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Table 1.19: First-Time, Full-Time Degree-Seeking Undergraduate Cohort
Retained from Fall 2018 to Fall 2019

Graduated with
Enrolled Cohort (Cert./Dipl/Assoc) Fall 2019 Retained Retention
Fall 2018 Exclusions & Not Graduated Percentage 1
AY 2018-19
Research Institutions
Clemson 3,785 3,520 93.0%
USC Columbia 5,849 5,153 88.1%
Research Subtotal
9,634 0 0 8,673 90.0%
Comprehensive Teaching Institutions
The Citadel 703 590 83.9%
Coastal Carolina 2,313 1,573 68.0%
College of Charleston 2,197 1 1,781 81.1%
Francis Marion 726 500 68.9%
Lander 870 588 67.6%
SC State 475 323 68.0%
USC Aiken 542 347 64.0%
USC Beaufort 406 230 56.7%
USC Upstate 1,008 672 66.7%
Winthrop 990 691 69.8%
Comprehensive Subtotal
10,230 1 0 7,295 71.3%
Two-Year Regional Campuses of USC
USC Lancaster 315 154 48.9%
USC Salkehatchie 264 1 95 36.4%
USC Sumter 246 7 110 47.6%
USC Union 176 1 85 48.9%
Regional USC Subtotal
1,001 0 9 444 45.3%
Technical Colleges
Aiken 236 13 135 62.7%
Central Carolina 533 31 295 61.2%
Denmark 96 16 36 54.2%
Florence - Darlington 569 12 276 50.6%
Greenville 1,460 80 660 50.7%
Horry - Georgetown 1,010 73 460 52.8%
Midlands 1,563 39 636 43.2%
Northeastern 158 15 79 59.5%
Orangeburg - Calhoun 251 12 142 61.4%
Piedmont 597 28 318 58.0%
Spartanburg CC 682 15 400 60.9%
TC of The Lowcountry 192 2 91 48.4%
Tri-County 1,933 450 578 53.2%
Trident 1,397 79 719 57.1%
Williamsburg 51 2 25 52.9%
York 752 22 412 57.7%
Technical Subtotal
table continues to next page 11,480 0 889 5,262 53.6%

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