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Art and Design Schools in South Carolina

South Carolina contains 57 schools that offer art and design programs. Clemson University, the highest-ranking art and design school in SC, has a total student population of 19,111 and is the 86th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 57 art and design schools in South Carolina, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Institute of Charleston comes out as the most expensive ($45,006/yr), with Horry-Georgetown Technical College as the lowest recorded at only $5,043/yr.

Art and Design students from South Carolina schools who go on to become designers, ad designers, advertising designers, commercial designers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 8,900 people working as fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $50,630. Also, Electrical and electronics drafters make on average $54,800 per year and there are about 30,590 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the South Carolina alone, there are 620 employed electrical and electronics drafters earning an average yearly salary of $52,210. Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators in this state earn $26,290/yr and there are 80 employed.

Also, within the art and design schools in South Carolina, the average student population is 2,446 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from art and design, there are 2873 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,037 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $5,801, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

South Carolina Interesting Facts

• Campbell's Covered Bridge built in 1909, is the only remaining covered bridge in South Carolina. Off Hwy 14 near Gowensville.
• The salamander was given the honor of official state amphibian.
• The walls of the American fort on Sullivan Island, in Charleston Harbor, were made of spongy Palmetto logs. This was helpful in protecting the fort because the British cannonballs bounced off the logs.
• The City of Myrtle Beach is in the center of the Grand Strand, a 60-mile crescent of beach on the South Carolina coast. In the last 25 years, Myrtle Beach has developed into the premier resort destination on the East Coast.
• South Carolina entered the Union on May 23, 1788 and became the 8th state.

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