Admissions & selectivity
University of South Carolina-Upstate Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at University of South Carolina-Upstate?
University of South Carolina-Upstate’s reported acceptance rate is 67.3%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 67.3%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
University of South Carolina-Upstate admits 67.3% of applicants, a figure that sits below the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do University of South Carolina-Upstate students report?
The middle half of enrolled students who submitted SAT scores earned between 1,005 and 1,175. For those who submitted ACT scores, the middle half ranged from 21 to 26.
These ranges reflect the twenty-fifth and seventy-fifth percentiles of recent score submitters, not a cutoff for admission or a profile of the entire entering class. An applicant whose scores fall within or above these bands is looking at numbers that are common among recent enrolled submitters at this university.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at University of South Carolina-Upstate. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- Approximate lower endpoint
- 1005
- Approximate upper endpoint
- 1175
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff. The endpoints add section percentiles; they are not verified composite-score percentiles. A separate SAT-equivalent average is not plotted as a median. Source: College Scorecard; sum of section 25th/75th percentiles; enrolled score-submitters.
- 25th percentile
- 21
- 75th percentile
- 26
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Figures cover fall 2024.
Who enrolls at University of South Carolina-Upstate?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 46.2%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 47.9%
- First-year retention
- 69.9%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
University of South Carolina-Upstate enrolls 4,038 undergraduates, and the student body is split nearly evenly between first-time entrants and transfers: an estimated 47.9% arrive from another institution. 46.2% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants.
The university admits 67.3% of applicants, a rate that is lower than the 85.9% median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Transfer applicants and Pell-eligible students should use the cost calculator to estimate their own grant-adjusted price and review the transfer information alongside their intended field.
At University of South Carolina-Upstate, 69.8% of full-time bachelor's-seeking entrants return after the first year. That figure is below the peer median of 73.7% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
For the first-time full-time cohort, 43.0% finish within six years, below the median of 49.1% for comparable institutions. Pell recipients in the same cohort finish at 49.4%, a level 6.4 percentage points above the overall six-year graduation rate.
Retention and completion both run below their peer medians, though Pell recipients finish above the overall rate.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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