Attracted by some of the best graduate programs in the nation and inspired to achieve in the University of South Carolina’s energetic campus environment, more than 6,800 graduate students call Carolina their academic home. They hail from across our state and around the world—30 percent of our doctoral students are international—to form a talented and spirited graduate student body. Focused on professionalism, scholarship, and the creation of new knowledge, our graduate students study in 73 doctoral programs, 134 master’s programs, 26 certificate programs, and 20 dual degree programs.