounting 11 — 45% / 55% 0% $54,686 55 93%
Business Administration 44 +10 64% / 36% 11% $47,091 33 96%
Economics 8 +5 62% / 38% 25% $61,136 69 —
Finance 4 +3 50% / 50% 25% $61,842 70 —
Management Information Systems 6 +2 67% / 33% 0% $58,116 63 —
Marketing 30 +9 47% / 53% 7% $44,964 27 94%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Education 43 7% / 93% 0% $44,312 25 93%
Biology Teacher Education 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $47,119 33 —
Early Childhood Education 24 — 4% / 96% 0% $44,102 24 93%
Elementary Education 15 — 7% / 93% 0% $44,102 24 93%
Junior High/Middle School Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $44,102 24 —
Art Education — — — — $44,421 25 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Health Sciences 96 12% / 88% 1% $71,442 83 99%
Nursing 54 — 15% / 85% 2% $84,573 92 98%
Pharmaceutical Sciences — — — — $105,804 98 —
Healthcare Administration 42 +1 10% / 90% 0% $54,561 55 100%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $11,725
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $22,920
Est. In-State Cost $15,167
Est. Out-of-State Cost $29,649
ROI Percentile 52th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 70%
4-Year Graduation Rate 24%
6-Year Graduation Rate 43%
Transfer-Out Rate 37%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 41.7% 41.7% 2012 Graduated: 42.5% 42.5% 2013 Graduated: 40.6% 40.6% 2014 Graduated: 41.0% 41.0% 2015 Graduated: 42.0% 42.0% 2016 Graduated: 40.2% 40.2% 2017 Graduated: 37.3% 37.3% 2018 Graduated: 39.4% 39.4% 2019 Graduated: 43.9% 43.9% 2020 Graduated: 44.0% 44.0% 2021 Graduated: 43.2% 43.2% 2022 Graduated: 39.2% 39.2% 2023 Graduated: 42.7% 42.7% 2024 Graduated: 43.4% 43.4%

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

Men Women
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 38.6% 38.6% 2012 Men: 33.0% 33.0% 2013 Men: 37.1% 37.1% 2014 Men: 34.8% 34.8% 2015 Men: 36.8% 36.8% 2016 Men: 37.2% 37.2% 2017 Men: 31.8% 31.8% 2018 Men: 31.7% 31.7% 2019 Men: 39.6% 39.6% 2020 Men: 39.3% 39.3% 2021 Men: 36.0% 36.0% 2022 Men: 29.9% 29.9% 2023 Men: 37.5% 37.5% 2024 Men: 37.3% 37.3% 2011 Women: 43.3% 43.3% 2012 Women: 47.6% 47.6% 2013 Women: 42.6% 42.6% 2014 Women: 44.0% 44.0% 2015 Women: 44.5% 44.5% 2016 Women: 41.8% 41.8% 2017 Women: 40.2% 40.2% 2018 Women: 42.7% 42.7% 2019 Women: 45.9% 45.9% 2020 Women: 46.2% 46.2% 2021 Women: 47.2% 47.2% 2022 Women: 43.1% 43.1% 2023 Women: 45.4% 45.4% 2024 Women: 46.5% 46.5%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black White
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 44.5% 44.5% 2012 Black: 44.2% 44.2% 2013 Black: 43.6% 43.6% 2014 Black: 41.7% 41.7% 2015 Black: 38.8% 38.8% 2016 Black: 36.8% 36.8% 2017 Black: 37.1% 37.1% 2018 Black: 35.0% 35.0% 2019 Black: 39.1% 39.1% 2020 Black: 38.2% 38.2% 2021 Black: 41.8% 41.8% 2022 Black: 33.7% 33.7% 2023 Black: 34.3% 34.3% 2024 Black: 37.0% 37.0% 2011 White: 38.9% 38.9% 2012 White: 42.7% 42.7% 2013 White: 38.9% 38.9% 2014 White: 39.4% 39.4% 2015 White: 45.9% 45.9% 2016 White: 44.0% 44.0% 2017 White: 38.3% 38.3% 2018 White: 43.1% 43.1% 2019 White: 49.2% 49.2% 2020 White: 50.9% 50.9% 2021 White: 46.3% 46.3% 2022 White: 44.8% 44.8% 2023 White: 50.9% 50.9% 2024 White: 48.9% 48.9%

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

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Business & Economics 31.0% 145 43% / 57% 7% $51,029 45 96%
Humanities & Social Sciences 23.3% 109 28% / 72% 1% $43,881 24 91%
Health Sciences 11.5% 54 15% / 85% 2% $84,573 92 98%
Life & Natural Sciences 10.5% 49 24% / 76% 2% $50,611 44 96%
Education 9.2% 43 7% / 93% 0% $44,312 25 93%
Arts 5.1% 24 29% / 71% 0% $31,628 5 90%
Engineering 3.0% 14 79% / 21% 0% $85,420 93 —
Computer Science 2.4% 11 73% / 27% 9% $78,126 88 —
Physical Sciences & Math 2.1% 10 60% / 40% 0% $56,868 60 —
Professional 1.1% 5 100% / 0% 0% $80,026 89 —
Agriculture & Food Science 0.9% 4 25% / 75% 0% — — —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Physical Sciences & Math $0.5M #439 28% — — — — —
Engineering $0.1M #375 0% — — — — —
Computer Science $0 #525 — — — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Business & Economics — — — — — — — —
Education — — — — — — — —
Health Sciences — — — — — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Total $0.6M #577 23% — — — — —

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 No
Acceptance Rate 86%
Yield (Unbound) 22%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 86% 86% 86%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 58.7% 58.7% 2012 Acceptance: 58.9% 58.9% 2013 Acceptance: 56.7% 56.7% 2014 Acceptance: 59.1% 59.1% 2015 Acceptance: 58.9% 58.9% 2016 Acceptance: 61.6% 61.6% 2017 Acceptance: 60.0% 60.0% 2018 Acceptance: 64.2% 64.2% 2019 Acceptance: 68.0% 68.0% 2020 Acceptance: 75.2% 75.2% 2021 Acceptance: 86.1% 86.1% 2022 Acceptance: 82.9% 82.9% 2023 Acceptance: 82.2% 82.2% 2024 Acceptance: 86.4% 86.4% 2011 Yield: 32.9% 32.9% 2012 Yield: 35.4% 35.4% 2013 Yield: 33.2% 33.2% 2014 Yield: 34.1% 34.1% 2015 Yield: 34.1% 34.1% 2016 Yield: 31.7% 31.7% 2017 Yield: 30.3% 30.3% 2018 Yield: 28.3% 28.3% 2019 Yield: 24.9% 24.9% 2020 Yield: 22.6% 22.6% 2021 Yield: 26.8% 26.8% 2022 Yield: 21.0% 21.0% 2023 Yield: 22.0% 22.0% 2024 Yield: 22.5% 22.5%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 1,250 2,500 3,750 5,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 3,843 3,843 2012 Applicants: 3,908 3,908 2013 Applicants: 3,951 3,951 2014 Applicants: 3,759 3,759 2015 Applicants: 3,681 3,681 2016 Applicants: 3,738 3,738 2017 Applicants: 3,787 3,787 2018 Applicants: 4,200 4,200 2019 Applicants: 4,252 4,252 2020 Applicants: 4,266 4,266 2021 Applicants: 3,028 3,028 2022 Applicants: 3,523 3,523 2023 Applicants: 3,489 3,489 2024 Applicants: 3,616 3,616 2011 Admitted: 2,255 2,255 2012 Admitted: 2,300 2,300 2013 Admitted: 2,239 2,239 2014 Admitted: 2,222 2,222 2015 Admitted: 2,167 2,167 2016 Admitted: 2,301 2,301 2017 Admitted: 2,274 2,274 2018 Admitted: 2,696 2,696 2019 Admitted: 2,893 2,893 2020 Admitted: 3,210 3,210 2021 Admitted: 2,608 2,608 2022 Admitted: 2,921 2,921 2023 Admitted: 2,869 2,869 2024 Admitted: 3,124 3,124 2011 Enrolled: 743 743 2012 Enrolled: 814 814 2013 Enrolled: 744 744 2014 Enrolled: 757 757 2015 Enrolled: 739 739 2016 Enrolled: 729 729 2017 Enrolled: 690 690 2018 Enrolled: 762 762 2019 Enrolled: 720 720 2020 Enrolled: 727 727 2021 Enrolled: 699 699 2022 Enrolled: 612 612 2023 Enrolled: 632 632 2024 Enrolled: 702 702

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 27%
SAT Range 870 – 1110
SAT Math Range 420 – 540
SAT RW Range 450 – 570

SAT Composite

25th 75th
800 900 1000 1100 1200 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 840 840 2012 25th: 838 838 2013 25th: 830 830 2014 25th: 840 840 2015 25th: 820 820 2016 25th: 810 810 2017 25th: 870 870 2018 25th: 810 810 2019 25th: 900 900 2020 25th: 890 890 2021 25th: 930 930 2022 25th: 890 890 2023 25th: 900 900 2024 25th: 870 870 2011 75th: 1060 1060 2012 75th: 1060 1060 2013 75th: 1060 1060 2014 75th: 1070 1070 2015 75th: 1030 1030 2016 75th: 1030 1030 2017 75th: 1080 1080 2018 75th: 1030 1030 2019 75th: 1110 1110 2020 75th: 1110 1110 2021 75th: 1120 1120 2022 75th: 1123 1123 2023 75th: 1138 1138 2024 75th: 1115 1115

SAT Math

25th 75th
400 450 500 550 600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 430 430 2012 25th: 428 428 2013 25th: 420 420 2014 25th: 420 420 2015 25th: 410 410 2016 25th: 400 400 2017 25th: 430 430 2018 25th: 400 400 2019 25th: 440 440 2020 25th: 430 430 2021 25th: 460 460 2022 25th: 430 430 2023 25th: 430 430 2024 25th: 420 420 2011 75th: 530 530 2012 75th: 530 530 2013 75th: 530 530 2014 75th: 530 530 2015 75th: 510 510 2016 75th: 510 510 2017 75th: 530 530 2018 75th: 510 510 2019 75th: 540 540 2020 75th: 540 540 2021 75th: 550 550 2022 75th: 533 533 2023 75th: 548 548 2024 75th: 540 540

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
400 450 500 550 600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 410 410 2012 25th: 410 410 2013 25th: 410 410 2014 25th: 420 420 2015 25th: 410 410 2016 25th: 410 410 2017 25th: 440 440 2018 25th: 410 410 2019 25th: 460 460 2020 25th: 460 460 2021 25th: 470 470 2022 25th: 460 460 2023 25th: 470 470 2024 25th: 450 450 2011 75th: 530 530 2012 75th: 530 530 2013 75th: 530 530 2014 75th: 540 540 2015 75th: 520 520 2016 75th: 520 520 2017 75th: 550 550 2018 75th: 520 520 2019 75th: 570 570 2020 75th: 570 570 2021 75th: 570 570 2022 75th: 590 590 2023 75th: 590 590 2024 75th: 575 575

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0% 2012 Submitted: 98.0% 98.0% 2013 Submitted: 96.0% 96.0% 2014 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0% 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% 2021 Submitted: 39.0% 39.0% 2022 Submitted: 39.0% 39.0% 2023 Submitted: 34.0% 34.0% 2024 Submitted: 27.0% 27.0%

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.