College Graduation Rates

The 6-year graduation rate for the 2003 Cohort at USC Upstate, the only 4-year public institution in the county, is 40.4%.  This is up from the 2002 cohort graduation rate of 36.9%.

The number and percentage of degree-seeking, first-time, full-time freshmen entering S.C. public research and comprehensive institutions in Fall 2002 and graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree or Associate’s degree within 150% of normal time for completion is listed in the table below.

Graduation Rates for Freshmen Entering Fall 2002, S.C. Public Research and Comprehensive Institutions

 

Bachelor’s Cohort

Number Graduating within 150% of Normal Time

Percent graduating within 150% of Normal Time

Research Institutions

 

 

Clemson University

2,462

1,956

79.4%

USC Columbia

3,500

2,337

66.8%

Subtotal

5,962

4,293

72.0%

 

Comprehensive Teaching Institutions

 

 

The Citadel

521

349

68.2%

Coastal Carolina University

1,072

499

46.5%

College of Charleston

1,991

1,275

64.0%

Francis Marion University

734

288

39.2%

Lander University

526

229

43.5%

SC State University

716

323

45.1%

USC Aiken

478

184

38.5%

USC Beaufort

131

28

21.4%

USC Upstate

647

233

36.0%

Winthrop University

1,086

636

58.6%

Subtotal

7,893

4,044

51.2%

 

Total

13,855

8,337

60.2%



 

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