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Find target, reach, and safety schools based on your GPA, with acceptance rates and test score data for thousands of colleges.

Where your 3.3 fits: Safety, Target or Reach, from each college's reported average GPA and acceptance rate. A guide, not a prediction.

Colleges in South CarolinaEvery college we list in South Carolina, with its average GPA and test scores where it reports them.

Showing 30 of 55 colleges
Colleges that report an average GPA (3) · best fit first
Presbyterian CollegeClinton, South Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,68% admitted
Average GPA3.20As reported by the college for 2023⁠–⁠24
SAT, middle 50%500–620 R&W480–580 Math
ACT, middle 50%21–26
Your 3.3their average 3.20Target
University of South Carolina ColumbiaColumbia, South Carolina Public, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,60% admitted
Average GPA3.69As reported by the college for 2024⁠–⁠25
SAT, middle 50%600–680 R&W580–680 Math
ACT, middle 50%26–32
Your 3.3their average 3.69Reach
Citadel Military College of South CarolinaCharleston, South Carolina Public, 4-yearHard to get into,23% admitted
Average GPA3.75As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%540–640 R&W545–645 Math
ACT, middle 50%22–27
Your 3.3their average 3.75Reach
More colleges in your filters (no GPA reported)
Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina Public, 4-yearModerate to get into,38% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%620–700 R&W620–710 Math
ACT, middle 50%28–32
College of CharlestonCharleston, South Carolina Public, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,60% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%590–670 R&W550–640 Math
ACT, middle 50%25–30
Coastal Carolina UniversityConway, South Carolina Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,75% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%530–620 R&W520–600 Math
ACT, middle 50%21–26
University of South Carolina UpstateSpartanburg, South Carolina Public, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,67% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%510–605 R&W495–570 Math
ACT, middle 50%21–26
Winthrop UniversityRock Hill, South Carolina Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,79% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%520–630 R&W490–590 Math
ACT, middle 50%20–27
Lander UniversityGreenwood, South Carolina Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,81% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%490–608 R&W460–570 Math
ACT, middle 50%16–23
Francis Marion UniversityFlorence, South Carolina Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,86% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%450–575 R&W420–540 Math
ACT, middle 50%16–24
Anderson UniversityAnderson, South Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,55% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%560–650 R&W540–630 Math
ACT, middle 50%22–29
University of South Carolina AikenAiken, South Carolina Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,79% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%510–620 R&W470–600 Math
ACT, middle 50%19–26
Charleston Southern UniversityCharleston, South Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,96% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%480–600 R&W450–560 Math
ACT, middle 50%18–24
South Carolina State UniversityOrangeburg, South Carolina Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,83% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%–
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University of South Carolina LancasterLancaster, South Carolina Public, 2-yearEasy to get into,83% admitted
Average GPA–
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ACT, middle 50%–
Furman UniversityGreenville, South Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearModerate to get into,43% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%650–720 R&W610–710 Math
ACT, middle 50%28–32
University of South Carolina BeaufortBluffton, South Carolina Public, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,72% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%–
ACT, middle 50%–
North Greenville UniversityTigerville, South Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,67% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%540–630 R&W520–610 Math
ACT, middle 50%20–28
University of South Carolina SumterSumter, South Carolina Public, 2-yearFairly easy to get into,74% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%–
ACT, middle 50%–
Wofford CollegeSpartanburg, South Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,52% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%608–680 R&W590–663 Math
ACT, middle 50%27–31
Claflin UniversityOrangeburg, South Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,65% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%–
ACT, middle 50%–
Benedict CollegeColumbia, South Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,96% admitted
Average GPA–
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ACT, middle 50%–
Newberry CollegeNewberry, South Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,90% admitted
Average GPA–
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University of South Carolina UnionUnion, South Carolina Public, 2-yearFairly easy to get into,62% admitted
Average GPA–
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Columbia CollegeColumbia, South Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,94% admitted
Average GPA–
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Coker UniversityHartsville, South Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,94% admitted
Average GPA–
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Converse UniversitySpartanburg, South Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,68% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%510–630 R&W500–620 Math
ACT, middle 50%19–26
Spartanburg Methodist CollegeSpartanburg, South Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,78% admitted
Average GPA–
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ACT, middle 50%–
Columbia International UniversityColumbia, South Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,94% admitted
Average GPA–
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Erskine CollegeDue West, South Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,63% admitted
Average GPA–
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How to read the figures

Example: how a college appears in the list
University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan Public, 4-yearHard to get into,16% admitted
Average GPA3.90As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%680–750 R&W680–780 Math
ACT, middle 50%31–34
  • How hard it is to get in: the share of first-year applicants the college admitted for fall 2024. Very hard is under 10%, Hard 10–24%, Moderate 25–49%, Fairly easy 50–74% and Easy 75% or more. Open admission colleges accept everyone, so they have no rate.
  • Average GPA: the average high school GPA of the college's first-year students, from the college's own yearly report (its Common Data Set), with the year and, when the college says, whether it's weighted. Colleges calculate GPA in different ways, so use it as a rough guide, not a cutoff.
  • Safety, Target and Reach: with your GPA in the box, where it fits at each college that reports an average GPA. Your GPA is compared with the college's average (0.15 or more above it, close to it, or below it), and the acceptance rate decides how much that counts: a college that admits under 15% of applicants is a reach for everyone. Colleges that don't report an average get no label: we never estimate one.
  • SAT: the middle 50% of scores of first-year students who sent them, for reading and writing (R&W) and math. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above it.
  • ACT: the middle 50% of overall ACT scores, read the same way.

A dash means the college didn't report that figure.

Where the data comes from

FigureSourceData year
Acceptance rate, SAT and ACT rangesThe U.S. Department of Education's yearly college surveyFall 2024
Average high school GPA (268 colleges)Each college's own yearly report (Common Data Set)2023–24 to 2025–26
Average SAT for the SAT filter and sortCollege Scorecard, U.S. Department of EducationLatest available

Each college's page also has its enrollment, net price, admission factors and policies on AP and dual credit from the same survey, and gives the year of every figure. Admission policies change every year, so check anything important with the college's admissions office.

Sources

Reviewed by the GPA Calculator team · Updated October 2026

  1. IPEDS: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data SystemU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
  2. College Scorecard dataU.S. Department of Education (June 10, 2026 release)
  3. Common Data Set InitiativeThe standard format colleges use to publish their own admissions data