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University of South Carolina-Columbia
Columbia, SC · Public · 29,820 students · mostly bachelor degrees
70th-cheapest of 82 South Carolina colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$22,811
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$31,638
Graduation rate
79%
Admission rate
60%
Median graduate earnings
$62,177
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$21,500
Average SAT
1297
Median ACT
29
Pell grant recipients
19%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
248 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Graduate/Professional Certificate10 grads/yr$139,919Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree173 grads/yr$138,445Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General · Master's Degree42 grads/yr$136,605Medicine · First Professional Degree183 grads/yr$130,641Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management · First Professional Degree108 grads/yr$128,762Clinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree161 grads/yr$123,101Management Science · Master's Degree27 grads/yr$121,711Clinical Nurse Leader · Doctoral Degree6 grads/yr$121,489International Business/Trade/Commerce · Master's Degree134 grads/yr$115,551Environmental Chemistry · Doctoral Degree27 grads/yr$110,812Computer Engineering, General · Bachelor's Degree29 grads/yr$109,116International Business/Trade/Commerce · Bachelor's Degree175 grads/yr$107,205Management Information Systems, General · Master's Degree$106,936Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist · Master's Degree19 grads/yr$105,165Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree42 grads/yr$100,042Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering · Bachelor's Degree58 grads/yr$98,244Management Science · Bachelor's Degree217 grads/yr$98,020Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree38 grads/yr$97,927Insurance · Bachelor's Degree109 grads/yr$96,539Business/Managerial Economics · Bachelor's Degree64 grads/yr$94,547Law · First Professional Degree215 grads/yr$93,806Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree597 grads/yr$92,578Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree166 grads/yr$91,296Accounting · Master's Degree56 grads/yr$89,511Accounting · Bachelor's Degree155 grads/yr$86,507
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.