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South Carolina Liberal Arts Colleges

There are 18 liberalarts colleges located throughout South Carolina (4 public colleges and 14 private colleges), serving 43,835 students.

South Carolina Liberal Arts College by County:

Town
College
# Students
  Aiken
3,211
  Anderson
Anderson University
(Private not-for-profit)
2,922
  Clinton
Presbyterian College
(Private not-for-profit)
1,403
  Columbia
Allen University
(Private not-for-profit)
671
  Columbia
Benedict College
(Private not-for-profit)
2,950
  Columbia
Columbia College (columbia - 29203)
(Private not-for-profit)
1,263
  Conway
9,335
  Denmark
Voorhees College
(Private not-for-profit)
647
  Due West
Erskine College
(Private not-for-profit)
757
  Gaffney
Limestone College
(Private not-for-profit)
3,149
  Greenville
Furman University
(Private not-for-profit)
2,944
  Hartsville
Coker College
(Private not-for-profit)
1,140
  Newberry
Newberry College
(Private not-for-profit)
1,042
  Orangeburg
1,954
  Spartanburg
Wofford College
(Private not-for-profit)
1,565
  Spartanburg
5,554
  Sumter
Morris College
(Private not-for-profit)
900
  Tigerville
North Greenville University
(Private not-for-profit)
2,428

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