South Carolina offers a wide range of Colleges choices for international students thinking of studying there. International students may not know what each state is like and how many Colleges may be located there. Therefore, in order to make your South Carolina research easier, we’ve sorted some key city data below.
On this page below the city data, you’ll also find a list of the Universities and Colleges in Oakland. Clicking on the Colleges's name will take you to a profile containing contact information, program facts, tuition and fees, affiliation and accreditation, admission requirements, information on student enrollment, and much more. Being able to see all the college options in a city can help you decide whether college or university study in Oakland is right for you.
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OAKLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA QUICK STATSCounty: Sumter
Elevation: 340 feet
Land Area: 0.68 square miles
Population Density: 1859 people per square mile
Races (City): White Non-Hispanic (57.3%), Black (34.2%), Hispanic (3.5%), Other race (1.7%), Two or more races (1.7%), Filipino (1.0%), Japanese (0.8%), American Indian (0.8%)
Ancestries (City): German (16.2%), English (8.6%), Irish (7.2%), United States (6.4%), Polish (3.8%), Italian (3.5%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Columbia, SC (29.4 miles , pop. 116,278)
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Charlotte, NC (86.4 miles , pop. 540,828)
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (510.0 miles , pop. 1,517,550)
Nearest cities: Shaw-Horatio, SC (1.3 miles ), Stateburg, SC (1.3 miles ), Cherryvale, SC (1.8 miles ), Dalzell, SC (2.1 miles ), Wedgewood, SC (2.6 miles ), Cane Savannah, SC (2.7 miles ), Rembert, SC (2.8 miles ), Millwood, SC (2.9 miles )
Amtrak station near Oakland: 20 miles: CAMDEN (1060 W. DEKALB ST.)
Oakland Compared to State Average: Median house value below state average. Unemployed percentage below state average. Black race population percentage significantly above state average. Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average. House age below state average.
OAKLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATION FACTSHigh school or higher: 88.20%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 20.30%
Graduate or professional degree: 7.80%
Colleges/Universities with over 2000 Students Nearest to Oakland:
BENEDICT COLLEGE about 28 miles, COLUMBIA, SC, Full-time enrollment: 2,880 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA about 30 miles, COLUMBIA, SC, FT enrollment: 19,682 MIDLANDS TECHNICAL COLLEGE about 31 miles, COLUMBIA, SC, FT enrollment: 5,958 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY about 42 miles, ORANGEBURG, SC, FT enrollment: 3,971 FLORENCE DARLINGTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE about 43 miles, FLORENCE, SC, FT enrollment: 2,619 FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY about 48 miles, FLORENCE, SC, FT enrollment: 2,922 YORK TECHNICAL COLLEGE about 72 miles, ROCK HILL, SC, FT enrollment: 2,221
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