University of South Carolina Sumter

University of South Carolina
Sumter

Type| Public college
Established| Clemson-1966; USC-1973

Parent institution

| University of South Carolina System
Dean| Michael Sonntag

Academic staff

| 42 Full-time and 27 Part-time[1]
Undergraduates| 1,419 (all undergraduate) (Fall 2022)[2]
Location|

Sumter

South Carolina

United States

Campus| Urban, 50 acres (20.2 ha)
|u}}rs| Garnet and White
Nickname| Fire Ants

Sporting affiliations

| NJCAA
Mascot| Blaze
Website| www.uscsumter.edu

The University of South Carolina Sumter (USC Sumter) is a public college in Sumter, South Carolina. It is part of the University of South Carolina System and one of the four regional USC campuses which make up Palmetto College. It only awards associate degrees and has approximately 1,500 students. It is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. USC Sumter has 2 available nursing programs through fellow USC schools (USC Aiken and USC Upstate)

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Colleges and schools
* 3 Athletics
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## History

In 1965 the Sumter County Commission on Higher Education, desiring to fulfill its purpose of starting or bringing a public college to Sumter, entered into an agreement with Clemson University to establish an academic branch of Clemson in Sumter at the old Sumter Airport site on Miller Road. This was Clemson's first such branch. The original campus consisted of four buildings and was designed to accommodate 550 students. The initial enrollment of 97 had grown to only 245 by 1973. In 1973, upset by this poor growth rate, the Commission successfully negotiated with Clemson and USC to terminate the Sumter branch's relationship with Clemson and to become a branch of the USC System.[3]

USC Sumter now has an enrollment of more than a thousand. USC Sumter confers two-year associate degrees and also offers baccalaureate degree programs in business administration, elementary education, nursing, early childhood education and interdisciplinary studies.

## Colleges and schools

* College of Arts and Sciences
* School of Nursing
* School of Business Administration
* School of Education
* School of Interdisciplinary Studies

## Athletics

The University of South Carolina Sumter announced on Monday, October 30, 2006 the return of intercollegiate athletics to the campus. Competitive sports had not been on campus since the 1970s, when the mascot was The Partisans and the school colors were purple and white.

University of South Carolina Sumter now sponsors four collegiate teams known as the Fire Ants. The athletic department colors are garnet and white, while the university's colors are garnet, black, and white. The teams compete in Region X of Division I in the NJCAA. These sports are men's baseball, women's softball and men's and women's tennis. The USC Sumter Fire Ants began playing in the 2007-2008 academic year with baseball and softball. The college plans to add more sports as the support grows for its teams.

The baseball team plays at Riley Park, three miles east of campus. The softball team plays at Palmetto Park, a half mile northwest of campus.

## References

1. ↑ "College Navigator - University of South Carolina-Sumter". https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Sumter&s=all&id=218690.
2. ↑ "College Navigator - University of South Carolina-Sumter". https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Sumter&s=all&id=218690.
3. ↑ University of South Carolina Sumter History

## External links

* Official website

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University of South Carolina System

Flagship Campus|

* USC Columbia

Senior Campuses|

* USC Aiken
* USC Beaufort
* USC Upstate

Regional Campuses|

* USC Lancaster
* USC Salkehatchie
* USC Sumter
* USC Union

Governance|

* Board of Trustees
* Presidents

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Colleges and universities in South Carolina

Public institutions|

* List of colleges and universities in South Carolina
* The Citadel
* Clemson
* Coastal Carolina
* College of Charleston
* Francis Marion
* Lander
* South Carolina State
* USC Aiken
* USC Beaufort
* USC Columbia
* USC Lancaster
* USC Salkehatchie
* USC Sumter
* USC Union
* USC Upstate
* Winthrop

Private institutions|

* Allen
* American College of the Building Arts
* Anderson
* Benedict
* Bob Jones
* Charleston Southern
* Claflin
* Columbia
* Columbia International
* Coker
* Converse
* Erskine
* Furman
* Limestone
* Morris
* Newberry
* North Greenville
* Presbyterian
* Sherman
* Southern Wesleyan
* Spartanburg Methodist
* Voorhees
* Wofford

Technical colleges|

* Aiken TC
* Central Carolina TC
* Denmark TC
* Florence-Darlington TC
* Greenville TC
* Horry-Georgetown TC
* Midlands TC
* Northeastern TC
* Orangeburg-Calhoun TC
* Piedmont TC
* Spartanburg CC
* TC of the Lowcountry
* Tri-County TC
* Trident TC
* Williamsburg TC
* York TC

Seminaries, graduate, and
professional institutions|

* Charleston School of Law
* Erskine Theological Seminary
* Geneva Reformed Seminary
* Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
* Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary
* Medical University of South Carolina
* USC School of Law

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