Former name | Colored Normal Industrial Agricultural and Mechanical College of South Carolina (1896–1954) South Carolina State College (1954–1992) |
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Motto | Scientia, Officium, Honos |
Motto in English | Knowledge, Duty, Honor |
Type | Public university HBCU Land-grant university |
Established | March 4, 1896 |
Accreditation | SACS |
Endowment | $15.1 million (2021)[1] |
President | Alexander Conyers |
Students | 2,649 [2] |
Undergraduates | 2,374 [3] |
Postgraduates | 275 [3] |
Location | , United States 33°29′50″N 80°51′00″W / 33.49722°N 80.85000°W |
Campus | 447 acres (181 ha), (160 acres (65 ha) at Orangeburg campus, 287 acres (116 ha) additional acres at Camp Harry Daniels in Elloree, South Carolina) |
Colors | Garnet and blue |
Nickname | Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division I – MEAC |
Website | scsu |
South Carolina State University (SCSU or SC State) is a public, historically black, land-grant university in Orangeburg, South Carolina. It is the only public, historically black land-grant institution in South Carolina, is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).