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University of South Carolina - Upstate was awarded 10 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is education.
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USC Upstate landed the #992 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when USC Upstate held the #1,330 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
USC Upstate is also ranked #10 out of 45 schools in South Carolina.
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When it comes to admittance, University of South Carolina - Upstate is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 79%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
About 16% of students accepted to USC Upstate submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 590. Math scores were between 460 and 560.
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With a student to faculty ratio of 15 to 1, University of South Carolina - Upstate is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of South Carolina - Upstate is 57%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at University of South Carolina - Upstate is 64%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
When it comes to finishing their studies on time, those seeking a bachelor's degree from USC Upstate have a four-year graduation rate of 30%. This is comparable to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,519 undergraduates at USC Upstate with 4,374 being full-time and 1,145 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,577 | $11,483 | $14,900 | $19,180 | $19,939 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of USC Upstate, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At USC Upstate, approximately 61% of students took out student loans averaging $6,430 a year. That adds up to $25,720 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for USC Upstate are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 800 University Way, Spartanburg, SC 29303-4999 |
| Phone: | 864-503-5000 |
| Website: | www.uscupstate.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 315 | $75,849 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 290 | $40,081 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 103 | $34,447 |
| General Psychology | 81 | $29,720 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 69 | $36,241 |
| Business Administration & Management | 58 | $40,775 |
| Physiology & Pathology Sciences | 55 | $28,616 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 55 | $34,456 |
| Computer Information Systems | 44 | $49,999 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 35 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 4,179 students took at least one online class at University of South Carolina - Upstate. This is a decrease from the 4,604 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 4,179 | 1,184 |
| 2021-2022 | 4,604 | 1,361 |
| 2020-2021 | 5,615 | 4,506 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,752 | 596 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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