Summary of Ten Year Analysis of Degrees* Awarded

South Carolina Private Colleges and Universities

PRIVATE SENIOR INSTITUTIONS 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91
ALLEN UNIVERSITY 35          
ANDERSON COLLEGE 219 171 178 176 181 128
BENEDICT COLLEGE 179 207 197 189 164 163
BOB JONES UNIVERSITY 915 864 778 723 808 872
SOUTHERN WESLEYAN COLLEGE** 93 74 102 165 206 202
CHARLESTON SOUTHERN UNIV. 208 203 217 240 282 291
CLAFLIN COLLEGE 67 98 87 111 79 80
COKER COLLEGE 81 93 82 86 122 132
COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIV. 220 226 221 249 223 246
COLUMBIA COLLEGE 207 218 243 227 249 252
CONVERSE COLLEGE 287 309 321 389 333 310
ERSKINE COLLEGE 141 113 145 150 129 126
FURMAN UNIVERSITY 611 615 611 619 719 674
LIMESTONE COLLEGE 309 292 267 171 198 133
LUTHERAN THEO. SEMINARY 28 40 29 31 31 33
MORRIS COLLEGE 100 101 104 98 112 109
NEWBERRY COLLEGE 117 105 101 90 117 135
NORTH GREENVILLE COLLEGE 68 64 80 56 55 36
PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE 187 207 200 223 244 230
SHERMAN COLL. CHIROPRACTIC   137 99 37 34 39
SOUTHERN METHODIST COLL. 102 3        
VOORHEES COLLEGE 66 68   100 88 74
WOFFORD COLLEGE 218 248 220 258 278 266
SUB TOTAL 4,458 4,456 4,282 4,388 4,652 4,531
             
PRIVATE TWO-YEAR COLLEGES            
CLINTON JR COLLEGE 12 24 13 12 48 39
COLUMBIA JR COLLEGE OF BUSINESS 116 125     107 77
NIELSEN ELECTRONICS INSTITUTE 64 60 47 68 44 47
SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE 94 153 179 165 173 140
SUB TOTAL 286 362 239 245 372 303
             
TOTAL ALL INSTITUTIONS 21,870 21,455 21,022 22,097 22,848 23,736
             
          %CHANGE
          94-95 94-95
          OVER OVER
PUBLIC SENIOR INSTITUTIONS 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 93-94 90-91
ALLEN UNIVERSITY   21 35 26 -25.7%  
ANDERSON COLLEGE 78 126 181 164 -9.4% 28.1%
BENEDICT COLLEGE 180 209 180 179 -0.6% 9.8%
BOB JONES UNIVERSITY 906 859 856 787 -8.1% -9.7%
SOUTHERN WESLEYAN COLLEGE ** 225 328 336 275 -18.2% 36.1%
CHARLESTON SOUTHERN UNIV. 317 340 356 380 6.7% 30.6%
CLAFLIN COLLEGE 120 207 116 126 8.6% 57.5%
COKER COLLEGE 139 156 150 151 0.7% 14.4%
COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIV. 241 145 255 303 18.8% 23.2%
COLUMBIA COLLEGE 237 223 274 269 -1.8% 6.7%
CONVERSE COLLEGE 399 326 337 324 -3.9% 4.5%
ERSKINE COLLEGE 157 126 133 143 7.5% 13.5%
FURMAN UNIVERSITY 681 623 648 644 -0.6% -4.5%
LIMESTONE COLLEGE 239 274 325 299 -8.0% 124.8%
LUTHERAN THEO SEMINARY 24 28 38 43 13.2% 30.3%
MORRIS COLLEGE 135 130 87 95 9.2% -12.8%
NEWBERRY COLLEGE 130 137 113 125 10.6% -7.4%
NORTH GREENVILLE COLLEGE 51 67 57 70 22.8% 94.4%
PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE 260 250 259 218 -15.8% -5.2%
SHERMAN COLL. CHIROPRACTIC 28 48 29 30 3.4% -23.1%
SOUTHERN METHODIST COLL.   7 3 6 100.0%  
VOORHEES COLLEGE 72 56 62 99 59.7% 33.8%
WOFFORD COLLEGE 246 269 282 247 -12.4% -7.1%
SUB TOTAL 4,865 4,955 5,112 5,003 -2.1% 10.4%
             
             
CLINTON JR. COLLEGE 27 11        
COLUMBIA JR.COLLEGE OF BUSINESS 93 8 84 85 1.2% 10.4%
NIELSEN ELECTRONICS INSTITUTE 54 53 34 52 52.9% 10.6%
SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE 171 215 171 177 3.5% 26.4%
SUB TOTAL 345 287 289 1,314 8.7% 3.6%
             
TOTAL ALL INSTITUTIONS 25,925 26,981 27,591 30,725 11.4% 29.4%
             

* -Does not include Certificates and Diplomas

** Formerly Central Wesleyan College

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