Spartanburg Methodist College Overview

Spartanburg Methodist College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. SMC is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is Spartanburg Methodist College Known For?

• The bachelor's degree is the highest award offered at SMC.
• In <nil>, 57% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Spartanburg Methodist College?

Contact details for SMC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1750 Powell Mill Road, Spartanburg, SC 29301-5899
Phone:	864-587-4000
Website:	www.smcsc.edu

How Do I Get Into SMC?

You can apply to SMC online at: https://www.smcsc.edu/apply-online/

Admission Requirements for SMC

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Required
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Considered but not required
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into SMC?

The acceptance rate at Spartanburg Methodist College is 80%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 79%, and the acceptance rate for women is 81%.

Can I Afford Spartanburg Methodist College?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At SMC, approximately 60% of students took out student loans averaging $4,763 a year. That adds up to $19,052 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SMC is 6.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Spartanburg Methodist College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,042 undergraduate students at SMC, with 1,008 being full-time and 34 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,008 full-time undergraduates at SMC, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Spartanburg Methodist College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	9
Black or African American	379
Hispanic or Latino	122
White	443
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	51

Over 6 countries are represented at SMC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Costa Rica, Ireland, and Brazil.

Online Learning at Spartanburg Methodist College

In 2020-2021, 812 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of SMC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Spartanburg Methodist College was 698.1%. This is the #122 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SMC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.