Clinton College is a

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Christian college in

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. It is

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by the

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History

It was founded as the Clinton Institute in 1894 and named after Bishop Caleb Isom Clinton of the

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's Palmetto Conference. On June 22, 1909, it was incorporated as Clinton Normal and Industrial Institute after receiving authorization to grant state teacher certificates. The school grew in the postwar era from the late 1940s into the 1960s and in 1965 the college changed its name to Clinton Junior College when the charter was amended to offer

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s. In 2013, the college was renamed from Clinton Junior College to Clinton College after it received accreditation to become a four-year institution. The college added two bachelor programs, a

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in Religious Studies and a

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in Business Administration. Clinton College celebrated 125 years of higher education in 2019.

Academics

Clinton College offers several associate degree programs in business administration, early childhood development, liberal arts, natural sciences, and religious studies. The college added four-year programs in 2013 and now offers bachelor's degree programs in biology, business administration, and religious studies.

Athletics

Clinton College's athletic teams are known as the Golden Bears. The college competes as a dual member of the

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(NJCAA) and the

United States Collegiate Athletic Association The United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) is a national organization for the intercollegiate athletic programs of 72 mostly small colleges, including community/junior colleges, across the United States. The USCAA holds 15 national ...

(USCAA). Clinton fields men's and women's

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squad. The college is a founding member of the USCAA's

Eastern Metro Athletic Conference The Eastern Metro Athletic Conference (EMAC) was a Division I conference of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA). The conference consisted of schools from North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. The conference hosted i ...

(EMAC) in 2018. The Clinton College men's basketball team won the first EMAC championship on February 23, 2019, when they defeated Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte 77–75.

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* {{authority control Historically black universities and colleges in the United States Private universities and colleges in South Carolina Buildings and structures in Rock Hill, South Carolina Education in York County, South Carolina Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools NJCAA schools Universities and colleges established in 1894 1894 establishments in South Carolina