University of South Carolina - Lancaster
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients here graduate at a 3.4-point higher rate than non-Pell students, unusual and worth a closer look.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 9 Title IV programs, 2 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 7 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing2 · 22.2%
- No Data7 · 77.8%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 342 students received $1.9M in Pell grants, alongside $1.8M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 311 borrowers who entered repayment, 14 (4.5%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at SC
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 3
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- Public property1
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
SC vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions SC selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectUniversity of South Carolina-Lancaster | 25% | — | 2,687 | $9,801 | Community College |
| — | 74.1% | 1,845 | $7,712 | Community College | |
| — | 62.2% | 1,402 | $8,065 | Community College | |
| — | — | 2,905 | $2,253 | Community College | |
| — | — | 2,962 | $4,343 | Community College | |
| — | — | 2,723 | $5,756 | Community College | |
| Peer group median | 25% | 68.1% | 2,705 | $6,734 |
Institutions like SC
Explore the federal data for institutions in SC's comparison group.
- Community CollegeSouth Carolina
University of South Carolina-Sumter
Grad rate—Admit rate74.1%Enrollment1,845Net price$7,712View data - Community CollegeSouth Carolina
University of South Carolina-Union
Grad rate—Admit rate62.2%Enrollment1,402Net price$8,065View data - Community CollegeNorth Carolina
College of the Albemarle
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment2,905Net price$2,253View data - Community CollegeVirginia
Rappahannock Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment2,962Net price$4,343View data - Community CollegeNorth Carolina
Blue Ridge Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment2,723Net price$5,756View data
SC Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The page provides information about the Office of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Analytics at the University of South Carolina. It includes links to resources like the USC Data Dashboards, Common Data Set, and Fact Books. Tools such as the Table Generator and Assessment Warehouse are mentioned for generating and accessing institutional data.
Visit IR office page- Alexis McCoyAccreditation Coordinator
- Scott SmithDirector of Information Resources
- Donald MilesOIRAA Executive Director and SACSCOC Liaison
Common Data Set
SC's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Source publications
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