SC State Rank: #35

South Carolina Campus Safety

87 colleges and universities in South Carolina. Average safety score: 2.29 incidents per 1,000 students. Ranked by Clery Act on-campus incident rate.

South Carolina reports Clery Act campus safety data across 87 higher education institutions distributed across 53 cities , serving approximately 252,587 enrolled students combined. The statewide average safety score stands at 2.29 on-campus incidents per 1,000 enrolled students, placing South Carolina at national rank #35 among US states for campus safety outcomes. The median institution in South Carolina reports 0.00 incidents per 1,000 students, while 47 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents during the survey window.

Aiken Technical College in Graniteville leads South Carolina with the lowest reported incident rate (0.00 per 1,000 students). The largest institution by enrollment is University of South Carolina-Columbia with 36,579 students and a safety score of 2.02. Raw incident counts across institutions in this state must be interpreted alongside enrollment size — a large urban research university and a small rural liberal arts college produce very different absolute numbers for identical underlying risk.

Every institution listed below participates in federal financial aid programs and is therefore legally required under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act to publish annual on-campus crime statistics. The data is collected by the US Department of Education via the OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey. Rankings shown on this page reflect incident rates per 1,000 enrolled students, so smaller schools with a handful of reports can score worse than large universities with dozens of reports. Use the table below to compare campuses with similar enrollment profiles before drawing conclusions about relative safety.

State Rank Institution City Enrollment Safety Score
1 Aiken Technical College Graniteville 2,218 0.00
2 Allen University Columbia 677 0.00
3 Technical College of the Lowcountry Beaufort 2,349 0.00
4 Southern Wesleyan University CENTRAL 1,188 0.00
5 Northeastern Technical College CHERAW 1,477 0.00
6 Columbia International University COLUMBIA 2,631 0.00
7 Florence-Darlington Technical College Florence 3,521 0.00
8 Horry-Georgetown Technical College CONWAY 7,353 0.00
9 Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College ORANGEBURG 2,146 0.00
10 University of South Carolina-Lancaster LANCASTER 2,328 0.00
11 University of South Carolina-Salkehatchie ALLENDALE 809 0.00
12 University of South Carolina-Union UNION 1,392 0.00
13 Spartanburg Community College SPARTANBURG 6,330 0.00
14 Central Carolina Technical College Sumter 3,004 0.00
15 Voorhees University DENMARK 515 0.00
16 Williamsburg Technical College KINGSTREE 629 0.00
17 York Technical College ROCK HILL 4,731 0.00
18 South University-Columbia COLUMBIA 509 0.00
19 Strayer University-South Carolina Greenville 2,061 0.00
20 Fortis College-Columbia Columbia 513 0.00
21 Arclabs Piedmont 643 0.00
22 Galen Health Institutes-Myrtle Beach Myrtle Beach 629 0.00
23 Greenville Technical College Greenville 10,661 0.19
24 Piedmont Technical College GREENWOOD 4,999 0.20
25 Midlands Technical College West Columbia 8,978 0.22
26 Trident Technical College North Charleston 14,025 0.29
27 Tri-County Technical College PENDLETON 5,780 0.35
28 University of South Carolina-Sumter SUMTER 1,692 0.59
29 Lander University Greenwood 4,363 0.69
30 Bob Jones University Greenville 2,893 0.69
31 University of South Carolina Aiken AIKEN 3,855 0.78
32 Erskine College DUE WEST 984 1.02
33 Columbia College COLUMBIA 1,572 1.27
34 Clemson University Clemson 28,747 1.39
35 Charleston School of Law Charleston 675 1.48
36 Coastal Carolina University CONWAY 10,829 1.66
37 North Greenville University TIGERVILLE 2,219 1.80
38 University of South Carolina-Columbia COLUMBIA 36,579 2.02
39 Anderson University ANDERSON 4,325 2.08
40 College of Charleston Charleston 11,729 2.13
41 Citadel Military College of South Carolina CHARLESTON 3,727 2.15
42 University of South Carolina-Upstate Spartanburg 4,946 2.22
43 Limestone University Gaffney 1,782 2.24
44 Benedict College Columbia 1,731 2.31
45 Francis Marion University FLORENCE 4,017 2.99
46 Coker University HARTSVILLE 1,263 3.17
47 University of South Carolina Beaufort Bluffton 2,121 3.30
48 Charleston Southern University NORTH CHARLESTON 3,545 4.23
49 Converse University SPARTANBURG 1,341 4.47
50 Winthrop University Rock Hill 4,694 5.54
51 Wofford College SPARTANBURG 1,873 5.87
52 Newberry College NEWBERRY 1,507 5.97
53 Claflin University Orangeburg 1,835 7.08
54 South Carolina State University Orangeburg 3,041 7.56
55 Denmark Technical College DENMARK 646 7.74
56 Medical University of South Carolina CHARLESTON 3,117 10.27
57 Presbyterian College CLINTON 1,136 10.56
58 Furman University GREENVILLE 2,505 11.58
59 Spartanburg Methodist College SPARTANBURG 1,029 18.46
— Academy for Careers and Technology Mullins 45 0.00
— Academy of Hair Technology GREENVILLE 95 0.00
— American College of the Building Arts Charleston 140 0.00
— Barber Tech Academy Orangeburg 67 0.00
— Charleston Cosmetology Institute Charleston 89 0.00
— Clinton College ROCK HILL 106 28.30
— Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology and Nails-Columbia COLUMBIA 124 8.06
— Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Columbia Columbia 74 0.00
— Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Florence Florence 178 0.00
— Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Goose Creek Goose Creek 128 0.00
— Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Greenville Greenville 133 0.00
— Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-North Augusta North Augusta 125 0.00
— Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Rock Hill ROCK HILL 172 0.00
— Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Spartanburg Spartanburg 132 0.00
— LeGrand Institute of Cosmetology Inc CAMDEN 30 0.00
— Miller-Motte College-Charleston NORTH CHARLESTON 124 0.00
— Miller-Motte College-Conway Conway 164 0.00
— Morris College SUMTER 421 26.13
— Paul Mitchell the School-Columbia West Columbia 300 0.00
— Paul Mitchell the School-Greenville Greenville 147 0.00
— Personal Touch Beauty and Barber College Kingstree 12 0.00
— Sherman College of Chiropractic Boiling Springs 381 0.00
— Southeastern College-Charleston NORTH CHARLESTON 232 0.00
— Southeastern College-Columbia Columbia 249 0.00
— Southeastern Esthetics Institute Elgin 318 0.00
— Strand College of Hair Design MYRTLE BEACH 103 0.00
— Top of the Line Barber College Charleston 60 0.00
— Vski Cosmetology School Charleston 24 0.00

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