Four Year Colleges in South Carolina

How much does it cost to attend four year college in South Carolina?   The average annual in-state four year college tuition in South Carolina was $19,016 for the 2021-2022 academic year. This is a change of $453 from the 2019-2020 average of $18,563 and represents a 2.44% annual increase. The list of South Carolina four year colleges below provides school specific cost and value rating.

Our guide surveyed tuition data from the 37 four year colleges and universities in South Carolina, the most popular being University of South Carolina Columbia with 31,575 full time students and an in-state tuition list price of $12,288. Furman University is the most expensive four year school in South Carolina with an in-state tuition of $52,992.

Click on any school for current tuition, future cost estimates, school specific savings plans and estimated student loan payments. South Carolina colleges can also be filtered by public, private, community colleges and four year schools. Additionally, cost based sorting is available for the lowest and highest tuition options. Jump directly to our ranking of best values in South Carolina or cheap South Carolina colleges guide.

<Academic Rating is a CollegeCalc proprietary national percentile ranking of a college's overall difficulty and educational effectiveness. An average score is 50. Dollar value is a measure of a school's academic rating compared with the average net price paid. Colleges which are ranked "n/a" didn't report sufficient data to formulate a score. Learn more about our ratings.

All price data are reprinted from the U.S. Department of Education's 2020-2021 IPEDS Survey and reflect reported costs for the 2021-2022 academic year.

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