University of South Carolina - Lancaster Overview

Located in Lancaster, South Carolina, University of South Carolina - Lancaster is a public institution. The location of USC Lancaster is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

What Is University of South Carolina - Lancaster Known For?

• The 5% student loan default rate at USC Lancaster is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The associate's degree is the highest award offered at USC Lancaster.
• In <nil>, 62% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is University of South Carolina - Lancaster?

Contact details for USC Lancaster are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	476 Hubbard Drive, Lancaster, SC 29720-0889
Phone:	803-313-7000
Website:	www.sc.edu

How Do I Get Into USC Lancaster?

You can apply to USC Lancaster online at: www.sc.edu/about/system_and_campuses/lancaster/apply/index.php

Admission Requirements for USC Lancaster

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into USC Lancaster?

With an acceptance rate of 88%, USC Lancaster is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 90%, and the acceptance rate for women is 86%.

Can I Afford University of South Carolina - Lancaster?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At USC Lancaster, approximately 36% of students took out student loans averaging $5,225 a year. That adds up to $20,900 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at USC Lancaster is 4.5%. 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.

University of South Carolina - Lancaster Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,809 undergraduate students at USC Lancaster, with 704 being full-time and 1,105 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 704 full-time undergraduates at USC Lancaster, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	10
Black or African American	108
Hispanic or Latino	50
White	479
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	50

Online Learning at University of South Carolina - Lancaster

In 2020-2021, 974 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of USC Lancaster

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of South Carolina - Lancaster was 41.9%. This is the #620 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at USC Lancaster 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.