The University of South Carolina (USC, South Carolina, or Carolina) is a public research university in Columbia, South Carolina. It has seven satellite campuses throughout the state and its main campus covers over 359 acres (145 ha) in downtown Columbia not far from the South Carolina State House. The university is classified among “R1: Doctoral Universities with Highest Research Activity”. It also houses the largest collection of Robert Burns and Scottish literature materials outside Scotland, and the world’s largest Ernest Hemingway collection.
Founded in 1801 as South Carolina College, Columbia is the flagship institution of the University of South Carolina System and offers more than 350 programs of study, leading to bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from 14 degree-granting colleges and schools. The university has a total enrollment of approximately 52,000 students, with over 35,000 on the main Columbia campus as of fall 2019, making it the largest university in South Carolina. USC also has several thousand future students in feeder programs at surrounding technical colleges. Professional schools on the Columbia campus include business, engineering, law, medicine, pharmacy, and social work.
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University of South Carolina is ranked #115 out of 443 National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence.
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