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
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