Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in South Carolina

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in South Carolina, ranked by first-year retention rate. Share of students returning after their first year. Four-year campus colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Four-year colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 30 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Strayer University-South CarolinaGreenville, South Carolina100.0%——$18k$40k17%1,868182 mi 2Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina93.5%38%1353$22k$72k87%23,300187 mi 3University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, South Carolina92.2%60%1297$23k$62k79%29,820101 mi 4Wofford CollegeSpartanburg, South Carolina91.0%52%1296$19k$69k84%1,816178 mi 5Furman UniversityGreenville, South Carolina90.6%43%1371$30k$69k79%2,379188 mi 6Citadel Military College of South CarolinaCharleston, South Carolina85.8%23%1208$21k$72k75%2,705< 1 mi 7Bob Jones UniversityGreenville, South Carolina82.5%——$17k$44k65%2,005183 mi 8College of CharlestonCharleston, South Carolina82.0%60%1247$19k$56k66%10,558< 1 mi 9Anderson UniversityAnderson, South Carolina81.9%55%1202$24k$42k66%3,183171 mi 10Converse UniversitySpartanburg, South Carolina79.6%68%1138$23k$41k62%1,173178 mi 11Presbyterian CollegeClinton, South Carolina79.5%68%1118$21k$60k51%852145 mi 12Coastal Carolina UniversityConway, South Carolina77.4%75%1143$14k$47k48%10,37710 mi 13Claflin UniversityOrangeburg, South Carolina75.5%65%—$18k$40k52%1,70666 mi 14Winthrop UniversityRock Hill, South Carolina73.6%79%1139$15k$47k57%3,523147 mi 15North Greenville UniversityTigerville, South Carolina72.5%67%1156$21k$43k55%1,819195 mi 16Francis Marion UniversityFlorence, South Carolina70.0%86%1015$11k$44k43%2,62856 mi 17University of South Carolina-UpstateSpartanburg, South Carolina69.8%67%1099$14k$49k43%4,038181 mi 18Lander UniversityGreenwood, South Carolina69.6%81%1057$15k$42k50%3,397137 mi 19Coker UniversityHartsville, South Carolina69.4%94%—$20k$40k40%84082 mi 20Newberry CollegeNewberry, South Carolina69.3%90%—$22k$48k45%1,479128 mi 21Southern Wesleyan UniversityCentral, South Carolina69.0%100%1140$15k$48k52%747187 mi 22University of South Carolina AikenAiken, South Carolina66.8%79%1120$12k$46k40%2,96289 mi 23Charleston Southern UniversityCharleston, South Carolina63.1%96%1059$22k$46k47%2,89312 mi 24University of South Carolina BeaufortBluffton, South Carolina61.3%73%—$15k$48k34%2,05210 mi 25Columbia CollegeColumbia, South Carolina60.4%94%—$18k$41k37%1,343104 mi 26Benedict CollegeColumbia, South Carolina57.3%96%—$18k$32k24%1,536101 mi 27South Carolina State UniversityOrangeburg, South Carolina56.5%83%—$18k$38k37%2,93466 mi 28Erskine CollegeDue West, South Carolina55.8%63%—$17k$53k45%766152 mi 29Columbia International UniversityColumbia, South Carolina53.3%94%—$26k$39k47%716107 mi 30Allen UniversityColumbia, South Carolina45.0%73%—$11k$30k13%576101 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.