It offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees for students in the Upstate and surrounding areas.

It is part of the University of South Carolina System and home to approximately 5,200 students and 340 full-time faculty.

After the Spartanburg General Hospital decided to discontinue its degree program for nurses, local politicians, led by G.B.

Because of increased popularity, the school became a four-year institution in 1975 and was renamed as the University of South Carolina Spartanburg.

University of South Carolina Upstate has many clubs and organizations as well as academic teams whose main goals are the intellectual and interpersonal growth of students through community service and wide-ranging cultural activities.