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Table 2.1: Ten-Year Trend in Degrees Awarded
Fiscal Years 2009-10 to 2018-19

All Degree Levels

% Change
2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2018-19 2018-19
over 2009-10 over 2017-18
Research Institutions
Clemson 4,560 4,518 4,732 5,087 5,210 5,564 5,702 6,047 6,571 6,731 47.6% 2.4%
USC Columbia 6,546 7,041 7,161 7,241 7,470 8,004 8,059 8,536 8,878 9,006 37.6% 1.4%
MUSC 835 797 793 877 929 937 1,022 1,051 1,007 1,007 20.6% 0.0%
Research Subtotal
11,941 12,356 12,686 13,205 13,609 14,505 14,783 15,634 16,456 16,744 40.2% 1.8%
Comprehensive Teaching Institutions
The Citadel 729 831 790 860 821 980 1,057 1,025 1,025 1,027 40.9% 0.2%
Coastal Carolina 1,381 1,499 1,580 1,709 1,785 1,902 1,853 2,095 2,143 2,211 60.1% 3.2%
College of Charleston 2,466 2,215 2,351 2,466 2,487 2,565 2,654 2,405 2,468 2,483 0.7% 0.6%
Francis Marion 606 623 636 668 655 667 697 726 660 682 12.5% 3.3%
Lander 481 446 469 495 583 494 461 482 527 553 15.0% 4.9%
SC State 740 723 742 714 738 631 577 471 415 466 -37.0% 12.3%
USC Aiken 512 505 537 552 536 501 522 507 558 574 12.1% 2.9%
USC Beaufort 188 219 261 278 244 265 298 349 322 355 88.8% 10.2%
USC Upstate 1,032 1,088 1,109 1,132 1,181 1,109 1,176 1,226 1,289 1,299 25.9% 0.8%
Winthrop 1,251 1,287 1,351 1,336 1,297 1,247 1,315 1,354 1,358 1,337 6.9% -1.5%
Comprehensive Subtotal
9,386 9,436 9,826 10,210 10,327 10,361 10,610 10,640 10,765 10,987 17.1% 2.1%
Two-Year Regional Campuses of USC
USC Lancaster 151 129 132 160 134 134 108 168 144 137 -9.3% -4.9%
USC Salkehatchie 121 146 147 172 211 222 150 157 189 164 35.5% -13.2%
USC Sumter 71 91 78 93 92 103 120 112 145 132 85.9% -9.0%
USC Union 47 49 69 72 53 50 50 62 63 91 93.6% 44.4%
Regional USC Subtotal
390 415 426 497 490 509 428 499 541 524 34.4% -3.1%
Technical Colleges
Aiken 533 740 687 678 703 479 498 460 455 450 -15.6% -1.1%
Central Carolina 702 647 859 673 612 653 661 614 661 672 -4.3% 1.7%
Denmark 223 197 351 499 366 307 147 160 150 127 -43.0% -15.3%
Florence - Darlington 758 817 845 856 856 981 959 840 813 769 1.5% -5.4%
Greenville 2,531 2,959 2,824 2,392 2,252 2,311 2,416 2,040 2,084 2,190 -13.5% 5.1%
Horry - Georgetown 1,140 1,482 1,478 1,628 1,582 1,674 1,573 1,551 1,442 1,514 32.8% 5.0%
Midlands 1,786 1,914 2,161 1,935 2,066 1,987 1,977 2,345 2,108 2,125 19.0% 0.8%
Northeastern 301 240 274 291 284 294 222 257 241 180 -40.2% -25.3%
Orangeburg - Calhoun 418 512 443 513 434 526 1,007 711 707 689 64.8% -2.5%
Piedmont 925 1,081 1,157 1,130 1,007 1,020 1,119 987 1,011 1,100 18.9% 8.8%
Spartanburg CC 624 767 809 779 857 755 840 731 751 660 5.8% -12.1%
TC of The Lowcountry 447 448 475 421 426 529 516 465 436 332 -25.7% -23.9%
Tri-County 884 1,060 1,311 1,142 1,663 1,199 1,273 1,912 2,026 2,252 154.8% 11.2%
Trident 1,905 2,251 2,645 3,569 3,298 3,331 3,053 2,892 2,525 2,073 8.8% -17.9%
Williamsburg 144 181 169 121 127 158 202 146 133 110 -23.6% -17.3%
York 920 1,042 943 765 783 840 934 854 1,012 1,250 35.9% 23.5%
Technical Subtotal 14,241 16,338 17,431 17,392 17,316 17,044 17,397 16,965 16,555 16,493 15.8% -0.4%
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