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South Carolina colleges: career services and alumni support

66 colleges in South Carolina, and the job market their graduates enter. A career services or alumni staff member can claim their college’s page and set up a free workspace.

The South Carolina job market

  • 4.3%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, counties summed

  • 66

    colleges listed

    Source: IPEDS and the College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education

South Carolina workforce boards · South Carolina by county and city

Colleges in South Carolina

Colleges in South Carolina
CollegeCityTypeStudentsClaim
Aiken Technical CollegeGranitevillePublic 2-year1,925Claim page
Allen UniversityColumbiaPrivate nonprofit 4-year576Claim page
American College of the Building ArtsCharlestonPrivate nonprofit 4-year155Claim page
Anderson UniversityAndersonPrivate nonprofit 4-year3,183Claim page
Benedict CollegeColumbiaPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,536Claim page
Bob Jones UniversityGreenvillePrivate nonprofit 4-year2,005Claim page
Central Carolina Technical CollegeSumterPublic 2-year2,163Claim page
Charleston School of LawCharlestonPrivate for-profit 4-yearClaim page
Charleston Southern UniversityCharlestonPrivate nonprofit 4-year2,893Claim page
Citadel Military College of South CarolinaCharlestonPublic 4-year2,705Claim page
Claflin UniversityOrangeburgPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,706Claim page
Clemson UniversityClemsonPublic 4-year23,300Claim page
Clinton CollegeRock HillPrivate nonprofit 4-year126Claim page
Coastal Carolina UniversityConwayPublic 4-year10,377Claim page
Coker UniversityHartsvillePrivate nonprofit 4-year840Claim page
College of CharlestonCharlestonPublic 4-year10,558Claim page
Columbia CollegeColumbiaPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,343Claim page
Columbia International UniversityColumbiaPrivate nonprofit 4-year716Claim page
Converse UniversitySpartanburgPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,173Claim page
Denmark Technical CollegeDenmarkPublic 2-year519Claim page
Erskine CollegeDue WestPrivate nonprofit 4-year766Claim page
Florence-Darlington Technical CollegeFlorencePublic 2-year3,055Claim page
Fortis College-ColumbiaColumbiaPrivate for-profit 2-year582Claim page
Francis Marion UniversityFlorencePublic 4-year2,628Claim page
Furman UniversityGreenvillePrivate nonprofit 4-year2,379Claim page
Galen Health Institutes-Myrtle BeachMyrtle BeachPrivate for-profit 2-year743Claim page
Greenville Technical CollegeGreenvillePublic 4-year8,916Claim page
Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegeConwayPublic 2-year6,274Claim page
Lander UniversityGreenwoodPublic 4-year3,397Claim page
Limestone UniversityGaffneyPrivate nonprofit 4-yearClaim page
Medical University of South CarolinaCharlestonPublic 4-year303Claim page
Midlands Technical CollegeWest ColumbiaPublic 2-year7,564Claim page
Miller-Motte College-CharlestonCharlestonPrivate for-profit 2-yearClaim page
Miller-Motte College-ConwayConwayPrivate for-profit 2-yearClaim page
Morris CollegeSumterPrivate nonprofit 4-year383Claim page
Newberry CollegeNewberryPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,479Claim page
North Greenville UniversityTigervillePrivate nonprofit 4-year1,819Claim page
Northeastern Technical CollegeCherawPublic 2-year921Claim page
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical CollegeOrangeburgPublic 2-year1,539Claim page
Piedmont Technical CollegeGreenwoodPublic 2-year3,977Claim page
Presbyterian CollegeClintonPrivate nonprofit 4-year852Claim page
Sherman College of ChiropracticSpartanburgPrivate nonprofit 4-yearClaim page
South Carolina State UniversityOrangeburgPublic 4-year2,934Claim page
South University-ColumbiaColumbiaPrivate for-profit 4-year450Claim page
Southeastern College-CharlestonNorth CharlestonPrivate for-profit 2-year225Claim page
Southeastern College-ColumbiaColumbiaPrivate for-profit 2-year267Claim page
Southern Wesleyan UniversityCentralPrivate nonprofit 4-year747Claim page
Spartanburg Community CollegeSpartanburgPublic 2-year5,006Claim page
Spartanburg Methodist CollegeSpartanburgPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,116Claim page
Strayer University-South CarolinaGreenvillePrivate for-profit 4-year1,868Claim page
Technical College of the LowcountryBeaufortPublic 2-year1,679Claim page
Tri-County Technical CollegePendletonPublic 2-year5,071Claim page
Trident Technical CollegeCharlestonPublic 2-year10,512Claim page
University of South Carolina AikenAikenPublic 4-year2,962Claim page
University of South Carolina BeaufortBlufftonPublic 4-year2,052Claim page
University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbiaPublic 4-year29,820Claim page
University of South Carolina-LancasterLancasterPublic 2-year668Claim page
University of South Carolina-SalkehatchieAllendalePublic 2-year271Claim page
University of South Carolina-SumterSumterPublic 2-year716Claim page
University of South Carolina-UnionUnionPublic 2-year270Claim page
University of South Carolina-UpstateSpartanburgPublic 4-year4,038Claim page
Voorhees UniversityDenmarkPrivate nonprofit 4-year440Claim page
Williamsburg Technical CollegeKingstreePublic 2-year448Claim page
Winthrop UniversityRock HillPublic 4-year3,523Claim page
Wofford CollegeSpartanburgPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,816Claim page
York Technical CollegeRock HillPublic 2-year3,816Claim page

College career fairs and employer events in South Carolina

Career fairs and employer events at colleges, plus hiring and business events nearby.

Higher education conferences in South Carolina

Conferences for college and university staff held in South Carolina: admissions, student affairs, advancement, institutional leadership. 2 with dates announced.

  • Charleston Conference

    Nov 2 to Nov 6, 2026 · Charleston, SC

    Ticket $75 to $850. In person: $695 regular to Oct 23, $850 late/on-site; virtual $450; student/retiree $110 in person.

    Open call for speakers · deadline Jun 30, 2026

  • SCSBA Annual Convention

    Feb 18 to Feb 21, 2027 · Myrtle Beach, SC

    Ticket $375 to $400. $375 registration, +$25 after Jan 18

All conferences

Work in career services or alumni relations at a South Carolina college?

Claim your college’s page and set up a free workspace for alumni and students. Use a work email at your institution’s domain.

See how a college claims its page

Sources: college directory from IPEDS (U.S. Department of Education), 2-year and 4-year public, private nonprofit and for-profit institutions; unemployment from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. South Carolina unemployment benefits.

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