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Largest speech communication and rhetoric programs in South Carolina
South Carolina speech communication and rhetoric 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 | College of Charleston | Charleston | Public, 4-year | 187 |
| 2 | Coastal Carolina University | Conway | Public, 4-year | 129 |
| 3 | University of South Carolina Aiken | Aiken | Public, 4-year | 37 |
| 4 | Furman University | Greenville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 36 |
| 5 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | Spartanburg | Public, 4-year | 33 |
| 6 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | Bluffton | Public, 4-year | 11 |
| 7 | Clemson University | Clemson | Public, 4-year | 9 |
| 8 | Southern Wesleyan University | Central | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 7 |
| 9 | North Greenville University | Tigerville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 6 |
| 10 | Coker University | Hartsville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 4 |
| 11 | Limestone University | Gaffney | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 3 |
| 12 | Columbia College | Columbia | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 2 |
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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