| Indicator 7-F | | | | | |
| | Credit Hours Earned/Required of Graduates |
| | of First-Time Full-Time Entering Freshmen Cohorts |
| | (exluding transfers) |
| | |
| | | Fall 1998 |
| | | | Credit | Credit | |
| | Institution | Headcount | Hours | Hours | Percent |
| | | | Earned | Required | |
| Research Universities | | | | | |
| | Clemson | 1,476 | 206,687.00 | 198,970.00 | 103.9% |
| | U.S.C. - Columbia | 1,470 | 198,384.00 | 182,785.00 | 108.5% |
| | Medical University of S. C. | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.0% |
| | Sub total Research Universities | 2,946 | 405,071.00 | 381,755.00 | 106.1% |
| | | | | | |
| Teaching Colleges & Universities | | | | | |
| | The Citadel | 355 | 45,918.00 | 44,571.00 | 103.0% |
| | Coastal Carolina University | 233 | 31,568.66 | 29,369.00 | 107.5% |
| | College of Charleston | 741 | 95,317.00 | 90,402.00 | 105.4% |
| | Francis Marion Universtiy | 308 | 39,246.00 | 37,269.00 | 105.3% |
| | Lander University | 249 | 32,910.00 | 31,574.00 | 104.2% |
| | South Carolina State University | 394 | 56,301.66 | 51,291.00 | 109.8% |
| | U.S.C. - Aiken | 119 | 15,797.00 | 14,586.00 | 108.3% |
| | U.S.C.-Spartanburg | 143 | 18,875.00 | 17,734.00 | 106.4% |
| | Winthrop University | 457 | 60,316.00 | 57,374.00 | 105.1% |
| | Sub total Teaching Colleges & Univ. | 2,999 | 396,249.32 | 374,170.00 | 105.9% |
| | | | | | |
| Total | | 5,945 | 801,320.32 | 755,925.00 | 106.0% |