The University of South Carolina is a public university in SC, founded in 1801, and offers Associate’s and Bachelor’s degrees for undergraduates and Master’s and Doctoral degrees for graduate students. The undergraduate enrollment is 27,270, and the graduate enrollment is 8,198. The University of South Carolina is a moderately selective school, receiving 31,268 applications and accepting 68.6% of applicants. Its athletics teams compete at the varsity level, and the university employs 1,555 full-time instructional staff (90% of whom hold doctorate degrees) with a 17:1 student-to-faculty ratio.
