Welcome

As Regional Campus Dean, I would like to personally welcome you to the official website of the University of South Carolina Sumter. It is with particular pride that I point out that our campus is celebrating its 44th year of delivering the highest quality education to our students. At USC Sumter, our distinguished faculty and our devoted administrative staff take special pleasure in assisting our students of all ages as they begin, continue or recommit themselves to the pursuit of their higher educational goals. I sincerely hope that your visit to our website will prove to be informative, pleasurable and satisfying and that it may whet your appetite for an in-person visit to our beautiful campus.

The primary goal of this site is to provide you with a broad spectrum of useful information about USC Sumter. Links to the personal directory pages and homepages of our faculty and staff are included in this site for ease of access. Other links will quickly take you to websites of institutions, organizations and agencies with which we have affiliations, including our seven USC sister campuses, Sumter's city and county governments, and the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce, to name just a few.

Again, on behalf of the faculty, staff, students, and alumni of USC Sumter, welcome to our website. All of us at USC Sumter appreciate your interest in our campus and hope you will choose us as your university. As a fully accredited campus of the University of South Carolina, we believe you will find USC Sumter to be unsurpassed in our state for quality, convenience, and affordability. If you have any questions or concerns as you browse this site, please do not hesitate to contact our Office of Admissions Services by calling 803-938-3717 or toll free 1-888-872-7868.

C. Leslie Carpenter, Ph.D.
Regional Campus Dean

Accreditation:

The University of South Carolina is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associates, bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of the University of South Carolina. The accreditation report of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is available to the public in the Office of the Provost and the Office of Institutional Assessment and Compliance and is on reserve at the Thomas Cooper Library.