Since 1896, South Carolina State University has maintained a legacy of excellence in education. We have been home to generations of scholars and leaders in business, military service, government, athletics, education, medicine, science, engineering technology, and more.
Located in Orangeburg, SC, SC State University was founded as a land-grant college with a mission to provide education and service to the state’s citizens. In its first century, SC State was a leader in education and continues to lead the way into the next century.
SC State University is a land-grant, senior-comprehensive institution of approximately 2,900 students and is committed to providing affordable, accessible, high-quality baccalaureate, master’s, educational specialist, and doctoral degree programs. SC State, through instruction, research, technology, and service, contributes to economic development, enhances the quality of life of citizens, and prepares highly skilled, competent, and socially aware graduates (30,000) to meet life’s challenges and demands and enables them to work and live productively in a dynamic, global society.