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SC State(South Carolina State University)

School colors: Garnet and blue

Farm Scene, State Agricultural College
Historic photograph. Unknown, book in which the image is published in was edited by W. N. Hartshorn and George W. Penniman., 1910, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Orangeburg, South Carolina · Founded 1896 · Bulldog · Marching 101

Public · Four-year · ~3,000 students

scsu.edu · official site

Founding

South Carolina State University was established in 1896. It is a public university in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

Source: About SC State, South Carolina State University, read 2026-09-14.

What the school says about itself

Mascot
BulldogSource, read 2026-09-17.

On the official record

Campus address
300 College St NE, Orangeburg, SC 29117-0001
Control
Public
Students
~3,000 students
Directory id
218733
OPE id
00344600
Student aid
Takes part in Title IV student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
Location
300 College St NE, Orangeburg, SC. See it on the Ledger map.
Where this location comes fromCampus location from IPEDS 2024-25This campus location comes from the federal IPEDS 2024-25 record, used as published, so the pin on the map is the campus.IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 collection, file dated 2025-09-21, retrieved 2026-09-14: coordinate 33.497968, -80.848722 as published. The Census Bureau geocoder returned No Match for the address on file, which no longer decides placement.

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Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 provisional data collection. Unit id 218733. https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/HD2024.zip. File dated 2025-09-21.
  2. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education. Higher Education Programs Eligibility Matrix, sheet 'HBCU', dated 2026-06-08. https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fy-2026-higher-education-programs-eligibility-matrix-june-8-2026-114185.xlsx.
  3. About SC State, South Carolina State University. https://scsu.edu/sc_state_about/index.php. Read 2026-09-14.
  4. History, South Carolina State University. https://scsu.edu/sc_state_about/history.php. Read 2026-09-17.
  5. Students: 3,041 total, Fall 2023 (2,762 undergraduate, 279 graduate). IPEDS Fall Enrollment 2023, derived variables (DRVEF2023). https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/DRVEF2023.zip. File dated 2024-09-30, read 2026-09-17.
  6. About SC State, South Carolina State University. https://scsu.edu/sc_state_about/index.php. Read 2026-09-17.
  7. School colors: Garnet and blue. Values as stated. South Carolina State University, Wikipedia (revision 1368440727). Read 2026-09-16.
  8. Photograph: Unknown, book in which the image is published in was edited by W. N. Hartshorn and George W. Penniman., 1910, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Farm_Scene,_State_Agricultural_College.jpg. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
  9. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, batch address service, benchmark Public_AR_Current. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/.

Enrollment is the official 2023 count, rounded. Tap a school for its source.

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