Ten Year Analysis of Total Headcount Enrollment

South Carolina Private Colleges and Universities

FALL FALL FALL FALL FALL FALL
PRIVATE SENIOR INSTITUTIONS1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
ALLEN UNIVERSITY 233
ANDERSON COLLEGE 1,067 1,034 1,045 1,038 968 1,079
BENEDICT COLLEGE 1,469 1,474 1,448 1,616 1,478 1,422
BOB JONES UNIVERSITY 4,039 4,195 4,390 4,367 4,281 3,987
SOUTHERN WESLEYAN COLLEGE* 450 576 679 792 934 1,091
CHARLESTON SOUTHERN UNIV. 1,794 1,925 1,915 2,052 2,158 2,413
CLAFLIN COLLEGE 757 791 742 827 913 856
COKER COLLEGE 485 639 813 736 775 772
COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIV. 866 892 929 937 961 908
COLUMBIA COLLEGE 1,191 1,275 1,213 1,171 1,190 1,225
CONVERSE COLLEGE 1,145 1,168 1,251 1,194 1,129 1,232
ERSKINE COLLEGE 605 673 676 872 802 702
FURMAN UNIVERSITY 2,964 3,080 3,205 3,206 3,312 2,929
LIMESTONE COLLEGE 1,156 979 921 950 1,195 1,468
LUTHERAN THEO. SEMINARY 169 159 149 132 161 176
MORRIS COLLEGE 675 703 774 796 760 701
NEWBERRY COLLEGE 606 643 686 701 709 747
NORTH GREENVILLE COLLEGE 470 242 532 505 392 386
PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE 1,026 1,076 1,108 1,164 1,133 1,146
SHERMAN COLL. CHIROPRACTIC 262 174 123 138 147 149
SOUTHERN METHODIST COLL. 43 35 37 35
VOORHEES COLLEGE 581 617 570 566 613
WOFFORD COLLEGE 1,095 1,109 1,118 1,107 1,066 1,100
SUBTOTAL 23,148 23,459 23,754 24,906 25,030 25,102
PRIVATE TWO-YEAR COLLEGES
CLINTON JUNIOR COLLEGE 105 88 91 88 76
COLUMBIA JR COLLEGE OF BUSINESS 524 418 421
NIELSEN ELECTRONICS INSTITUTE 273 453 229 193 169 149
SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE 967 970 976 940 714 948
SUBTOTAL 1,869 1,423 1,293 1,224 1,389 1,594
TOTAL 25,017 24,882 25,047 26,130 26,419 26,696
%CHANGE
1995 1995
FALL FALL FALL FALL OVER OVER
PRIVATE SENIOR INSTITUTIONS1992 1993 1994 1995 1994 1991
ALLEN UNIVERSITY 227 290 262 249 -5.0
ANDERSON COLLEGE 1,172 1,123 935 918 -1.8 -14.9
BENEDICT COLLEGE 1,207 1,266 1,501 1,861 24.0 30.9
BOB JONES UNIVERSITY 3,896 3,929 3,939 3,955 0.4 -0.8
SOUTHERN WESLEYAN COLLEGE* 1,158 1,378 1,371 1,271 -7.3 16.5
CHARLESTON SOUTHERN UNIV. 2,491 2,485 2,404 2,562 6.6 6.2
CLAFLIN COLLEGE 907 972 1,023 1,002 -2.1 17.1
COKER COLLEGE 845 912 824 895 8.6 15.9
COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIV. 890 886 959 968 0.9 6.6
COLUMBIA COLLEGE 1,226 1,233 1,223 1,307 6.9 6.7
CONVERSE COLLEGE 1,150 1,121 1,180 1,175 -0.4 -4.6
ERSKINE COLLEGE 772 829 881 839 -4.8 19.5
FURMAN UNIVERSITY 2,936 2,833 2,663 2,673 0.4 -8.7
LIMESTONE COLLEGE 1,194 1,468 1,195 1,401 17.2 -4.6
LUTHERAN THEO. SEMINARY 189 217 198 185 -6.6 5.1
MORRIS COLLEGE 792 938 889 850 -4.4 21.3
NEWBERRY COLLEGE 730 637 641 620 -3.3 -17.0
NORTH GREENVILLE COLLEGE 477 643 706 837 -18.6 116.8
PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE 1,164 1,158 1,117 1,186 6.2 3.5
SHERMAN COLL. CHIROPRACTIC 151 144 165 254 53.9 70.5
SOUTHERN METHODIST COLL. 39 83 24 -71.1
VOORHEES COLLEGE 665 724 716 786 9.8 28.2
WOFFORD COLLEGE 1,104 1,093 1,092 1,088 -0.4 -1.1
SUBTOTAL 25,343 26,318 25,967 26,906 3.6 3.2
PRIVATE TWO-YEAR COLLEGES
CLINTON JUNIOR COLLEGE 124 73
COLUMBIA JR COLLEGE OF BUSINESS 393 384 298 231 -22.5 -45.1
NIELSEN ELECTRONICS INSTITUTE. 259 462 172 147 -14.5 -1.3
SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE 948 914 878 804 -8.4 -15.2
SUBTOTAL 1,724 1,833 1,348 1,182 -12.3 -25.8
TOTAL 27,067 28,151 27,315 28,088 -2.7 5.1
* FORMERLY CENTRAL WESLEYAN COLLEGE

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