Distance Education State Almanac 2017 South Carolina Julia E. Seaman, Ph.D. Research Director, Babson Survey Research Group Jeff Seaman, Ph.D. Director, Babson Survey Research Group This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. by Babson Survey Research Group, e-Literate, and WCET State maps images are by TUBS [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons South Carolina % of State National Population 4,961,119 1.5% 18-55 Population 2,232,504 1.5% Number of Institutions 79 1.6% South Carolina has 79 degree-granting higher education institutions, which represent 1.6% of all such institutions in the United States. These institutions enrolled a total of 249,758 students as of fall 2015 (223,692 of which are studying at the undergraduate level and 26,066 at the graduate level). The fall 2015 figure is a decrease of 9,859 students (or -3.8%) from the number enrolled in the fall of 2012. Among the total student body, 68,241 (61,225 undergraduates and 7,016 graduate students) were taking at least one course at a distance. This is 27.3% of the enrolled student body, which is lower than the national average rate of 29.7%. The number of students taking distance education courses in the state increased by 10,094 (or 17.4%) between fall 2012 and fall 2015. This is higher than the national level of growth of 11.0%. 22,590 students in South Carolina are taking all of their courses at a distance, made up of 17,556 undergraduates and 5,034 graduates. This represents 9.0% of all students enrolled in the state, a rate that is lower than the national average of 14.3%. A total of 20,198 (or 89.4% of these exclusively online students) live in South Carolina, the remainder come from outside of the state. This rate is higher than the national in-state average of 55.1%. The number of students that take any of their courses on campus, including those who take all of their courses on campus and those who take a mix of on-campus and distance courses, is 227,168, or 91.0% of the total student enrollment in South Carolina. This number represents a decrease in proportion on campus from the four years prior (94.0% from 244,019 students in 2012). The -3.0% rate is a larger change than the national 1.7% decrease. Overall and Distance Enrollment - 2015 Total Undergraduate Graduate Any Any Any All Students Distance All Students Distance All Students Distance Total 249,758 68,241 223,692 61,225 26,066 7,016 Private for-profit 12,561 3,304 10,754 2,542 1,807 762 Control Private not-for-profit 34,710 7,752 31,053 5,998 3,657 1,754 Public 202,487 57,185 181,885 52,685 20,602 4,500 2 to 4-year 93,844 38,538 93,844 38,538 0 0 Type 4-year or more 155,914 29,703 129,848 22,687 26,066 7,016 Under 1,000 12,256 1,191 11,272 1,115 984 76 Instutional 1,000 - 4,999 84,542 22,383 75,658 18,943 8,884 3,440 Enrollment 5,000 - 9,999 36,475 15,834 35,157 15,603 1,318 231 Size 10,000 - 19,999 60,063 17,154 58,352 16,870 1,711 284 20,000 and above 56,422 11,679 43,253 8,694 13,169 2,985 Associate's College 92,716 38,136 92,716 38,136 0 0 Baccalaureate College 33,166 6,101 31,838 5,660 1,328 441 Doctoral University 56,422 11,679 43,253 8,694 13,169 2,985 Carnegie Master's College 57,556 9,110 50,215 6,593 7,341 2,517 Specialized 9,876 3,214 5,648 2,141 4,228 1,073 Unassigned 22 1 22 1 0 0 South Carolina 1 Distribution of State Institutions CONTROL CARNEGIE 1% 21% 28% 33% Associate's College 42% Baccalaureate College Doctoral University 19% Private for-profit Master's College Private not-for-profit 30% 3% 23% Specialized Public Unassigned SIZE TYPE 6%3 0%% 8% Under 1,000 39% 37% 1,000 -4,999 5,000 -9,999 63% 10,000 -19,999 2 to 4-year 20,000 and above 44% 4-year or more N/A or Unknown Distribution of Total Student Enrollment CONTROL CARNEGIE 0% 5% 4% 14% 23% 37% Associate's College Baccalaureate College Doctoral University Private for-profit Master's College 23% Private not-for-profit 81% 13% Specialized Public Unassigned SIZE TYPE 5% 22% 38% Under 1,000 34% 1,000 -4,999 62% 5,000 -9,999 24% 10,000 -19,999 2 to 4-year 15% 20,000 and above 4-year or more On-Campus Students Undergraduate Graduate PERCENT ON CAMPUS 100% 23,143 23,288 22,780 21,032 75% 94.0% 93.8% 93.1% 91.0% 50% 220,876 218,448 214,376 206,136 25% 0% 2012 2013 2014 2015 2012 2013 2014 2015 South Carolina 2 Distribution of Distance Student Enrollment CONTROL CARNEGIE 5% 5%0% 11% 13% Associate's College Baccalaureate College 17% 56% Doctoral University Private for-profit Master's College Private not-for-profit 84% 9% Specialized Public Unassigned SIZE TYPE 17% 2% 33% 44% Under 1,000 1,000 -4,999 25% 56% 23% 5,000 -9,999 2 to 4-year 10,000 -19,999 4-year or more 20,000 and above Enrollment Trends TOTAL STUDENTS ANY DISTANCE Undergraduate Graduate Undergraduate Graduate 7,016 25,782 25,755 26,035 26,066 6,339 4,371 4,850 61,225 233,835 232,089 228,623 223,692 51,808 51,153 49,462 2012 2013 2014 2015 2012 2013 2014 2015 EXCLUSIVELY DISTANCE PERCENT DISTANCE Undergraduate Graduate 100% 75% 50% 27.3% 5,034 22.4% 21.5% 21.3% 2,639 2,467 3,255 25% 12,959 13,641 14,247 17,556 0% 2012 2013 2014 2015 2012 2013 2014 2015 Exclusively Distance Student Locations 2015 Same State Different State Outside US 9%0 % 113 109 1,928 152 86 1,176 947 1,526 Same State 20,198 14,208 15,041 15,742 Different State Outside US 91% 2012 2013 2014 2015 South Carolina 3 Overall Enrollment in South Carolina Top 10 Institutions by Total Numbers of Students - 2015 Rank Institution Total Undergrad Graduate Control 1 University of South Carolina-Columbia 33,724 25,237 8,487 Public 2 Clemson University 22,698 18,016 4,682 Public 3 Trident Technical College 15,043 15,043 0 Public 4 Greenville Technical College 12,280 12,280 0 Public 5 College of Charleston 11,531 10,468 1,063 Public 6 Midlands Technical College 10,946 10,946 0 Public 7 Coastal Carolina University 10,263 9,615 648 Public 8 Horry-Georgetown Technical College 7,097 7,097 0 Public 9 Tri-County Technical College 6,128 6,128 0 Public 10 Winthrop University 6,031 5,073 958 Public Top 10 Institutions by Enrollment Growth 2012-2015 Rank Institution 2012 2015 Change Control 1 University of South Carolina-Columbia 31,288 33,724 2,436 Public 2 Clemson University 20,768 22,698 1,930 Public 3 Coastal Carolina University 9,335 10,263 928 Public 4 Charleston Southern University 3,130 3,621 491 Private not-for-profit 5 University of South Carolina-Upstate 5,561 5,996 435 Public 6 Anderson University 2,922 3,212 290 Private not-for-profit 7 North Greenville University 2,420 2,689 269 Private not-for-profit 8 Medical University of South Carolina 2,731 2,992 261 Public 9 University of South Carolina-Aiken 3,211 3,448 237 Public 10 Columbia College 1,257 1,484 227 Private not-for-profit Distance Enrollment in South Carolina Top 10 Institutions by Distance Enrollment - 2015 Rank Institution Total Undergrad Graduate Control 1 University of South Carolina-Columbia 7,094 5,087 2,007 Public 2 Trident Technical College 6,683 6,683 0 Public 3 Greenville Technical College 5,196 5,196 0 Public 4 Florence-Darlington Technical College 4,663 4,663 0 Public 5 Clemson University 4,585 3,607 978 Public 6 Midlands Technical College 4,167 4,167 0 Public 7 Piedmont Technical College 3,169 3,169 0 Public 8 Horry-Georgetown Technical College 3,080 3,080 0 Public 9 Anderson University 2,479 2,101 378 Private not-for-profit 10 Tri-County Technical College 2,441 2,441 0 Public Top 10 Institutions by Distance Enrollment Growth 2012-2015 Rank Institution 2012 2015 Change Control 1 Florence-Darlington Technical College 2,721 4,663 1,942 Public 2 Clemson University 3,008 4,585 1,577 Public 3 Anderson University 1,175 2,479 1,304 Private not-for-profit 4 University of South Carolina-Columbia 5,940 7,094 1,154 Public 5 Horry-Georgetown Technical College 2,259 3,080 821 Public 6 University of South Carolina-Beaufort 13 705 692 Public 7 College of Charleston 190 842 652 Public 8 Charleston Southern University 650 1,120 470 Private not-for-profit 9 South University-Columbia 12 464 452 Private for-profit 10 Columbia College 200 614 414 Private not-for-profit South Carolina 4