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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Orangeburg, SC
Population 80,000
Website https://scsu.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,845 (80%)
Days Without Precipitation 255 (66%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 2,828
Men / Women 46% / 54%
From State 69%
From Region 13%
Athletes 17.7%

Racial/Ethnic

Black 91%
Mixed 4%
White 1%
Native American 0%
Asian 0%
Hispanic 0%
International 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 51.3% 51.3% 2012 Men: 46.9% 46.9% 2013 Men: 49.9% 49.9% 2014 Men: 50.7% 50.7% 2015 Men: 51.2% 51.2% 2016 Men: 49.8% 49.8% 2017 Men: 53.5% 53.5% 2018 Men: 48.2% 48.2% 2019 Men: 45.0% 45.0% 2020 Men: 40.9% 40.9% 2021 Men: 46.2% 46.2% 2022 Men: 48.0% 48.0% 2023 Men: 44.1% 44.1% 2024 Men: 47.0% 47.0%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2017 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2018 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2023 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2011 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2012 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2013 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2014 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2015 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2016 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2017 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2018 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2019 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2021 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Black: 98.8% 98.8% 2012 Black: 98.3% 98.3% 2013 Black: 98.4% 98.4% 2014 Black: 97.3% 97.3% 2015 Black: 95.0% 95.0% 2016 Black: 95.3% 95.3% 2017 Black: 97.2% 97.2% 2018 Black: 97.3% 97.3% 2019 Black: 95.2% 95.2% 2020 Black: 96.4% 96.4% 2021 Black: 98.2% 98.2% 2022 Black: 96.9% 96.9% 2023 Black: 95.0% 95.0% 2024 Black: 93.9% 93.9% 2011 Hispanic: 0.3% 0.3% 2012 Hispanic: 0.2% 0.2% 2013 Hispanic: 0.2% 0.2% 2014 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5% 2015 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2016 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0% 2017 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4% 2018 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8% 2019 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9% 2021 Hispanic: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2023 Hispanic: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Hispanic: 0.2% 0.2% 2011 White: 0.4% 0.4% 2012 White: 0.9% 0.9% 2013 White: 0.8% 0.8% 2014 White: 1.0% 1.0% 2015 White: 2.0% 2.0% 2016 White: 1.2% 1.2% 2017 White: 0.6% 0.6% 2018 White: 0.3% 0.3% 2019 White: 1.3% 1.3% 2020 White: 1.4% 1.4% 2021 White: 0.8% 0.8% 2022 White: 1.6% 1.6% 2023 White: 0.9% 0.9% 2024 White: 1.9% 1.9% 2011 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 International: 0.1% 0.1% 2015 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2020 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 International: 0.0% 0.0%

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% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2022 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2023 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2024 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2025 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2021 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2024 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2025 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 Black: 95.0% 95.0% 2021 Black: 93.4% 93.4% 2022 Black: 94.8% 94.8% 2023 Black: 90.5% 90.5% 2024 Black: 92.8% 92.8% 2025 Black: 90.5% 90.5% 2020 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4% 2021 Hispanic: 0.6% 0.6% 2022 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5% 2023 Hispanic: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 Hispanic: 0.1% 0.1% 2025 Hispanic: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 White: 2.3% 2.3% 2021 White: 2.5% 2.5% 2022 White: 1.8% 1.8% 2023 White: 1.6% 1.6% 2024 White: 1.1% 1.1% 2025 White: 1.2% 1.2% 2020 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 International: 0.1% 0.1% 2022 International: 0.1% 0.1% 2023 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 International: 0.1% 0.1%

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 Agriculture, Family and Consumer Sciences 45 33% / 67% 0% $38,621 12 92%
Agribusiness 10 — 40% / 60% 0% $43,118 21 —
Nutrition and Foods 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $42,650 20 —
Family and Consumer Sciences 34 — 32% / 68% 0% $37,180 10 92%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Business and Applied Professional Sciences 86 40% / 60% 0% $50,948 44 97%
Computer Science 10 — 70% / 30% 0% $77,687 87 100%
Accounting 10 — 10% / 90% 0% $58,207 63 —
Business Administration 27 — 41% / 59% 0% $45,492 28 96%
Economics 4 — 75% / 25% 0% $60,988 68 —
Marketing 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $40,984 16 96%
Mass Communications 12 — 42% / 58% 0% $39,609 14 97%
Criminal Justice 20 — 30% / 70% 0% $47,605 34 95%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences 78 26% / 74% 0% $42,650 20 89%
Communication Sciences and Disorders 13 — 15% / 85% 0% $39,075 13 85%
Kinesiology 10 — 30% / 70% 0% $44,232 25 —
English 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $43,545 23 —
History — — — — $43,893 24 —
Political Science 6 — 0% / 100% 0% $44,400 25 —
Psychology 10 — 30% / 70% 0% $47,092 33 82%
Social Work 6 — 0% / 100% 0% $41,417 17 92%
Sociology — — — — $43,908 24 —
Early Childhood Education 5 — 0% / 100% 0% $49,012 39 100%
Elementary Education 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $49,012 39 100%
Junior High/Middle School Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $49,012 39 —
Physical Education 10 — 70% / 30% 0% $42,574 20 92%
Special Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $47,541 34 —
Fine Arts 8 — 50% / 50% 0% $36,361 9 —
Music Management 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $37,213 10 —
Music Teacher Education — — — — $42,574 20 —
Theatre 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $36,407 9 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology 54 31% / 69% 0% $51,980 47 92%
Civil Engineering 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $77,849 88 —
Industrial Engineering 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $83,441 91 —
Nuclear Engineering 5 — 40% / 60% 0% $81,617 90 —
Chemistry 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $43,844 23 —
Mathematics — — — — $58,774 64 —
Physics 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $59,843 66 —
Biology 32 — 19% / 81% 0% $40,288 15 92%
Civil Engineering Technology — — — — $79,118 89 —
Electrical Engineering Technology 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $74,710 85 —
Mechanical Engineering Technology 5 — 100% / 0% 0% $64,687 75 95%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $11,620
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $23,139
Est. In-State Cost $15,032
Est. Out-of-State Cost $29,933
ROI Percentile 31th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 56%
4-Year Graduation Rate 21%
6-Year Graduation Rate 37%
Transfer-Out Rate 26%

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: 34.6% 34.6% 2012 Graduated: 34.3% 34.3% 2013 Graduated: 35.7% 35.7% 2014 Graduated: 38.2% 38.2% 2015 Graduated: 36.0% 36.0% 2016 Graduated: 38.5% 38.5% 2017 Graduated: 36.0% 36.0% 2018 Graduated: 33.7% 33.7% 2019 Graduated: 35.2% 35.2% 2020 Graduated: 29.9% 29.9% 2021 Graduated: 30.4% 30.4% 2022 Graduated: 34.4% 34.4% 2023 Graduated: 29.4% 29.4% 2024 Graduated: 36.6% 36.6%

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

Men Women
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 30.3% 30.3% 2012 Men: 30.3% 30.3% 2013 Men: 29.5% 29.5% 2014 Men: 33.0% 33.0% 2015 Men: 31.0% 31.0% 2016 Men: 32.6% 32.6% 2017 Men: 31.7% 31.7% 2018 Men: 27.7% 27.7% 2019 Men: 29.1% 29.1% 2020 Men: 24.4% 24.4% 2021 Men: 25.4% 25.4% 2022 Men: 28.6% 28.6% 2023 Men: 20.7% 20.7% 2024 Men: 26.3% 26.3% 2011 Women: 38.2% 38.2% 2012 Women: 37.8% 37.8% 2013 Women: 41.7% 41.7% 2014 Women: 43.0% 43.0% 2015 Women: 41.1% 41.1% 2016 Women: 44.2% 44.2% 2017 Women: 40.4% 40.4% 2018 Women: 38.9% 38.9% 2019 Women: 41.5% 41.5% 2020 Women: 35.6% 35.6% 2021 Women: 35.7% 35.7% 2022 Women: 40.0% 40.0% 2023 Women: 39.1% 39.1% 2024 Women: 46.2% 46.2%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 34.5% 34.5% 2012 Black: 33.8% 33.8% 2013 Black: 35.9% 35.9% 2014 Black: 38.4% 38.4% 2015 Black: 34.9% 34.9% 2016 Black: 37.8% 37.8% 2017 Black: 36.1% 36.1% 2018 Black: 33.9% 33.9% 2019 Black: 35.2% 35.2% 2020 Black: 29.6% 29.6% 2021 Black: 29.7% 29.7% 2022 Black: 33.9% 33.9% 2023 Black: 30.2% 30.2% 2024 Black: 37.0% 37.0%

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
Humanities & Social Sciences 26.6% 70 27% / 73% 0% $40,176 15 91%
Business & Economics 16.7% 44 36% / 64% 0% $49,483 40 96%
Life & Natural Sciences 12.2% 32 19% / 81% 0% $40,288 15 92%
Professional 9.9% 26 46% / 54% 0% $51,933 47 95%
Health Sciences 8.7% 23 22% / 78% 0% $41,317 17 85%
Education 7.2% 19 37% / 63% 0% $45,546 28 95%
Arts 4.6% 12 42% / 58% 0% $36,511 9 —
Agriculture & Food Science 4.2% 11 36% / 64% 0% $43,075 21 —
Computer Science 3.8% 10 70% / 30% 0% $77,687 87 100%
Engineering 3.8% 10 40% / 60% 0% $80,851 90 —
Physical Sciences & Math 2.3% 6 17% / 83% 0% $51,844 47 —

Research R2

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Agriculture & Food Science $7.0M #86 64% $0 — — — —
Engineering $1.8M #254 100% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.7M #357 0% $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.6M #374 100% $0 — — — —
Education $0.4M #300 100% $0 27 #158 — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.4M #450 100% $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0.4M #307 100% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.2M #332 100% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0 #456 — $0 — — — —
Total $11.6M #294 72% $0 27 #344 — —

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 88%
Yield (Unbound) 10%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 88% 88% 88%

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: 95.8% 95.8% 2012 Acceptance: 97.1% 97.1% 2013 Acceptance: 50.8% 50.8% 2014 Acceptance: 84.5% 84.5% 2015 Acceptance: 94.9% 94.9% 2016 Acceptance: 86.2% 86.2% 2017 Acceptance: 78.3% 78.3% 2018 Acceptance: 53.2% 53.2% 2019 Acceptance: 66.4% 66.4% 2020 Acceptance: 94.1% 94.1% 2021 Acceptance: 87.6% 87.6% 2022 Acceptance: 83.9% 83.9% 2023 Acceptance: 81.7% 81.7% 2024 Acceptance: 82.6% 82.6% 2011 Yield: 26.6% 26.6% 2012 Yield: 22.7% 22.7% 2013 Yield: 24.9% 24.9% 2014 Yield: 26.0% 26.0% 2015 Yield: 21.3% 21.3% 2016 Yield: 25.6% 25.6% 2017 Yield: 30.0% 30.0% 2018 Yield: 29.8% 29.8% 2019 Yield: 21.2% 21.2% 2020 Yield: 16.3% 16.3% 2021 Yield: 26.8% 26.8% 2022 Yield: 15.7% 15.7% 2023 Yield: 13.4% 13.4% 2024 Yield: 11.4% 11.4%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 3,267 3,267 2012 Applicants: 3,039 3,039 2013 Applicants: 4,499 4,499 2014 Applicants: 2,911 2,911 2015 Applicants: 2,445 2,445 2016 Applicants: 2,847 2,847 2017 Applicants: 2,521 2,521 2018 Applicants: 3,415 3,415 2019 Applicants: 2,631 2,631 2020 Applicants: 3,128 3,128 2021 Applicants: 2,497 2,497 2022 Applicants: 6,833 6,833 2023 Applicants: 9,830 9,830 2024 Applicants: 11,017 11,017 2011 Admitted: 3,130 3,130 2012 Admitted: 2,952 2,952 2013 Admitted: 2,285 2,285 2014 Admitted: 2,461 2,461 2015 Admitted: 2,320 2,320 2016 Admitted: 2,455 2,455 2017 Admitted: 1,973 1,973 2018 Admitted: 1,818 1,818 2019 Admitted: 1,748 1,748 2020 Admitted: 2,943 2,943 2021 Admitted: 2,187 2,187 2022 Admitted: 5,733 5,733 2023 Admitted: 8,034 8,034 2024 Admitted: 9,102 9,102 2011 Enrolled: 834 834 2012 Enrolled: 669 669 2013 Enrolled: 569 569 2014 Enrolled: 641 641 2015 Enrolled: 494 494 2016 Enrolled: 628 628 2017 Enrolled: 591 591 2018 Enrolled: 541 541 2019 Enrolled: 371 371 2020 Enrolled: 479 479 2021 Enrolled: 586 586 2022 Enrolled: 902 902 2023 Enrolled: 1,079 1,079 2024 Enrolled: 1,042 1,042

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

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional

SAT Composite

25th 75th
600 800 1000 1200 1400 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 760 760 2012 25th: 750 750 2013 25th: 825 825 2014 25th: 730 730 2015 25th: 680 680 2016 25th: 680 680 2017 25th: 840 840 2018 25th: 860 860 2019 25th: 840 840 2020 25th: 800 800 2021 25th: 800 800 2011 75th: 930 930 2012 75th: 890 890 2013 75th: 852 852 2014 75th: 900 900 2015 75th: 840 840 2016 75th: 873 873 2017 75th: 980 980 2018 75th: 1010 1010 2019 75th: 990 990 2020 75th: 1000 1000 2021 75th: 1050 1050

SAT Math

25th 75th
300 400 500 600 700 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 380 380 2012 25th: 380 380 2013 25th: 425 425 2014 25th: 370 370 2015 25th: 340 340 2016 25th: 330 330 2017 25th: 420 420 2018 25th: 420 420 2019 25th: 420 420 2020 25th: 390 390 2021 25th: 400 400 2011 75th: 470 470 2012 75th: 450 450 2013 75th: 436 436 2014 75th: 450 450 2015 75th: 420 420 2016 75th: 433 433 2017 75th: 490 490 2018 75th: 500 500 2019 75th: 490 490 2020 75th: 500 500 2021 75th: 520 520

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
300 400 500 600 700 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 380 380 2012 25th: 370 370 2013 25th: 400 400 2014 25th: 360 360 2015 25th: 340 340 2016 25th: 350 350 2017 25th: 420 420 2018 25th: 440 440 2019 25th: 420 420 2020 25th: 410 410 2021 25th: 400 400 2011 75th: 460 460 2012 75th: 440 440 2013 75th: 416 416 2014 75th: 450 450 2015 75th: 420 420 2016 75th: 440 440 2017 75th: 490 490 2018 75th: 510 510 2019 75th: 500 500 2020 75th: 500 500 2021 75th: 530 530

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: 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: 81.0% 81.0% 2021 Submitted: 15.0% 15.0%

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.