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South Carolina Private Colleges & Universities
Independent Colleges, Schools, and Universities
South Carolina colleges enjoy the luxury of having easy access to beautiful coasts, four seasons, relatively mild winters, and delicious Southern cooking; and all of this takes place out of the classroom. Once inside, it just keeps getting better. That's because
schools and universities in the "Palmetto State" make an earnest effort to push their students to the limits of their academic potential. They do this by investing a great deal of time and money into state-of-the-art facilities, world renowned faculty members, and extracurricular activities.
In fact, the latter is so important that it is very difficult to find a student who is not involved in at least some type of club, sports team, fraternity, or sorority.
South Carolina private colleges and universities offer a wide range of education programs with degrees and certificates up to the doctoral level, as well as professional degrees such as law and medicine. These South Carolina private schools are diverse in character, academic emphasis, and
origins. Some private colleges or schools have a religious affiliation; others are secular. Private colleges and universities may be profit or non-profit institutions. Typically, South Carolina independent colleges or private schools give weight to personal characteristics and
activities in addition to considering GPA and test scores. While many South Carolina private schools are considerably more expensive than comparable state institutions, they also tend to offer more generous financial aid packages. Many students have found the actual out-of-pocket cost to
earn a degree from a private college in South Carolina to be less than the cost of the state schools to which they were accepted. On the one hand, public colleges are usually less expensive, particularly for in-state residents. They get most of their money from the state or local government.
Check out your state's Guide to Residency. South Carolina private colleges rely on tuition, fees, endowments, and other private sources of funding. On the other hand, South Carolina private colleges are usually smaller and can offer more personalized attention (and some believe, more
prestige)
South Carolina Private Colleges and Universities
Chartered by the State of South Carolina as a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation in 1953, the South Carolina Independent College and Universities, Inc. (SCICU) is a charitable organization that is directed by a Board of Trustees composed of leading citizens representing
a cross-section of the business, civic, and educational leadership community.
The 20 private, non-profit institutions that are members of SCICU enroll over 32,000 students each year and offer a wide variety of traditional degree programs, as well as accelerated and evening college programs for adults. These schools play a significant role in helping the state
achieve its economic and postsecondary education goals in three key areas: (1) Increasing choices for postsecondary education to all South Carolinians at a fraction of the cost to the state; (2) Strengthening our state economy and future tax base; and (3) Turning out first-class college
graduates on time and with skills valued by South Carolina employers.
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Colleges and universities in South Carolina enjoy a unique blend of southern hospitality, beautiful coastline, pristine nature, small-town charm, delicious cuisine, and of course, academic rigor. |
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Strayer University
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Southern Wesleyan University
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SC Online Degrees
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A college degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by South Carolina institutions of higher education, such as colleges or universities, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study.
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