South Carolina State University

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, S.C., SC State was founded as a land grant college with a mission of providing education and service to the citizens of the state. In its first century, SC State was a leader in education and continues to lead the way into the next century.South Carolina State University is consistently among the national leaders in producing African-American students with baccalaureate degrees in biology, education, business, engineering technology, computer science/mathematics, and English language/literature. Moreover, we are one of three universities in South Carolina to offer a doctoral program in Educational Administration and one of two schools in the state to offer an accredited master's degree program in Speech-Language Pathology.Our faculty brings perspectives that are as diverse as their teaching styles and research interests. Eighty percent of our faculty members possess terminal degrees and our class sizes are designed to give you the personal attention you need to achieve academic excellence. With three undergraduate colleges, a graduate school and more than 50 majors, SC State offers challenging and competitive undergraduate, graduate and certificate programs designed for nearly every professional ambition. In fact, SC State is the place where ambition turns into ability - with challenging academic programs that will help you meet and exceed the challenges of the real world.