Hardest Colleges to Get Into in South Carolina
South Carolina has 32 colleges in the CollegeCalcAI database, and this page ranks every one of them by acceptance rate. The most selective are Clemson University (38%), Furman University (43%), and Morris College (50%). No school in the state admits fewer than a quarter of its applicants, the median South Carolina college admits 73%, and 12 are public against 20 private. At the other end, Southern Wesleyan University admits 100%. Open any school for its full admissions profile, or check your own odds free.
- Clemson University38%acceptanceSelectiveSC · SAT 1400
- Furman University43%acceptanceSelectiveSC · SAT 1360
- Morris College50%acceptanceSelectiveSC · SAT 1000
- Voorhees University50%acceptanceSelectiveSC · SAT 1000
- Wofford College52%acceptanceModerately selectiveSC · SAT 1320
- Anderson University (SC)55%acceptanceModerately selectiveSC · SAT 1150
- Bob Jones University58%acceptanceModerately selectiveSC · SAT 1180
- College of Charleston60%acceptanceModerately selectiveSC · SAT 1300
- University of South Carolina60%acceptanceModerately selectiveSC · SAT 1350
- Erskine College63%acceptanceModerately selectiveSC · SAT 1150
- Claflin University65%acceptanceModerately selectiveSC · SAT 1020
- USC Upstate67%acceptanceModerately selectiveSC · SAT 1100
- North Greenville University67%acceptanceModerately selectiveSC · SAT 1150
- Presbyterian College68%acceptanceModerately selectiveSC · SAT 1140
- Converse University68%acceptanceModerately selectiveSC · SAT 1150
- Allen University73%acceptanceModerately selectiveSC · SAT 1020
- USC Beaufort73%acceptanceModerately selectiveSC · SAT 1120
- Coastal Carolina University75%acceptanceModerately selectiveSC · SAT 1200
- The Citadel76%acceptanceAccessibleSC · SAT 1200
- Spartanburg Methodist College78%acceptanceAccessibleSC · SAT 1120
- Winthrop University79%acceptanceAccessibleSC · SAT 1170
- USC Aiken79%acceptanceAccessibleSC · SAT 1120
- Lander University81%acceptanceAccessibleSC · SAT 1120
- South Carolina State University83%acceptanceAccessibleSC · SAT 990
- Francis Marion University86%acceptanceAccessibleSC · SAT 1120
- Newberry College90%acceptanceAccessibleSC · SAT 1150
- Coker University94%acceptanceAccessibleSC · SAT 1150
- Columbia International University94%acceptanceAccessibleSC · SAT 1130
- Columbia College (SC)94%acceptanceAccessibleSC · SAT 1120
- Charleston Southern University96%acceptanceAccessibleSC · SAT 1080
- Benedict College96%acceptanceAccessibleSC · SAT 1020
- Southern Wesleyan University100%acceptanceAccessibleSC · SAT 1150
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Acceptance rates and admitted test ranges reflect publicly reported data (U.S. Department of Education / NCES IPEDS / Common Data Sets) and are rounded. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.