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Higher Education organizations, including intramural
Clemson University sports, service clubs, academic clubs,
A Carnegie R1 public research institution, and student government.
Clemson University was established in 1889.
Its College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life SWU also offers accredited online
Sciences is at the core of the University’s bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree
land-grant heritage and is the lifeblood programs, and was recently ranked No. 2
of founder Thomas Green Clemson’s “Best Online College in South Carolina” by
vision of a high seminary of learning that EDSmart. SWU has been named in the top
25 percent of “Transfer-Friendly Colleges”
benefits South Carolina, its people, land, by Phi Theta Kappa and named a “Military
wildlife, natural resources, and economy.
The University is dedicated to intellectual Friendly School” by VIQTORY.
leadership, collaboration, public service, and 907 Wesleyan Dr. | Central, SC 29630
innovative research. (877) 644-5556 | swu.edu

Clemson is the second-largest university in Tri-County Technical College-
student population in South Carolina, and Pendleton Campus
is currently ranked among the top public Tri-County Technical College, a public
universities in the country for quality and two-year community and technical
efficiency by U.S. News & World Report. college serving Anderson, Oconee, and
Clemson offers its more than 26,000 students Pickens counties, enrolls more than
80 undergraduate and 130 graduate degree 9,000 students annually and offers more
programs across seven colleges that will than 70 major fields of study, including
produce tomorrow’s artists, architects, computer technology, industrial electronics,
scientists, health providers, authors, engineers, mechatronics, nursing, and university
and other professionals. Clemson students transfer programs. Tri-County boasts the
dive into research projects as early as highest student success rate among two-
freshman year. Their work in labs, fields, year colleges in the state and ranks in the
corporations, and hospitals across South top one percent nationally for successful
Carolina connects them with employers student transfers to four-year colleges
while providing access for industry partners and universities.
to the powerful resources available at Clemson.
Anderson County School District 4 and 76% qualified for LIFE/Palmetto 7900 US-76 | Pendleton, SC 29670
Graduation Rate 85% Fellows Scholarships. 105 Sikes Hall | Clemson, SC 29634 (864) 646-8282 | tctc.edu

Anderson School District 4’s commitment Additionally, the district’s 1:1 technology (864) 656-3311 | clemson.edu
to whole-child education has earned it the initiative connects students in grades 4-12
notable rank of 4th in the state for academic to the world classroom via personal devices. Southern Wesleyan University
Founded in 1906, the main campus of
Throughout all levels of study, Anderson
performance. Anderson 4 schools offer School District 4’s students use creative Southern Wesleyan University (SWU) is on
classroom and extracurricular experiences thinking skills, problem solving, creativity, 350 acres in Central, S.C. SWU is a private,
in the areas of STEAM (science, technology, collaboration, and technology to develop non-profit, Christian institution where
engineering, the arts, and mathematics), the world-class skills of the Profile of the inventive learning and transformative
leadership education, and many other activities. SC Graduate. experiences happen through a faith-filled
community. SWU offers more than 40
This award-winning district’s Class of 2020 Administration on-campus programs, 18 athletic teams that
graduated 185 seniors who earned more 315 E. Queen St. | Pendleton, SC 29670 compete in NCAA Division II: Conference Southern Wesleyan University
than $2.6 million in scholarship awards (864) 403-2000 | anderson4.org Carolinas, and 15+ student clubs and

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