The Economic Impact of USC Sumter

USC Sumter became a USC campus in 1973 and today has an enrollment of about 1,250 students per academic year. USC Sumter offers all course work toward baccalaureate degrees in business administration, early childhood education, elementary education, nursing, and interdisciplinary studies via cooperative arrangements with USC sister campuses. USC Sumter also confers two-year associate's degrees leading to higher degrees in many other majors.

USC Sumter programs and initiatives include:

• Role Models to Success, which invites middle school and high school students from Sumter, Clarendon, Lee, and Kershaw counties to attend programs that demonstrate the importance of higher education and hard work in being successful.

• the Math-Science Contest, which serves academically gifted high school juniors and seniors from Sumter and surrounding counties. The contest motivates students to pursue higher education in the areas of science and math. The top award for the winning junior contestant is the Charles F. Denny Scholarship for Achievement in Science and Math, which covers half of USC Sumter's tuition for one academic year.

• USC Sumter's Spring Poetry Contest, which encourages Sumter area K-12 students to submit original poems for competition and prizes. The contest is intended to instill an appreciation for poetry.

USC Sumter
Total Impact on the Midlands Region

Economic output
$25.1 million

Income
$10.7 million

Employment impact
367 jobs