Issues in Higher Education in South Carolina

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Issues in Higher Education in South Carolina

SOUTH CAROLINA

SOUTCHoCmAmROisLsINioAn on Higher Education

Commission on Higher Education

4-Year Public Institutions

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Overview

Issues in Higher Education in South Carolina

Current Issues

Headline higher education concerns in

SC today.

Underlying Cause

Budgeting issues underlying the visible

problems.

Future Concerns

Pressures affecting higher education in

SC tomorrow.

South Carolina's institutions of higher education have recently come under scrutiny for key issues, including high tuition rates, declining African-American enrollment, and an outsized percentage out-ofstate students receiving tuition discounts. These issues are symptoms of a larger, underlying cause--the universities' budgets and the current funding model. With future trends for increased competition for a

dwindling pool of 4-year college applicants, these issues will worsen.

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Current Higher

Education Issues in South Carolina

South Carolina Commission on Higher Education

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Commission on Higher Education

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Excessive Tuition Rates

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Average in-state tuition rates at 4-year colleges have escalated 266% over

inflation since 1987 to $11,954.

Rapid Out-of-State Enrollment Growth

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Out-of-state student enrollments have

grown 126% since 1993, while in-state

students only grew 19%.

Shifting African-American Enrollment

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African-American student enrollment has shifted from Research Universities to

Comprehensive Universities.

Increasing Abatements to Out-of-

State Students

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During rapid enrollment expansion, the number

and amount of tuition abatements to out-of-

state students has grown to over $146M.

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$16,000

$14,712

$14,870

$14,000 $12,000 $10,000

$8,000 $6,000 $4,000 $2,000

$12,626

$11,200 $11,998 $10,842 $11,700 $10,740 $10,502 $10,472 $12,262 $11,520

212%

262%

279%

223%

367%

277%

324%

255%

313% 186%

289%

303%

$4,046

$4,061

$2,958

$3,718

$2,324

$3,106

$2,535

$2,958

$2,535

$4,285

$2,958

$3,693

500% 400% 300% 200% 100%

$0

0%

2017-18 1986-87 % Change

266%

In-State Tuition Growth

(Since 1987)

Since 1987, in-state tuition at 4-year public colleges has more than tripled, even after adjusting for inflation, from $3,265 to $11,954. Tuition rates do not

include room and board, another $8,455 on average. Faster growth occurred among comprehensive colleges, which grew at 278%, while research universities increased 223%.

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303%

Out-of-State Tuition Growth

(Since 1987)

Since 1987, out-of--state tuition at 4year public colleges has tripled, even after adjusting for inflation, from $6,526

to $26,299. Faster growth occurred among comprehensive colleges, which grew at 312%, while research universities increased 274%. These figures do not include abatements.

$35,000 $30,000 $25,000 $20,000 $15,000

$35,654 $34,389

$30,286

$32,362

$28,786

$25,872

286%

278%

317%

354%

$21,018 $21,300 $21,120 $20,702 $21,248

387%

352%

317%

293%

233%

269%

$22,848 268%

351%

700% 600% 500% 400% 300%

$10,000 $5,000

$8,905 $9,444

$8,764

$6,211 $6,676 $4,648 $4,373 $5,071 $6,211 $5,409

$6,211 $6,385

200% 100%

$0

0%

2017-18 1986-87 % Change

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