Facts and Stats
Enrollment
Fall 2011 Credit Enrollment: 98,318
Fall 2011 FTE Enrollment: 64,221
2010-11 Annualized Credit Enrollment: 135,963
2010-2011 Annualized FTE Enrollment: 74,985
52% of all undergraduates in SC public higher education during the Fall 2011 semester were enrolled at one of the colleges within the SC Technical College System.
59% of all SC residents enrolling as undergraduates at one of SC’s public colleges/universities during the Fall 2011 semester attended one of the colleges within the SC Technical College System.
96% of all students enrolled at one of the colleges within the SC Technical College System for the Fall 2011 semester were residents of SC.
In the Fall 2011 semester, students enrolled in credit programs at one of the colleges within the SC Technical College System were:
- 39% minority
- 63% female
- 51% age 18-24
- 43% age 25 and older
In terms of undergraduate headcount enrollment, three of the state’s five largest public colleges and universities in Fall 2011 were technical colleges.
Graduates
2010-11 Total Awards: 16,338
32% of the graduates from the colleges within the SC Technical College System were in the Health Sciences, an area of critical workforce shortage for the state.
