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Table 5.6: Fall 2018 to Fall 2019
First-Time Undergraduate Retention of LIFE Scholarship Recipients

Associate or Bachelor Degree-Seeking Students

Students Retained Students Retained Total Fall 2019 Retention Students Not Enrolled
With LIFE Scholarship in Fall 2019 Without LIFE Scholarship in Fall 2019 of Fall 2018 LIFE Scholarship Cohort Fall 2019
Fall 2018
First-Time
Undergraduate Enrolled at % of Fall Transferred All Students % of Fall Enrolled at % of Fall Transferred All Students % of Fall Enrolled at % of Fall Transferred Total Total % of
LIFE Scholarship Same 2018 Cohort to Different Retained 2018 Cohort Same 2018 Cohort to Different Retained 2018 Cohort Same 2018 Cohort to Different Retained Fall 2018 Number of % of Fall
Cohort Institution at Same Institution With LIFE Retaining Institution at Same Institution Without LIFE Not Retaining Institution at Same Institution Students Cohort Students 2018 Cohort
Fall 2019 Institution Fall 2019 Fall 2019 LIFE Fall 2019 Institution Fall 2019 Fall 2019 LIFE Fall 2019 Institution Fall 2019 Fall 2019 Retained
Research Institutions
Clemson 1,092 710 65.0% 14 724 66.3% 306 28.0% 28 334 30.6% 1,016 93.0% 42 1,058 96.9% 34 3.1%
USC Columbia 2,147 1,447 67.4% 56 1,503 70.0% 379 17.7% 98 477 22.2% 1,826 85.0% 154 1,980 92.2% 167 7.8%
Research Subtotal
3,239 2,157 66.6% 70 2,227 68.8% 685 21.1% 126 811 25.0% 2,842 87.7% 196 3,038 93.8% 201 6.2%
Comprehensive Teaching Institutions
The Citadel 207 112 54.1% 2 114 55.1% 70 33.8% 5 75 36.2% 182 87.9% 7 189 91.3% 18 8.7%
Coastal Carolina 483 283 58.6% 20 303 62.7% 89 18.4% 20 109 22.6% 372 77.0% 40 412 85.3% 71 14.7%
College of Charleston 805 451 56.0% 45 496 61.6% 194 24.1% 51 245 30.4% 645 80.1% 96 741 92.0% 64 8.0%
Francis Marion 356 178 50.0% 20 198 55.6% 92 25.8% 29 121 34.0% 270 75.8% 49 319 89.6% 37 10.4%
Lander 400 242 60.5% 9 251 62.8% 79 19.8% 27 106 26.5% 321 80.3% 36 357 89.3% 43 10.8%
SC State 77 37 48.1% 3 40 51.9% 29 37.7% 2 31 40.3% 66 85.7% 5 71 92.2% 6 7.8%
USC Aiken 254 131 51.6% 17 148 58.3% 51 20.1% 22 73 28.7% 182 71.7% 39 221 87.0% 33 13.0%
USC Beaufort 145 78 53.8% 11 89 61.4% 20 13.8% 14 34 23.4% 98 67.6% 25 123 84.8% 22 15.2%
USC Upstate 436 249 57.1% 23 272 62.4% 75 17.2% 35 110 25.2% 324 74.3% 58 382 87.6% 54 12.4%
Winthrop 503 271 53.9% 23 294 58.4% 95 18.9% 46 141 28.0% 366 72.8% 69 435 86.5% 68 13.5%
Comprehensive Subtotal
3,666 2,032 55.4% 173 2,205 60.1% 794 21.7% 251 1,045 28.5% 2,826 77.1% 424 3,250 88.7% 416 11.3%
Two-Year Regional Campuses of USC
USC Lancaster 259 80 30.9% 19 99 38.2% 59 22.8% 25 84 32.4% 139 53.7% 44 183 70.7% 76 29.3%
USC Salkehatchie 121 36 29.8% 18 54 44.6% 20 16.5% 11 31 25.6% 56 46.3% 29 85 70.2% 36 29.8%
USC Sumter 176 46 26.1% 17 63 35.8% 45 25.6% 20 65 36.9% 91 51.7% 37 128 72.7% 48 27.3%
USC Union 115 37 32.2% 19 56 48.7% 18 15.7% 21 39 33.9% 55 47.8% 40 95 82.6% 20 17.4%
Regional Subtotal
671 199 29.7% 73 272 40.5% 142 21.2% 77 219 32.6% 341 50.8% 150 491 73.2% 180 26.8%
Technical Colleges
Aiken Technical College 114 29 25.4% 5 34 29.8% 47 41.2% 4 51 44.7% 76 66.7% 9 85 74.6% 29 25.4%
Central Carolina Technical College 199 55 27.6% 7 62 31.2% 87 43.7% 5 92 46.2% 142 71.4% 12 154 77.4% 45 22.6%
Denmark Technical College 3 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 3 100.0% 0 3 100.0% 3 100.0% 0 3 100.0% 0 0.0%
Florence-Darlington Technical College 249 47 18.9% 7 54 21.7% 86 34.5% 22 108 43.4% 133 53.4% 29 162 65.1% 87 34.9%
Greenville Technical College 640 135 21.1% 19 154 24.1% 215 33.6% 46 261 40.8% 350 54.7% 65 415 64.8% 225 35.2%
Horry-Georgetown Technical College 485 115 23.7% 10 125 25.8% 171 35.3% 22 193 39.8% 286 59.0% 32 318 65.6% 167 34.4%
Midlands Technical College 727 112 15.4% 129 241 33.1% 180 24.8% 119 299 41.1% 292 40.2% 248 540 74.3% 187 25.7%
Northeastern Technical College 64 18 28.1% 3 21 32.8% 22 34.4% 1 23 35.9% 40 62.5% 4 44 68.8% 20 31.3%
Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College 131 44 33.6% 4 48 36.6% 48 36.6% 5 53 40.5% 92 70.2% 9 101 77.1% 30 22.9%
Piedmont Technical College 253 75 29.6% 4 79 31.2% 96 37.9% 13 109 43.1% 171 67.6% 17 188 74.3% 65 25.7%
Spartanburg Community College 339 123 36.3% 4 127 37.5% 98 28.9% 6 104 30.7% 221 65.2% 10 231 68.1% 108 31.9%
Technical College of The Lowcountry 49 4 8.2% 0 4 8.2% 22 44.9% 4 26 53.1% 26 53.1% 4 30 61.2% 19 38.8%
Tri-County Technical College 1,489 200 13.4% 466 666 44.7% 309 20.8% 238 547 36.7% 509 34.2% 704 1,213 81.5% 276 18.5%
Trident Technical College 805 161 20.0% 58 219 27.2% 304 37.8% 82 386 48.0% 465 57.8% 140 605 75.2% 200 24.8%
Williamsburg Technical College 8 3 37.5% 1 4 50.0% 0 0.0% 1 1 12.5% 3 37.5% 2 5 62.5% 3 37.5%
York Technical College 363 96 26.4% 32 128 35.3% 126 34.7% 10 136 37.5% 222 61.2% 42 264 72.7% 99 27.3%
Subtotal 5,918 1,217 20.6% 749 1,966 33.2% 1,814 30.7% 578 2,392 40.4% 3,031 51.2% 1,327 4,358 73.6% 1,560 26.4%
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