Furman University
Furman University admitted 43% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1260–1430 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $31,764 a year. Within six years, 74% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 43%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1260–1430
- ACT middle 50%
- 28–32
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $79,231 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $31,764 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $17,649 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $61,444 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 74%
- Students who return for a second year
- 91%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $70,201 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,500
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,379
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 15%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 10 to 1
- Campus setting
- Suburb
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 16%
- Social sciences
- 12%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 11%
- Physical sciences
- 8%
- Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness and kinesiology
- 7%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Bennington College VT · 45% admitted
- Loyola Marymount University CA · 45% admitted
- Bentley University MA · 45% admitted
- Syracuse University NY · 46% admitted
- Dickinson College PA · 42% admitted
- Auburn University AL · 46% admitted
More colleges in South Carolina
- University of South Carolina-Columbia SC · 60% admitted
- Clemson University SC · 38% admitted
- College of Charleston SC · 60% admitted
- Coastal Carolina University SC · 75% admitted
- University of South Carolina-Upstate SC · 67% admitted
- Winthrop University SC · 79% admitted
- Lander University SC · 81% admitted
- Anderson University SC · 55% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.