South Carolina Commission on Higher Education

Ten - Year Enrollment Analysis

Ten - Year Institution Student Counts by Category

Fall Semester

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	% Change of 2022 Over 2012	% Change of 2022 Over 2021
Research Institutions
Clemson University	20,768	21,303	21,857	22,698	23,406	24,387	24,951	25,803	26,362	27,301	28,298	36.3%	3.7%
U. S. C. - Columbia	31,288	31,964	32,971	33,724	34,099	34,731	34,795	35,364	35,468	35,357	35,485	13.4%	0.4%
Medical University of South Carolina	2,731	2,775	2,898	2,992	2,986	2,985	2,944	2,968	3,079	3,233	3,164	15.9%	-2.1%
Sub Total	54,787	56,042	57,726	59,414	60,491	62,103	62,690	64,135	64,909	65,891	66,947	22.2%	1.6%
Comprehensive Teaching Inst.
The Citadel	3,499	3,598	3,592	3,506	3,602	3,717	3,784	3,767	3,739	3,693	3,720	6.3%	0.7%
Coastal Carolina University	9,335	9,478	9,976	10,263	10,479	10,663	10,641	10,484	10,118	10,466	10,322	10.6%	-1.4%
College of Charleston	11,723	11,619	11,456	11,531	11,294	10,863	10,783	10,545	10,379	10,885	10,830	-7.6%	-0.5%
Francis Marion University	4,093	4,053	3,938	3,941	3,864	3,780	3,937	4,233	4,141	3,920	3,752	-8.3%	-4.3%
Lander University	3,049	2,877	2,787	2,701	2,772	2,847	3,044	3,226	3,512	3,822	4,160	36.4%	8.8%
South Carolina State University	3,807	3,463	3,331	3,054	2,905	2,942	3,022	2,479	2,339	2,374	2,648	-30.4%	11.5%
U. S. C. - Aiken	3,211	3,299	3,444	3,448	3,548	3,506	3,562	3,663	3,921	3,812	3,804	18.5%	-0.2%
U. S. C. - Beaufort	1,828	1,724	1,794	1,980	2,005	2,077	2,116	2,119	2,006	2,034	2,121	16.0%	4.3%
U. S. C. - Upstate	5,561	5,445	5,585	5,996	5,821	5,990	6,175	6,308	5,996	5,349	4,823	-13.3%	-9.8%
Winthrop University	6,170	6,130	6,024	6,031	6,109	6,073	5,813	5,836	5,505	5,097	4,641	-24.8%	-8.9%
Sub Total	52,276	51,686	51,927	52,451	52,399	52,458	52,877	52,660	51,656	51,452	50,821	-2.8%	-1.2%
Two Year Reg. Campuses of USC
U. S. C. - Lancaster	1,832	1,811	1,738	1,722	1,845	1,910	1,523	1,640	1,810	1,729	1,681