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Table 3.1: Graduation Rates for Public Four-Year Institutions
First-Time, Full-Time Undergraduates Entering in Fall 2013

% Associates Cohort Bachelor's Cohort Received 150% 2
Bachelor's Cohort Received
Total Bachelor's Cohort Bachelor's Degree Received Bachelor's Bachelor's Degree Graduation
Cohort Cohort Exclusions within 150% 2 Rate
in 4 years in 5 years in 6 years in 4 years in 5 years in 6 years 1
Research Institutions
Clemson 3,286 3,286 1,964 677 98 0.0% 59.8% 80.4% 83.4% 83.4%
USC Columbia 5,003 5,003 3,185 532 75 0.0% 63.7% 74.3% 75.8% 75.8%
Research Subtotal
8,289 8,289 0 5,149 1,209 173 0.0% 62.1% 76.7% 78.8% 78.8%
Comprehensive Teaching Institutions
The Citadel 645 645 6 420 47 5 0.0% 65.7% 73.1% 73.9% 73.9%
Coastal Carolina 2,084 2,084 688 235 52 0.0% 33.0% 44.3% 46.8% 46.8%
College of Charleston 2,110 2,110 1,198 153 27 0.0% 56.8% 64.0% 65.3% 65.3%
Francis Marion 743 743 1 154 130 36 0.0% 20.8% 38.3% 43.1% 43.1%
Lander 516 516 138 73 20 0.0% 26.7% 40.9% 44.8% 44.8%
SC State 559 559 77 82 37 0.0% 13.8% 28.4% 35.1% 35.1%
USC Aiken 594 594 121 82 25 0.0% 20.4% 34.2% 38.4% 38.4%

USC Beaufort 371 371 71 34 7 0.0% 19.1% 28.3% 30.2% 30.2%
USC Upstate 754 754 205 124 31 0.0% 27.2% 43.6% 47.7% 47.7%
Winthrop 1,096 1,096 482 172 41 0.0% 44.0% 59.7% 63.4% 63.4%
Comprehensive Subtotal
9,472 9,472 7 3,554 1,132 281 0.0% 37.5% 49.5% 52.5% 52.5%
Public Four-Year Institutions Total 17,761 17,761 7 8,703 2,341 454 0.0% 49.0% 62.2% 64.8% 64.8%

1 Six Year Graduation Rate may differ from the 150% Graduation Rate because it includes only initial Bachelor's degree students.
2
150% Graduation Rate includes students who received Bachelor's six years through August 2019.

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