South Carolina Community Colleges

There are 32 community colleges located throughout South Carolina (25 public colleges and 7 private colleges), serving 103,538 students.

For South Carolina community colleges, the average tuition is approximately $6,687 per year for in-state students and $10,638 for out-of-state students. For private community colleges, the average yearly tuition is approximately $12,551 per year (view national tuition costs).

The average community college acceptance rate in South Carolina is 62% (view national acceptance rates).

South Carolina community colleges have a diversity score of 0.54, which is lower than the national average of 0.67 (view national diversity statistics).

Minority enrollment is 38% (majority Black) and the student:teacher ratio is 28:1.