South Carolina Education - Private Colleges and Universities as of 2016




South Carolina Education - Private Colleges & Universities as of 2016

The following colleges and universities are not considered by any source to be "community colleges" or "technical colleges," and they are not directly supported using public funding. Several have their primary school in another state - the year established in this list indicates the year they began in South Carolina. All have been licensed by the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education (CHE). This page is a snapshot in time and will not be updated. Since things change so frequently, new pages will be added roughly every four or five years. Stay tuned.
Private College / University	Year Established	Location(s)	Current Website	President (March 2016)	Board Chair (March 2016)
Allen University	1870	Columbia	Click Here	Dr. Lady June Cole	Dr. Richard Franklin Norris
Anderson University	1911	Anderson	Click Here	Evans P. Whitaker, Ph.D	Board of Visitors Chair Not Named
Benedict College	1870	Columbia	Click Here	Dr. David H. Swinton	Board of Trustees Chair Not Named
Bob Jones University	1927	Greenville	Click Here	Steve Pettit	Larry Jackson
Brown-Mackie College	2009	Greenville	Click Here	Not Found	Not Foound
Cathedral Bible College	1995	Myrtle Beach	Click Here	Not Known	Not Known
Charleston School of Law	2003	Charleston	Click Here	J. Edward Bell, III	Hon. P. Michael Duffy
Charleston Southern University	1964	North Charleston	Click Here	Dr. Jairy C. Hunter	Dr. Jerry Williams
Christ Central Institute	2002	Wagener	Click Here	Dr. Lee Kizer	Not Named
Claflin University	1869	Orangeburg	Click Here	Dr. Henry N. Tisdale	James A. Bennett
Coker College	1908	Hartsville	Click Here	Robert L. Wyatt, Ph.D	Board of Trustees Chair Not Named
Columbia College	1854	Columbia	Click Here	Elizabeth A. Dinndorf	Jean E. Duke
Columbia International University	1923	Columbia	Click Here	Dr. William H. Jones	Not Found
Converse College	1889	Spartanburg	Click Here	Elizabeth A. Fleming	Benjamin R. Wall, II
East Coast Polytechnic Institute	1966	Columbia Greenville North Charleston	Click Here	Not Found	Not Found
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine	2011	Spartanburg	Click Here	Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, FACOFP	John G. Rocovich, Jr., J.D., LL.M
Erskine College	1839	Due West	Click Here	Dr. Paul D. Kooistra	Ron Vigus
Erskine Theological Seminary	1837	Due West, Columbia	Click Here	Dr. Paul D. Kooistra	Rev. W.S. Cain
Furman University	1826	Greenville	Click Here	Elizabeth Davis	Board of Trustees Chair Not Named
Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary	1987	Taylors	Click Here	Dr. Joseph A. Pipa, Jr.	Rev. Jeffrey J. Kingswood
Holmes Bible College	1898	Greenville	Click Here	James Leggett	Not Found
ITT Technical Institute	1992	Columbia Greenville Myrtle Beach North Charleston	Bankrupt in 2016	Not Found	Not Found
Lenoir-Rhyne University-Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary	1891	Columbia	Click Here	Dr. Wayne B. Powell	Boyd L. George
Limestone College	1845	Gaffney	Click Here	Dr. Walt Griffin	Not Found
Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary	1830	Columbia	Click Here	Dr. Wayne Powell	Rev. Dr. William Trexler
Morris College	1908	Sumter	Click Here	Luns C. Richardson	Dr. Charles B. Jackson, Sr.
Newberry College	1856	Newberry	Click Here	Dr. Maurice W. Scherrens	Board of Trustees Chair Not Named
North Greenville University	1892	Tigerville	Click Here	Dr. Randall Pannell	Beverly Nix Hawkins
Presbyterian College	1880	Clinton	Click Here	Robert E. Staton	Pat Phillips
Saint Anselm Seminary	1996	Spartanburg	Click Here	Not Found	Not Found
Saint Leo University	2012 1975	North Charleston Sumter	Click Here	Dr. William J. Lennox Jr.	Dennis M. Mullen
South University	1899	Columbia	Click Here	Not Found	Not Found
Southern Wesleyan University	1906	Central Charleston Columbia Greenville North Augusta	Click Here	Dr. Todd Voss	Not Found
Spartanburg Methodist College	1911	Spartanburg	Click Here	Scott Cochran	Not Found
Strayer University	2005 2006 2004	Columbia North Charleston Greenville	Click Here	Brian Jones	Not Found
Troy University	2008	Sumter	Click Here	Not Found	Not Found
University of Phoenix	2006	Columbia, Greenville	Click Here	Not Found	Not Found
Virginia College	2012 2011 2010 2009 2008	Florence Spartanburg Columbia Charleston Greenville	Click Here	Not Found	Not Found
Voorhees College	1897	Denmark	Click Here	Dr. Cleveland L. Sellers, Jr.	Clair Guess
Webster University	1980 2000 1983 1993 1992 1975 2003	Beaufort Columbia Fort Jackson Greenville Myrtle Beach North Charleston Sumter	Click Here	Elizabeth J. Stroble	Amelia J. Bond
W. L. Bonner College	1995	Columbia	Click Here	Elain McQueen - Dean	Dr. Celeste Ashe Johnson
Wofford College	1854	Spartanburg	Click Here	Dr. Nayef H. Samhat	J. Harold Chandler