Insurance at University of South Carolina - Columbia

If you plan to study insurance, take a look at what University of South Carolina - Columbia has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UofSC is located in Columbia, South Carolina and approximately 35,470 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,596 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of South Carolina - Columbia in 2021, 124 of them were insurance majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Insurance section at the bottom of this page.

UofSC Insurance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Insurance

UofSC Insurance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the insurance progam at UofSC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The insurance major at UofSC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Insurance. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	5
	9
	16
	21

Insurance Student Demographics at UofSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the insurance majors at University of South Carolina - Columbia.

UofSC Insurance Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 124 students earned a bachelor's degree in insurance from UofSC. About 38% of these graduates were women and the other 62% were men. The typical insurance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at UofSC since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in insurance at UofSC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of South Carolina - Columbia with a bachelor's in insurance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	111
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UofSC also has a doctoral program available in insurance. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Insurance Grads May Go Into

A degree in insurance can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Columbia.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Insurance Sales Agents	6,390	$58,600
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	2,540	$62,950
Business Professors	1,140	$99,630
Insurance Underwriters	820	$55,320

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Idibri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.