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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

Information for specific audiences:

Students

Students

The USC system had more than 39,300 students on its eight campuses in fall 2005, representing 50 states and 100 nations. More than 27,000 students were enrolled at the flagship Columbia campus, 88 percent of whom were from South Carolina and more than 21 percent of whom were minorities. Students

Faculty

Faculty

In fall 2005, there were nearly 2,100 full-time faculty members from all campuses, including 1,450 at the Columbia campus. Faculty generated $166.2 million in research money for 2005. The face of the faculty will be changing greatly over the next few years with a Faculty Excellence Initiative recruiting 150 new tenure-track faculty members, and the Centenary Plan bringing in 100 new research faculty. Additionally, 350 current faculty will be retiring and must be replaced. Faculty

Alumni

Alumni

There are more than 215,000 living alumni from all campuses. About 32,000 are members of the Carolina Alumni Association, including about 3,300 students. Alumni

Friends

Friends

Carolina friends and alumni have a variety of ways to support the University. The Development office oversees a number of annual giving programs and recognition societies for major donors, and the Gamecock Club provides opportunities to support Carolina Athletics. Friends

Staff

Staff

In fall 2005, 3,400 support staff from all campuses supplemented University faculty. Of that number of staff, more than 51 percent hold college degrees and 40 percent of those staff members hold master's degrees, professional degrees (law, medicine and pharmacy) and doctoral degrees. Staff

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