The Most Expensive Colleges in South Carolina by Average Net Price for 2023
The highest net price colleges in South Carolina are ranked by the average net price paid. Net price is the average cost paid as determined by tuition minus scholarship and grant financial aid and grant financial aid and may be a more accurate estimation of real life costs than published tuition. Discount from list price represents the effective percent discount from published costs that students averaged. Please note that net price varies on a student by student basis based on finanical situation and no financial aid is guaranteed. Furman University leads the list with a $37,761 average annual net price paid in 2014-2015.
Net price data are reprinted from the U.S. Department of Education's IPEDS Survey and reflect reported costs for the 2014-2015 academic year.
| College | Net Price | Discount |
|---|---|---|
#1 Furman UniversityGreenville, Private Not For Profit |
$37,761 | 44% |
#2 Erskine CollegeDue West, Private Not For Profit |
$35,573 | 29% |
#3 Wofford CollegeSpartanburg, Private Not For Profit |
$30,431 | 53% |
#4 Virginia College GreenvilleGreenville, Private For Profit |
$29,742 | -28% |
#5 Virginia College in CharlestonNorth Charleston, Private For Profit |
$29,047 | -25% |
#6 Converse CollegeSpartanburg, Private Not For Profit |
$25,534 | 23% |
#7 Limestone UniversityGaffney, Private Not For Profit |
$24,967 | 36% |
#8 Clemson UniversityClemson, Public Not For Profit |
$22,935 | 21% |
#9 Presbyterian CollegeClinton, Private Not For Profit |
$21,959 | 59% |
#10 University of South Carolina ColumbiaColumbia, Public Not For Profit |
$21,784 | 12% |
#11 Anderson UniversityAnderson, Private Not For Profit |
$21,576 | 50% |
#12 Claflin UniversityOrangeburg, Private Not For Profit |
$20,806 | 27% |
#13 North Greenville UniversityTigerville, Private Not For Profit |
$20,627 | 42% |
#14 College of CharlestonCharleston, Public Not For Profit |
$20,351 | 25% |
#15 Columbia CollegeColumbia, Private Not For Profit |
$20,277 | 33% |
#16 Newberry CollegeNewberry, Private Not For Profit |
$20,205 | 51% |
#17 South Carolina State UniversityOrangeburg, Public Not For Profit |
$20,022 | 9% |
#18 Winthrop UniversityRock Hill, Public Not For Profit |
$19,300 | 29% |
#19 Columbia International UniversityColumbia, Private Not For Profit |
$18,651 | 47% |
#20 Southern Wesleyan UniversityCentral, Private Not For Profit |
$18,614 | 50% |
#21 Citadel Military College of South CarolinaCharleston, Public Not For Profit |
$17,920 | 37% |
#22 Charleston Southern UniversityCharleston, Private Not For Profit |
$17,496 | 56% |
#23 University of South Carolina BeaufortBluffton, Public Not For Profit |
$16,748 | 18% |
#24 Coker CollegeHartsville, Private Not For Profit |
$16,647 | 62% |
#25 Morris CollegeSumter, Private Not For Profit |
$16,326 | 36% |
#26 Voorhees CollegeDenmark, Private Not For Profit |
$16,223 | 24% |
#27 Bob Jones UniversityGreenville, Private For Profit |
$15,669 | 49% |
#28 Lander UniversityGreenwood, Public Not For Profit |
$15,541 | 34% |
#29 University of South Carolina UpstateSpartanburg, Public Not For Profit |
$15,074 | 33% |
#30 Coastal Carolina UniversityConway, Public Not For Profit |
$14,716 | 35% |
#31 Allen UniversityColumbia, Private Not For Profit |
$13,858 | 38% |
#32 University of South Carolina AikenAiken, Public Not For Profit |
$12,689 | 37% |
#33 Francis Marion UniversityFlorence, Public Not For Profit |
$12,380 | 40% |
#34 Benedict CollegeColumbia, Private Not For Profit |
$12,155 | 51% |