What are the Cheapest Colleges in South Carolina?

Cheapest In-State Tuition: Public Two-Year Technical Colleges

• According to the College Board, South Carolina's cheapest colleges are public two-year colleges. The cheapest is Denmark Technical College, which as of Fall 2009, had an annual in-state tuition of $2,484. Annual out-of-state tuition was $5,130. Denmark Technical College offers associate degree and certificate programs in business, management and marketing; computer/information sciences; construction trades; child care management; gerontology; practical nursing; liberal arts and sciences; electrical/electronics equipment repair; personal and culinary services; and human services.

  The next cheapest annual in-state tuition can be found at Williamsburg Technical College in Kingstree, Tri-County Technical College in Pendleton, Horry-Georgetown Technical College in Conway, and Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College, where in-state tuition ranges between $3,000 and $3,300.

  Denmark Technical College
  1126 Solomon Blatt PO Box 327
  Denmark, SC 29042-0327
  803-793-5176
  www.denmarktech.edu

Cheapest Private Junior College: Clinton Junior College

• At Clinton Junior College, a private two-year college in Rock Hill, annual tuition is $3,285 for both in-state and out-of-state students as of Fall 2009. That is the cheapest out-of-state tuition for any South Carolina college, and the cheapest in-state tuition for a private college. Associate degree programs are available in general business, early childhood education, liberal arts and sciences, general physical sciences, and bible studies.

  Clinton Junior College
  1029 Crawford Road
  Rock Hill, SC 29730
  803-327-7402
  www.clintonjuniorcollege.edu

Cheapest Public Community College: Spartanburg Community College

• As of Fall 2009, annual tuition at Spartanburg Community College was $3,434 for South Carolina residents, and $7,196 for nonresidents. In addition to the main campus in Spartanburg, SCC also has satellite campuses in Greer and Gaffney. According to the College Board, the most popular associate degree majors are interdisciplinary studies, business/marketing, health professions, liberal arts, computer and information sciences, mechanic and repair technologies, and engineering technologies.

  Spartanburg Community College
  P.O. Box 4386
  Spartanburg, SC 29305-4386
  864-592-4600
  www.sccsc.edu

Cheapest In-State Tuition, Public Four-Year College: University of South Carolina at Beaufort

• The University of South Carolina at Beaufort was created in 1959 and became a four-year university in 2002. As of Fall 2009, annual tuition was $7,330 for state residents, and $15,180 for nonresidents. The most popular majors for bachelor's degrees are business/marketing, social sciences, psychology, education, English and biology.

  University of South Carolina at Beaufort
  One University Boulevard
  Bluffton, SC 29909
  843-208-8000
  www.uscb.edu

Cheapest Private Four-Year College: Morris College

• Morris College is a private, historically black, Baptist-affiliated four-year liberal arts college in Sumter. As of Fall 2009, annual tuition for all students was $9,901, the cheapest of any private four-year liberal arts college in South Carolina, and the cheapest out-of-state tuition of any South Carolina four-year liberal arts college. The most popular bachelor degree major are business/marketing, health professions, parks and recreation, social sciences, biology, communications/journalism and security and protective services.

  Morris College
  100 West College Street
  Sumter, SC 29150-3599
  803-934-3200
  www.morris.edu