Federal enrolment data · Fall 2023 · South Carolina
Online colleges in South Carolina
Across the 59 South Carolina colleges the federal government holds distance-education figures for, 48,217 students (20%) were enrolled entirely at a distance in Fall 2023, and 57% took at least one distance course. 21 of those colleges enrol at least a quarter of their students that way; they are listed below, largest online intake first.
Colleges with federal figures
59
In South Carolina
Students studying entirely online
48,217
20% of the 238,824 enrolled at those colleges
Took at least one distance course
57%
Fully online plus part-distance study
Colleges on the list below
21
At least 25% of students studying entirely online AND at least 50 of them. CampusPin thresholds, not federal categories.
Why your state still matters for online study
Distance study has no postcode, but the price and the paperwork do. Most public institutions charge residents less than non-residents, including for online courses at many of them, and states authorise which out-of-state institutions may enrol their residents at all. Starting from the colleges in South Carolina is therefore usually starting from the cheaper and simpler end, which is the only sense in which an online college is “in” a state.
South Carolina colleges where students actually study online
Every South Carolina college where at least 25% of students were enrolled entirely at a distance and at least 50students did so, ordered by how many. Share alone would let a twenty-student campus open the list ahead of a community college teaching thousands at a distance. It is a measurement of enrolment, not a ranking, and nobody paid to be on it.
6,345 of 14,025 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 3,193 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,564 in-state / $8,606 out-of-state.
3,380 of 10,661 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 3,361 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,639 in-state / $10,657 out-of-state.
2,992 of 8,978 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 3,244 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,788 in-state / $13,812 out-of-state.
2,255 of 4,999 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,515 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,775 in-state / $6,923 out-of-state.
1,921 of 7,353 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,933 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,468 in-state / $8,836 out-of-state.
1,809 of 2,631 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 558 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $27,900 in-state.
1,707 of 6,330 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,739 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,046 in-state / $10,110 out-of-state.
1,476 of 4,731 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,844 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,512 in-state / $10,824 out-of-state.
1,297 of 3,855 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,370 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $10,760 in-state / $21,218 out-of-state.
1,266 of 3,521 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,195 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,636 in-state / $6,772 out-of-state.
1,261 of 2,146 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 713 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,970 in-state / $7,970 out-of-state.
1,188 of 3,004 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 883 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,715 in-state / $9,016 out-of-state.
1,051 of 2,349 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 710 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,500 in-state / $11,044 out-of-state.
999 of 1,477 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 190 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,664 in-state / $6,024 out-of-state.
841 of 2,218 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 767 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,044 in-state / $6,916 out-of-state.
643 of 1,782 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,047 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $27,500 in-state.
587 of 1,263 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 396 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $31,854 in-state.
450 of 1,188 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 279 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $27,870 in-state.
269 of 509 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 45 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $18,238 in-state.
146 of 515 students enrolled entirely at a distance · private · published tuition $12,630 in-state.
94 of 106 students enrolled entirely at a distance · private · published tuition $10,516 in-state.
Tuition shown is the published institution-wide rate, not the price of an online programme. Many colleges price online study on a separate schedule, and some charge a single rate regardless of where the student lives, so treat them as headline figures for the institution and confirm the online rate with the institution.
What this list is not
- It is not the complete set of your options. It counts students, not programmes. A college below the threshold may run an excellent online degree that few students happened to take exclusively that term, and residents of South Carolina can enrol with institutions anywhere.
- It is not a ranking. A high share describes how an institution enrols, not how good it is. Some of the largest shares belong to institutions worth reading carefully before applying, which is why every row links to the full profile with cost, debt and graduation figures.
- It is one term. These are Fall 2023 enrolments, on the federal reporting cycle.
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Source & methodology
Enrolment figures are from the U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS Fall Enrollment (distance education status), Fall 2023. Published tuition and control are from CampusPin's committed institution snapshot. Federal data is public domain; credit the U.S. Department of Education.
Distance-education figures count STUDENTS enrolled in Fall 2023, not programs on offer. "Exclusively at a distance" means a student took only distance courses that term. A college with few or no such students may still run online courses or an online degree, so a low figure is not evidence that online study is unavailable, and a high one is not a judgement of quality either way.
Suggested citation
CampusPin. (2026). Online study at South Carolina colleges. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/online-colleges-in/south-carolina
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