According to figures from the Project on Student Debt, students from S.C. State University and Coastal Carolina University left college with the highest average debt in South Carolina, $26,678 and $24,856, respectively. USC Columbia students left with $21,315 in debt, on average. Clemson University graduates left owing $17,746, and College of Charleston graduates left with debts averaging $17,139.

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