The University of South Carolina has a history of more than 200 years and is one of the oldest universities in the United States. Many majors in the University of South Carolina are relatively advanced, especially business schools, ranking in the top 50 in the United States, among which international business majors rank first in the United States, international MBA ranks second in the United States, and hotel management, catering and tourism management courses rank in the top ten in the United States.

The overall ranking of the United States is 1 12, and American public universities rank 55th.