Top Ranked Universities in South Carolina

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Top Ranked Universities in South Carolina - Highest Enrollment

Rank in South Carolina			Highest Enrollment
2020	2015	School Name	2020	2015
1	1	University of South Carolina-Columbia	34,795	31,964 (↑8.9%)
2	2	Clemson University	24,951	21,303 (↑17.1%)
3	3	Trident Technical College	12,148	17,489 (↓30.5%)
4	4	Greenville Technical College	10,864	13,448 (↓19.2%)
5 ↑	6	College of Charleston	10,783	11,619 (↓7.2%)
6 ↑	7	Coastal Carolina University	10,641	9,478 (↑12.3%)
7 ↓	5	Midlands Technical College	9,892	11,634 (↓15.0%)
8	8	Horry-Georgetown Technical College	6,788	7,660 (↓11.4%)
9 ↑	14	University of South Carolina-Upstate	6,175	5,445 (↑13.4%)
10 ↓	9	Tri-County Technical College	6,082	6,553 (↓7.2%)
11	11	Winthrop University	5,813	6,130 (↓5.2%)
12 ↑	13	Spartanburg Community College	4,534	5,864 (↓22.7%)
13 ↓	10	Piedmont Technical College	4,491	6,171 (↓27.2%)
14 ↑	15	York Technical College	4,253	5,030 (↓15.4%)
15 ↓	12	Florence-Darlington Technical College	4,182	5,991 (↓30.2%)
16 ↑	17	Francis Marion University	3,940	4,058 (↓2.9%)
17 ↑	18	Citadel Military College of South Carolina	3,763	3,598 (↑4.6%)
18 ↑	22	University of South Carolina-Aiken	3,699	3,299 (↑12.1%)
19 ↓	16	Central Carolina Technical College	3,550	4,456 (↓20.3%)
20 ↑	24	Anderson University	3,429	2,966 (↑15.6%)

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