Campuses
The University of South Carolina system currently consists of eight campuses with a flagship campus at Columbia. The campuses in Aiken, Beaufort and Spartanburg offer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. The four regional campuses offer associate's degree as well as providing a straightforward process to transfer to one of the senior campuses.
Three of the campuses have branches in nearby locales. USC Beaufort has a branch in Bluffton, USC Union has a branch in Laurens and USC Salkehatchie has its main campus in Allendale with a branch in Walterboro.
| Campus | Type | Founded | Enrollment (Fall 2012) |
Expenditures (2008) |
Athletics Nickname |
Athletic Category |
Athletic Conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USC Columbia | Flagship | 1801 | 30,967 | 753,674,977 | Gamecocks | NCAA Division I | SEC |
| USC Aiken | Senior | 1961 | 3,067 | 50,917,985 | Pacers | NCAA Division II | Peach Belt (PBC) |
| USC Beaufort | Senior | 1959 | 1,793 | 17,164,948 | Sand Sharks | NAIA | NAIA Independent |
| USC Lancaster | Regional | 1959 | 1,442 | 12,806,434 | Lancers | NJCAA | |
| USC Salkehatchie | Regional | 1965 | 1,141 | 8,078,952 | Indians | NJCAA | |
| USC Sumter | Regional | 1966 | 865 | 12,792,151 | Fire Ants | NJCAA | |
| USC Union | Regional | 1965 | 481 | 3,771,112 | Bantams (no intercollegiate athletics) |
N/A | N/A |
| USC Upstate | Senior | 1967 | 5,495 | 71,560,964 | Spartans | NCAA Division I | Atlantic Sun (A-Sun) |
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