South Carolina College Graduation Rates — All Colleges Ranked

✅ 11 Excellent (80%+) 🔵 18 Good (60–79%) ⚠️ 23 Moderate (40–59%) ⚪ 40 No data

#	College	Grad Rate	Rating	Retention	Enrollment	Type	In-State Tuition
🥇	Academy of Hair Technology Greenville	100%	🟢 Excellent	100%	58	Private For-profit	N/A
🥈	Personal Touch Beauty and Barber College Kingstree	100%	🟢 Excellent	100%	7	Private For-profit	N/A
🥉	Southeastern Esthetics Institute Elgin	90%	🟢 Excellent	91%	358	Private For-profit	N/A
4	Miller-Motte College-Charleston Charleston	87%	🟢 Excellent	94%	9	Private For-profit	N/A
5	LeGrand Institute of Cosmetology Inc Camden	87%	🟢 Excellent	100%	33	Private For-profit	N/A
6	Clemson University Clemson	87%	🟢 Excellent	93%	23,300	Public	$15,554
7	Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Goose Creek Goose Creek	84%	🟢 Excellent	100%	152	Private For-profit	N/A
8	Wofford College Spartanburg	84%	🟢 Excellent	91%	1,816	Private Non-profit	$56,005
9	Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Columbia Columbia	84%	🟢 Excellent	89%	64	Private For-profit	N/A
10	Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Florence Florence	80%	🟢 Excellent	81%	172	Private For-profit	N/A
11	Vski Cosmetology School Charleston	80%	🟢 Excellent	50%	31	Private Non-profit	N/A
12	Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Greenville Greenville	79%	🔵 Good	95%	157	Private For-profit	N/A
13	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia	79%	🔵 Good	92%	29,820	Public	$12,688
14	Furman University Greenville	79%	🔵 Good	91%	2,379	Private Non-profit	$59,770
15	Miller-Motte College-Conway Conway	78%	🔵 Good	100%	3	Private For-profit	N/A
16	Arclabs Piedmont	76%	🔵 Good	85%	744	Private For-profit	N/A
17	Citadel Military College of South Carolina Charleston	75%	🔵 Good	86%	2,705	Public	$12,570
18	Strand College of Hair Design Myrtle Beach	75%	🔵 Good	82%	70	Private For-profit	N/A
19	Paul Mitchell the School-Charleston North Charleston	75%	🔵 Good	100%	264	Private For-profit	N/A
20	Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Rock Hill Rock Hill	71%	🔵 Good	94%	181	Private For-profit	N/A
21	Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Spartanburg Spartanburg	69%	🔵 Good	100%	113	Private For-profit	N/A
22	Paul Mitchell the School-Columbia West Columbia	69%	🔵 Good	100%	256	Private For-profit	N/A
23	Southeastern College-Charleston North Charleston	67%	🔵 Good	78%	225	Private For-profit	$25,080
24	Southeastern College-Columbia Columbia	67%	🔵 Good	67%	267	Private For-profit	$25,080
25	College of Charleston Charleston	66%	🔵 Good	82%	10,558	Public	$12,978
26	Anderson University Anderson	66%	🔵 Good	82%	3,183	Private Non-profit	$34,970
27	Bob Jones University Greenville	65%	🔵 Good	82%	2,005	Private Non-profit	$24,470
28	American College of the Building Arts Charleston	62%	🔵 Good	75%	155	Private Non-profit	$21,500
29	Converse University Spartanburg	62%	🔵 Good	80%	1,173	Private Non-profit	$25,240
30	Academy for Careers and Technology Mullins	57%	🟡 Moderate	52%	37	Public	N/A
31	Winthrop University Rock Hill	57%	🟡 Moderate	74%	3,523	Public	$14,678
32	Paul Mitchell the School-Greenville Greenville	55%	🟡 Moderate	100%	196	Private For-profit	N/A
33	Charleston Cosmetology Institute Charleston	55%	🟡 Moderate	67%	100	Private For-profit	N/A
34	North Greenville University Tigerville	55%	🟡 Moderate	72%	1,819	Private Non-profit	$25,800
35	Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology and Nails-Columbia Columbia	54%	🟡 Moderate	100%	127	Private For-profit	N/A
36	Southern Wesleyan University Central	52%	🟡 Moderate	69%	747	Private Non-profit	$29,800
37	Claflin University Orangeburg	52%	🟡 Moderate	75%	1,706	Private Non-profit	$18,282
38	Presbyterian College Clinton	51%	🟡 Moderate	80%	852	Private Non-profit	$44,910
39	Lander University Greenwood	50%	🟡 Moderate	70%	3,397	Public	$11,700
40	Coastal Carolina University Conway	48%	🟡 Moderate	77%	10,377	Public	$11,640
41	University of South Carolina-Union Union	48%	🟡 Moderate	64%	270	Public	$7,558
42	Charleston Southern University Charleston	47%	🟡 Moderate	63%	2,893	Private Non-profit	$32,520
43	Columbia International University Columbia	47%	🟡 Moderate	53%	716	Private Non-profit	$27,900
44	Erskine College Due West	45%	🟡 Moderate	56%	766	Private Non-profit	$36,710
45	Newberry College Newberry	45%	🟡 Moderate	69%	1,479	Private Non-profit	$31,100
46	Fortis College-Columbia Columbia	43%	🟡 Moderate	66%	582	Private For-profit	$14,777
47	Francis Marion University Florence	43%	🟡 Moderate	70%	2,628	Public	$11,160
48	University of South Carolina-Upstate Spartanburg	43%	🟡 Moderate	70%	4,038	Public	$11,588
49	Voorhees University Denmark	43%	🟡 Moderate	56%	440	Private Non-profit	$12,630
50	Spartanburg Methodist College Spartanburg	43%	🟡 Moderate	N/A	1,116	Private Non-profit	$20,650
51	Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-North Augusta North Augusta	43%	🟡 Moderate	93%	118	Private For-profit	N/A
52	Tri-County Technical College Pendleton	42%	🟡 Moderate	55%	5,071	Public	$4,448
53	University of South Carolina Aiken Aiken	40%	🔴 Below average	67%	2,962	Public	$10,760
54	Coker University Hartsville	40%	🔴 Below average	69%	840	Private Non-profit	$33,416
55	University of South Carolina-Sumter Sumter	39%	🔴 Below average	59%	716	Public	$7,558
56	Horry-Georgetown Technical College Conway	38%	🔴 Below average	64%	6,274	Public	$4,468
57	Columbia College Columbia	37%	🔴 Below average	60%	1,343	Private Non-profit	$22,214
58	South Carolina State University Orangeburg	37%	🔴 Below average	56%	2,934	Public	$11,060
59	Limestone University Gaffney	35%	🔴 Below average	64%	1,482	Private Non-profit	$27,800
60	Central Carolina Technical College Sumter	34%	🔴 Below average	53%	2,163	Public	$5,715
61	University of South Carolina Beaufort Bluffton	34%	🔴 Below average	61%	2,052	Public	$10,730
62	Florence-Darlington Technical College Florence	34%	🔴 Below average	58%	3,055	Public	$4,636
63	Aiken Technical College Graniteville	34%	🔴 Below average	53%	1,925	Public	$5,174
64	Piedmont Technical College Greenwood	33%	🔴 Below average	61%	3,977	Public	$4,775
65	Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College Orangeburg	32%	🔴 Below average	66%	1,539	Public	$5,210
66	University of South Carolina-Salkehatchie Allendale	30%	🔴 Below average	43%	271	Public	$7,558
67	York Technical College Rock Hill	30%	🔴 Below average	65%	3,816	Public	$8,036
68	Trident Technical College Charleston	30%	🔴 Below average	59%	10,512	Public	$4,546
69	Spartanburg Community College Spartanburg	28%	🔴 Below average	63%	5,006	Public	$5,071
70	University of South Carolina-Lancaster Lancaster	25%	🔴 Below average	43%	668	Public	$7,558
71	Benedict College Columbia	24%	🔴 Below average	57%	1,536	Private Non-profit	$17,440
72	South University-Columbia Columbia	23%	🔴 Below average	57%	450	Private For-profit	$18,145
73	Top of the Line Barber College Charleston	23%	🔴 Below average	25%	45	Private For-profit	N/A
74	Northeastern Technical College Cheraw	21%	🔴 Below average	70%	921	Public	$5,664
75	Greenville Technical College Greenville	21%	🔴 Below average	N/A	8,916	Public	$5,495
76	Midlands Technical College West Columbia	18%	🔴 Below average	49%	7,564	Public	$5,100
77	Technical College of the Lowcountry Beaufort	18%	🔴 Below average	58%	1,679	Public	$6,156
78	Morris College Sumter	17%	🔴 Below average	41%	383	Private Non-profit	$16,664
79	Strayer University-South Carolina Greenville	17%	🔴 Below average	100%	1,868	Private For-profit	$13,920
80	Williamsburg Technical College Kingstree	15%	🔴 Below average	70%	448	Public	$4,488
81	Clinton College Rock Hill	14%	🔴 Below average	58%	126	Private Non-profit	$11,136
82	Allen University Columbia	13%	🔴 Below average	45%	576	Private Non-profit	$14,304
83	Denmark Technical College Denmark	13%	🔴 Below average	47%	519	Public	$6,315
84	Barber Tech Academy Orangeburg	11%	🔴 Below average	0%	59	Private For-profit	N/A
85	Medical University of South Carolina Charleston	—	⚪ No data	N/A	303	Public	N/A
86	Sherman College of Chiropractic Boiling Springs	—	⚪ No data	N/A	—	Private Non-profit	N/A
87	Charleston School of Law Charleston	—	⚪ No data	N/A	—	Private For-profit	N/A
88	Galen Health Institutes-Myrtle Beach Myrtle Beach	—	⚪ No data	65%	743	Private For-profit	$16,364
89	Barber Tech Academy-Columbia Columbia	—	⚪ No data	67%	51	Private For-profit	N/A
90	ECPI University-Greenville Greenville	—	⚪ No data	N/A	—	Private For-profit	$18,484
91	ECPI University-Charleston North Charleston	—	⚪ No data	N/A	—	Private For-profit	$18,484
92	ECPI University-Columbia Columbia	—	⚪ No data	N/A	—	Private For-profit	$18,484

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Data source: Graduation rates from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. Rates reflect students completing within 150% of normal time. Calculated by Search 6000+ US Colleges.