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University of South Carolina - Columbia is a public institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. Columbia is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

1,740 Master's Degrees
865 Doctor's Degrees

Where Is University of South Carolina - Columbia?

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Contact details for UofSC are given below.

Contact Details
Address: Columbia-Campus, Columbia, SC 29208
Phone: 803-777-7000
Website: www.sc.edu

University of South Carolina - Columbia Graduate Student Diversity

8,607 Graduate Students
63% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 8,607 graduate students at UofSC, 37% are male and 63% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of South Carolina - Columbia graduate students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 281
Black or African American 1,009
Hispanic or Latino 359
White 5,394
International Students 1,023
Other Races/Ethnicities 541

Geographic Diversity

South Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at University of South Carolina - Columbia. At this time, 44 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 108 countries are represented at UofSC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at University of South Carolina - Columbia

3,171 Took All Classes Online
21,755 Took At Least One Class Online
There are 6 bachelor’s degree and 18 master’s degree programs available online at UofSC. In 2022-2023, 21,755 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UofSC has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 12th most popular in South Carolina for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of UofSC majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Business, Management & Marketing 1%
Public Administration & Social Service 6%

University of South Carolina - Columbia Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Law 0 0 200 200
Medicine 0 0 198 198
Nursing 7 169 10 186
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 158 18 0 176
Business Administration & Management 0 155 12 167
International Business 56 111 0 167
Library & Information Science 5 147 2 154
Social Work 2 149 1 152
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 0 1 110 111
Educational Administration 16 72 9 97
General Education 0 72 3 75
Student Counseling 31 40 3 74
Allied Health Professions 0 73 0 73
Communication Sciences 0 62 2 64
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 60 60
Accounting 0 58 0 58
Public Health 3 35 19 57
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 53 0 53
Health & Physical Education 0 49 2 51
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 41 8 49
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 1 11 30 42
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 31 8 39
Human Resource Management 0 38 0 38
Music 2 19 17 38
General Biology 2 15 17 34
Computer Science 0 28 5 33
Mechanical Engineering 0 14 12 26
Chemistry 0 6 20 26
Chemical Engineering 0 5 18 23
Medical Illustration & Informatics 0 23 0 23
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 11 11 22
Hospitality Management 0 21 0 21
Civil Engineering 2 14 4 20
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 14 5 19
Journalism 0 18 0 18
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 17 0 17
Public Administration 0 17 0 17
History 0 11 5 16
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 3 6 2 11
Genetics 0 9 0 9
Educational Assessment 1 3 5 9
Mathematics 0 3 6 9
Special Education 0 3 5 8
Statistics 0 5 3 8
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 8 0 8
Geography & Cartography 0 4 4 8
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 4 3 7
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 7 0 7
Communication & Media Studies 0 0 7 7
Electrical Engineering 0 3 4 7
General English Literature 0 4 3 7
Mental & Social Health Services 7 0 0 7
Management Information Systems 6 0 0 6
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 0 6 0 6
Writing Studies 0 6 0 6
Ethnic Studies 6 0 0 6
Applied Statistics 1 5 0 6
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 6 0 6
Biomedical Engineering 0 4 1 5
Computer Engineering 0 0 5 5
Physics 0 1 4 5
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 5 0 5
Fine & Studio Arts 0 5 0 5
Public Relations & Advertising 4 0 0 4
Information Technology 4 0 0 4
Instructional Media Design 0 4 0 4
Nuclear Engineering 0 3 1 4
Anthropology 0 3 1 4
Economics 0 3 1 4
Sociology 0 0 4 4
Drama & Theater Arts 0 4 0 4
Romance Languages 0 0 3 3
Museum Studies 3 0 0 3
Philosophy 0 0 3 3
Child Development & Psychology 0 2 1 3
Criminology 0 0 3 3
Education Philosophy 0 0 2 2
Engineering-Related Fields 0 2 0 2
Finance & Financial Management 1 0 0 1
General Business/Commerce 0 1 0 1
Other Education 0 0 1 1
Germanic Languages 0 1 0 1
Gerontology 1 0 0 1
General Psychology 0 0 1 1
International Relations & National Security 0 1 0 1
Other Social Sciences 0 1 0 1
Political Science & Government 0 0 1 1
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 0 0
Business/Managerial Economics 0 0 0 0
Insurance 0 0 0 0
Marketing 0 0 0 0
Real Estate 0 0 0 0
General Sales & Marketing 0 0 0 0
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 0 0 0 0
Computer Information Systems 0 0 0 0
Information Science 0 0 0 0
Area Studies 0 0 0 0
Classical Languages & Literature 0 0 0 0
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 0 0 0
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 0 0 0
Applied Mathematics 0 0 0 0
Natural Resources Conservation 0 0 0 0
Religious Studies 0 0 0 0
Other Physical Science 0 0 0 0
Dance 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 322 1,740 865 2,927

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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