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Colleges with the smallest classes in South Carolina

34 colleges ranked by student–faculty ratio

These 34 smallest-class colleges in South Carolina, ranked by student–faculty ratio, run from 8:1 at American College of the Building Arts to 19:1 at South Carolina State University. 13 are public and 21 are private.

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1American College of the Building Arts
Charleston, SC
Private8:114062%
2Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Public8:1281
3Furman University
Greenville, SC
Private9:12,32253%
4Clinton College
Rock Hill, SC
Private10:194
5Morris College
Sumter, SC
Private10:1421
6Voorhees University
Denmark, SC
Private10:1460
7Citadel Military College of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Public11:12,62498%
8Columbia College
Columbia, SC
Private11:11,24596%
9Limestone University
Gaffney, SC
Private11:11,52898%
10Presbyterian College
Clinton, SC
Private11:186272%
11Coker University
Hartsville, SC
Private12:180797%
12Converse University
Spartanburg, SC
Private12:184564%
13Francis Marion University
Florence, SC
Public12:12,64082%
14Southern Wesleyan University
Central, SC
Private12:1771100%
15Winthrop University
Rock Hill, SC
Public12:13,42475%
16Wofford College
Spartanburg, SC
Private12:11,87359%
17Bob Jones University
Greenville, SC
Private13:12,209
18Charleston Southern University
Charleston, SC
Private13:12,71676%
19Claflin University
Orangeburg, SC
Private13:11,72773%
20North Greenville University
Tigerville, SC
Private13:11,71963%
21Benedict College
Columbia, SC
Private14:11,57367%
22Newberry College
Newberry, SC
Private14:11,46275%
23University of South Carolina Beaufort
Bluffton, SC
Public14:11,95869%
24Anderson University
Anderson, SC
Private15:13,08053%
25Erskine College
Due West, SC
Private15:182161%
26University of South Carolina Aiken
Aiken, SC
Public15:12,80580%
27University of South Carolina-Upstate
Spartanburg, SC
Public15:14,00870%
28Allen University
Columbia, SC
Private16:163532%
29Clemson University
Clemson, SC
Public16:122,77838%
30Coastal Carolina University
Conway, SC
Public16:19,90980%
31College of Charleston
Charleston, SC
Public16:110,36672%
32Lander University
Greenwood, SC
Public17:13,38468%
33University of South Carolina-Columbia
Columbia, SC
Public18:128,11361%
34South Carolina State University
Orangeburg, SC
Public19:12,75782%

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