Is the University of Maryland, College Park or University of South Carolina further north?
University of South Carolina The University of South Carolina (also referred to as USC, SC, South Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, co-educational research university in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, with seven satellite campuses. Its campus covers over 359 acre in downtown Columbia not far from the South Carolina State House. The University is categorized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as having "highest research activity." It has been ranked as an "up-and-coming" university by U.S. News & World Report, and its undergraduate and graduate International Business programs have ranked among the top three programs in the nation for over a decade. It also houses the largest collection of Robert Burns and Scottish literature materials outside Scotland, and the world's largest Ernest Hemingway collection.
Mars Hill University Mars Hill University is a private, coed, liberal arts university. The university is located in the town of Mars Hill, North Carolina, 15 mi north of Asheville. The university is part of the Asheville metropolitan area. Mars Hill University offers 35 majors, including a school of nursing and a graduate school in education. "U.S. News & World Report," in its annual review of the nation's best colleges and universities, ranked Mars Hill among the Top 25 Southern Regional Colleges for 2018, and it was listed among the Top 20 "Best Value Schools" in the Southeast for 2018. In 2016, "Washington Monthly" placed Mars Hill among its Top 25 National Universities (Bachelor) out of 230 surveyed. From 1859 to 2013 the school was called Mars Hill College; in August 2013 it officially changed its name to Mars Hill University.