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South Carolina State University 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.
  • Former name: Colored Normal Industrial Agricultural and Mechanical College of South Carolina (1896–1954) · South Carolina State College (1954–1992)
  • 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)
Data from: en.wikipedia.org