South Carolina College Costs: Net Price at Every School
Average net price is what full-time first-time undergraduates actually paid after grant and scholarship aid (2022-23 IPEDS Student Financial Aid data, retrieved 2026-08-13). Published tuition is the 2023-24 sticker price. Sorted by average net price, lowest first. Schools that did not report net price are listed at the end.
South Carolina has 66 degree-granting, Title IV institutions in the current federal dataset: 33 public, 24 private nonprofit, and 9 private for-profit (41 four-year and 25 two-year).
Across the 38 four-year institutions that reported net price, the average was $19,412 and the median $20,336. Across the 24 two-year institutions that reported, the average was $13,335 and the median $7,833. (IPEDS SFA 2022-23, retrieved 2026-08-13.)
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| School | City | Type | Avg net price | Published tuition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florence-Darlington Technical College | Florence | public | $1,598 | $4,900 |
| Miller-Motte College-Charleston | Charleston | private for-profit | $2,313 | Not reported |
| Horry-Georgetown Technical College | Conway | public | $5,406 | $5,476 |
| Midlands Technical College | West Columbia | public | $5,433 | $5,916 |
| Central Carolina Technical College | Sumter | public | $5,519 | $6,594 |
| Aiken Technical College | Graniteville | public | $5,848 | $5,404 |
| Greenville Technical College | Greenville | public | $6,267 | $6,235 |
| York Technical College | Rock Hill | public | $6,489 | $5,882 |
| Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College | Orangeburg | public | $6,609 | $5,954 |
| Williamsburg Technical College | Kingstree | public | $7,321 | $4,800 |
| Spartanburg Community College | Spartanburg | public | $7,330 | $6,198 |
| Technical College of the Lowcountry | Beaufort | public | $7,723 | $6,100 |
| Tri-County Technical College | Pendleton | public | $7,726 | $6,008 |
| Northeastern Technical College | Cheraw | public | $7,833 | $6,024 |
| University of South Carolina-Sumter | Sumter | public | $10,143 | $7,558 |
| University of South Carolina-Lancaster | Lancaster | public | $10,510 | $7,558 |
| Allen University | Columbia | private nonprofit | $11,058 | $14,304 |
| Piedmont Technical College | Greenwood | public | $11,126 | $5,675 |
| Francis Marion University | Florence | public | $11,231 | $11,160 |
| University of South Carolina Aiken | Aiken | public | $11,697 | $10,760 |
| University of South Carolina-Union | Union | public | $11,734 | $7,558 |
| University of South Carolina-Salkehatchie | Allendale | public | $13,201 | $7,558 |
| Clinton College | Rock Hill | private nonprofit | $13,418 | $10,516 |
| University of South Carolina-Upstate | Spartanburg | public | $13,794 | $11,583 |
| Coastal Carolina University | Conway | public | $14,453 | $11,640 |
| Lander University | Greenwood | public | $14,657 | $11,700 |
| Voorhees University | Denmark | private nonprofit | $15,747 | $12,630 |
| University of South Carolina Beaufort | Bluffton | public | $15,781 | $10,730 |
| Spartanburg Methodist College | Spartanburg | private nonprofit | $16,556 | $19,350 |
| Winthrop University | Rock Hill | public | $16,838 | $15,956 |
| South Carolina State University | Orangeburg | public | $17,928 | $11,060 |
| Benedict College | Columbia | private nonprofit | $18,146 | $18,000 |
| Coker University | Hartsville | private nonprofit | $18,910 | $31,854 |
| Converse University | Spartanburg | private nonprofit | $19,438 | $23,096 |
| Bob Jones University | Greenville | private nonprofit | $19,773 | $23,400 |
| Presbyterian College | Clinton | private nonprofit | $20,058 | $43,300 |
| North Greenville University | Tigerville | private nonprofit | $20,264 | $24,650 |
| Southern Wesleyan University | Central | private nonprofit | $20,336 | $27,870 |
| Morris College | Sumter | private nonprofit | $20,397 | $16,224 |
| Denmark Technical College | Denmark | public | $20,583 | $6,301 |
| College of Charleston | Charleston | public | $20,806 | $12,978 |
| Newberry College | Newberry | private nonprofit | $20,941 | $30,050 |
| Citadel Military College of South Carolina | Charleston | public | $21,041 | $12,570 |
| Limestone University | Gaffney | private nonprofit | $21,177 | $27,500 |
| Claflin University | Orangeburg | private nonprofit | $21,232 | $17,046 |
| Columbia International University | Columbia | private nonprofit | $21,320 | $27,900 |
| Charleston Southern University | Charleston | private nonprofit | $21,347 | $31,030 |
| Miller-Motte College-Conway | Conway | private for-profit | $21,736 | Not reported |
| Erskine College | Due West | private nonprofit | $21,982 | $36,710 |
| South University-Columbia | Columbia | private for-profit | $22,112 | $18,238 |
| Strayer University-South Carolina | Greenville | private for-profit | $22,134 | $13,920 |
| Anderson University | Anderson | private nonprofit | $22,222 | $33,580 |
| Columbia College | Columbia | private nonprofit | $23,920 | $21,450 |
| Clemson University | Clemson | public | $24,408 | $15,554 |
| University of South Carolina-Columbia | Columbia | public | $26,068 | $12,688 |
| American College of the Building Arts | Charleston | private nonprofit | $26,246 | $20,572 |
| Fortis College-Columbia | Columbia | private for-profit | $27,031 | $14,576 |
| Wofford College | Spartanburg | private nonprofit | $31,061 | $54,100 |
| Furman University | Greenville | private nonprofit | $32,901 | $58,312 |
| Southeastern College-Charleston | North Charleston | private for-profit | $36,804 | $24,184 |
| Southeastern College-Columbia | Columbia | private for-profit | $38,059 | $24,184 |
| Galen Health Institutes-Myrtle Beach | Myrtle Beach | private for-profit | $41,961 | $15,860 |
| Charleston School of Law | Charleston | private for-profit | Not reported | Not reported |
| Medical University of South Carolina | Charleston | public | Not reported | Not reported |
| Sherman College of Chiropractic | Boiling Springs | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
| Trident Technical College | Charleston | public | Not reported | $5,059 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education IPEDS. Net price 2022-23, published charges 2023-24. Retrieved 2026-08-13. See methodology.