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Largest mass communication programs in South Carolina
South Carolina mass communication programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | Columbia | Public, 4-year | 97 |
| 2 | Winthrop University | Rock Hill | Public, 4-year | 22 |
| 3 | Benedict College | Columbia | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 17 |
| 4 | Lander University | Greenwood | Public, 4-year | 15 |
| 5 | Claflin University | Orangeburg | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 11 |
| 6 | Francis Marion University | Florence | Public, 4-year | 9 |
| 7 | South Carolina State University | Orangeburg | Public, 4-year | 7 |
| 8 | Columbia International University | Columbia | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 2 |
| 9 | Morris College | Sumter | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 2 |
| 10 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | Spartanburg | Public, 4-year | 2 |
| 11 | Voorhees University | Denmark | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 1 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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