Overview of institution

This, and the rest of the page, use info from the most recent year available, generally 2023.

• Institution kind: Associate’s Colleges: High Transfer-High Nontraditional

• Undergrad program: Associate’s Colleges: High Transfer

• Graduate program: Not classified (Exclusively Undergraduate)

• Enrollment profile: Exclusively undergraduate two-year (see more details below)

• Average net price for undergrads on financial aid: $11,868 . This is 60% the average cost of Harvard.

• Actual price for your family: Go here to see what your family may be asked to pay. It can be MUCH lower than the average price but also higher for some.

• Size and setting: Two-year, small

• In state percentage: 84% of first year students come from South Carolina

• In US percentage: 94% of first year students come from the US

• Student to tenure-stream faculty ratio: 26.7 (undergrads to tenure-stream faculty) [Tenure explained]

• Student to faculty ratio: 16.3 (undergrads to all faculty)

• Degrees offered: Associate’s degree

• Schedule: Semester

• Institution provides on campus housing: No

• Freshmen required to live on campus: No

• Advanced placement (AP) credits used: Yes

• Disabilities: 3 percent or less of undergrads are registered as having disabilities.

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Comparisons

The sections below show this institution compared with others. The ones listed are ones it has identified as peers, who consider themselves peers, and/or who the federal government considers peers. If a comparison school has the same value as the focal school, its cell is grayed out. Arrows show where there is a signficant trend over time for a school. You can swipe across the table to see more of it; the focal school column is always visible.

• University of South Carolina-Union lists these schools as ones to compare itself within federal IPEDS data, and they do the same back: University of South Carolina-Lancaster, University of South Carolina-Sumter, University of South Carolina-Salkehatchie
• University of South Carolina-Union compares itself to these institutions, but not vice versa: Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus, Kent State University at Tuscarawas, Ohio University-Zanesville Campus, University of Cincinnati-Clermont College, Southern University at Shreveport, Indiana University-East, Louisiana State University-Eunice, Ohio University-Southern Campus, Indiana University-Kokomo, Ohio University-Lancaster Campus, Missouri State University-West Plains, Kent State University at Trumbull, Ohio University-Eastern Campus, University of New Mexico-Gallup Campus, Kent State University at Geauga, Arkansas State University-Beebe, Bowling Green State University-Firelands, Southeast New Mexico College, University of Puerto Rico-Utuado, Kent State University at Salem, New Mexico State University-Alamogordo, University of New Mexico-Valencia County Campus, Kent State University at Ashtabula, Arkansas State University-Newport, New Mexico State University-Grants, University of New Mexico-Taos Campus, Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks, Kent State University at East Liverpool, Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto, Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine, Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill, Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly, Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton, University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Campus, University of Akron Wayne College, Wright State University-Lake Campus, Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton, Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington, Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny, University of Pittsburgh-Titusville, Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois, Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver, Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango, Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre
• These institutions compare themselves to University of South Carolina-Union, but not vice versa: York Technical College, University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain, Spartanburg Methodist College, Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College

Diversity

The US Census Bureau has a diversity index that goes from 0 to 1. In their words, “A 0-value indicates that everyone in the population has the same racial and ethnic characteristics. A value close to 1 indicates that everyone in the population has different racial and ethnic characteristics.” This uses their formula, but with the resolution available for the federal IPEDS data (which does not separate for a given demographic group whether members identify as Hispanic or not). This metric is about heterogeneity within the population, not the proportion of the population that comes from historically excluded groups.

Following the practice of the census, the index is multiplied by 100 to give the percentage probability a random pair of individuals will have a different background. Most institutions argue that diversity is a benefit, so by default a higher number is listed as better, but there may be cases where this measure does not reflect the mission of a college (for example, 70% of the students at a tribal college or university may be American Indian: that could be low-scoring by this metric but should not be read as “bad” given the institution’s mission).

These numbers are based on the most recent year available, generally 2023, which predates effects of the US Supreme Court’s striking down of affirmative action. This has often changed, sometimes dramatically, the incoming student demographics at some institutions.

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Majors

This presents information on the number of majors and the median earnings one and five years after graduation for people who got a degree from this institution in that field. The earnings are for those who are working and not enrolled in further education. The earnings data (from the federal college scorecard) also has information on earnings for those categorized as ‘MALE’ and ‘NOMALE’ – for readability, these are recategorized here as “Men” and “Women”, respectively, which adopts the gender binary used in other federal data. “W/M earnings ratio” is the median earnings of women divided by men, as a percentage.