When you step onto our historic 160-acre campus, you will feel the energy and pride that comes from a SC State student - a Bulldog.
Our faculty brings perspectives that are as diverse as their teaching styles and research interests. Eighty percent of our faculty members possess terminal degrees and our class sizes are designed to give you the personal attention you need to achieve academic excellence.
With three undergraduate colleges, a graduate school and more than 50 majors, SC State offers challenging and competitive undergraduate, graduate and certificate programs designed for nearly every professional ambition.
In fact, SC State is the place where ambition turns into ability - with challenging academic programs that will help you meet and exceed the challenges of the real world.
Everything you need ...
- Diverse student body of 4,500 with representatives from 21 countries
- 80% of our faculty hold terminal degrees in their field of expertise
- Small class size: 17:1 Student/Faculty Ratio
- 160-acre campus
- New apartment-style residence hall
- Over 50 majors for undergraduate and graduate degrees
- Innovative offerings such as our Master of Transportation and undergraduate Nuclear Engineering programs
- Most diverse faculty of any South Carolina public university
- Generated over $41.2 million in external research grants and contracts
... To Succeed.
- Ranked #1 nationally for colleges and universities that rank social mobility (Source: Washington Monthly)
- 40% of graduates continue their education in advanced degrees
- SC State graduates earn $207 million more in additional income as a direct result of their degree - according to a 2005-06 Economic Impact Study
SC State has produced:
- 6 college presidents
- 1st African American Chief Justice of SC Supreme Court
- 2005 and 2006 National Collegiate Gospel Choir of the Year
- 113 athletes have entered the ranks of professional sports, as well as participating on U.S. Olympic teams
- SC State alumni have gone on to become graduates and faculty at the U.S. Army War College, the world's most prestigious institution for the education of strategic leaders
- Ranked #1 in the production of African American teachers in South Carolina