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Largest registered nursing programs in South Carolina
South Carolina registered nursing 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 | 294 |
| 2 | Clemson University | Clemson | Public, 4-year | 255 |
| 3 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | Spartanburg | Public, 4-year | 216 |
| 4 | Trident Technical College | Charleston | Public, 2-year | 162 |
| 5 | Medical University of South Carolina | Charleston | Public, 4-year | 155 |
| 6 | Greenville Technical College | Greenville | Public, 4-year | 135 |
| 7 | Horry-Georgetown Technical College | Conway | Public, 2-year | 126 |
| 8 | Galen Health Institutes | Myrtle Beach | For-profit, 2-year | 119 |
| 9 | University of South Carolina Aiken | Aiken | Public, 4-year | 114 |
| 10 | Lander University | Greenwood | Public, 4-year | 110 |
| 11 | Midlands Technical College | West Columbia | Public, 2-year | 106 |
| 12 | Tri-County Technical College | Pendleton | Public, 2-year | 103 |
| 13 | Central Carolina Technical College | Sumter | Public, 2-year | 98 |
| 14 | Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College | Orangeburg | Public, 2-year | 97 |
| 15 | Anderson University | Anderson | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 78 |
| 16 | Florence-Darlington Technical College | Florence | Public, 2-year | 77 |
| 17 | Spartanburg Community College | Spartanburg | Public, 2-year | 74 |
| 18 | Piedmont Technical College | Greenwood | Public, 2-year | 70 |
| 19 | Charleston Southern University | Charleston | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 69 |
| 20 | York Technical College | Rock Hill | Public, 2-year | 66 |
| 21 | Aiken Technical College | Graniteville | Public, 2-year | 57 |
| 22 | Bob Jones University | Greenville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 55 |
| 23 | Francis Marion University | Florence | Public, 4-year | 53 |
| 24 | Northeastern Technical College | Cheraw | Public, 2-year | 47 |
| 25 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | Bluffton | Public, 4-year | 47 |
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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