USC Upstate Description:
Admissions Data (2011):
- Percent of Applicants Admitted: 59%
- What Are Your Chances? (from Cappex.com)
- Test Scores -- 25th / 75th Percentile
- SAT Critical Reading: 430 / 520
- SAT Math: 450 / 530
- SAT Writing: 420 / 510
- ACT Composite: 18 / 22
- ACT English: 17 / 22
- ACT Math: 17 / 23
Enrollment (2010):
- Total Enrollment: 5,492 (5,439 undergraduates)
- Gender Breakdown: 36% Male / 64% Female
- 78% Full-time
Costs (2010 - 11):
- Tuition and Fees: $9,242 (in-state); $18,314 (out-of-state)
- Books: $1,300 (why so much?)
- Room and Board: $6,837
- Other Expenses: $3,032
- Total Cost: $20,411 (in-state); $29,483 (out-of-state)
USC Upstate Financial Aid (2008 - 09):
- Percentage of New Students Receiving Aid: 95%
- USC Upstate Scholarships (Cappex.com)
- Percentage of New Students Receiving Types of Aid
- Grants: 91%
- Loans: 59%
- Average Amount of Aid
- Grants: $6,724
- Loans: $6,196
Most Popular Majors:
Transfer, Graduation and Retention Rates:
- First Year Student Retention (full-time students): 65%
- Transfer Out Rate: 29%
- 4-Year Graduation Rate: 20%
- 6-Year Graduation Rate: 40%
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"University of South Carolina Upstate aims to become one of the Southeast's leading "metropolitan" universities … a university that acknowledges as its fundamental reason for being its relationship to expanding populations along the I-85 corridor. It aims to be recognized nationally among its peer metropolitan institutions for its excellence in education and commitment to its students, for its involvement in the Upstate, and for the clarity and integrity of its metropolitan mission.
As a senior public institution of the University of South Carolina with a comprehensive residential campus in Spartanburg and commuting and degree completion operations at the University Center of Greenville, the University's primary responsibilities are to offer baccalaureate education to the citizens of the Upstate of South Carolina and to offer selected master's degrees in response to regional demand.
USC Upstate strives to prepare its students to participate as responsible citizens in a diverse, global and knowledge-based society, to pursue excellence in their chosen careers and to continue learning throughout life. Curricula and services are designed for the University's students, four to seven thousand in headcount, who are diverse in background, age, race, ethnicity, educational experience and academic goals. Students are drawn in large proportion from the Upstate where many choose to remain for their careers. A broad range of major curricula are provided in arts and sciences and in professional fields of study required by the regional economy, including business, education, and nursing. Through on-site instruction, distance learning, continuing education and inter-institutional articulation agreements, both traditional students and working professionals are served across the region."
