
South Carolina State University has an acceptance rate of 81.73% for the application year 2024, with 8,034 out of 9,830 applicants admitted. This figure is a slight decrease from the previous year’s acceptance rate of 83.9%, when the number of applicants increased significantly to 6,833. The historical trends reveal considerable variation, with acceptance rates peaking at 94% in 2020 and dropping to as low as 53.2% in 2018. Notably, this year's acceptance rate is still significantly higher than the 66.4% acceptance rate observed in 2019, highlighting a trend toward a more competitive application landscape in recent years.