Academic Life at University of South Carolina-Upstate

All About Academics

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at University of South Carolina-Upstate: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

Each topic below links to a dedicated page with the full detail:

• Faculty Resources
• Most Popular Majors
• Additional Questions to Ask
• Continue Your Research

Faculty and Teaching

With 15 students per faculty member, University of South Carolina-Upstate is about average, as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. With 57% of instructors full time, University of South Carolina-Upstate is above the national average of 47%.

For a deeper look at tenure, adjuncts and faculty composition, visit the faculty composition page.

Most Popular Majors

University of South Carolina-Upstate offers 40 majors with reported completions across 21 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at University of South Carolina-Upstate are summarised below:

Ranked by number of graduates, these are the most popular majors at University of South Carolina-Upstate.

For the complete list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers, see the academic majors report.

Questions Worth Asking

As you weigh academic life at University of South Carolina-Upstate, a few more questions are worth asking:

• Need flexibility? Check whether University of South Carolina-Upstate offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 3,779 undergraduates study at least partly online. See distance learning options.
• Interested in outcomes? Look at how well University of South Carolina-Upstate retains and graduates its students — 70% of full-time freshmen return). See graduation and retention.
• Will a degree land you a job? Ask how many graduates were employed full time a year after finishing.

Dig Deeper into Academics at University of South Carolina-Upstate

Follow the links below for a deeper look at a specific part of academic life:

• Academic Majors at University of South Carolina-Upstate — the full list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers
• Faculty & Class Sizes at University of South Carolina-Upstate — how the teaching staff is structured
• Graduation & Retention at University of South Carolina-Upstate — graduation and first-year retention rates
• Online Learning at University of South Carolina-Upstate — distance-learning enrollment detail
• Accreditation Detail at University of South Carolina-Upstate — regional and program accreditation status