College Of Charleston

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

The College of Charleston, or C of C, was established in 1770 and was chartered on March 19, 1785. In fact, it is the oldest college of South Carolina. The first president of the college was Robert Smith. In 1837, C of C became the first municipal college in the nation. In 1971, the college was included in the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Register of Historic Places. C of C offers a number of degree and certificate programs and is organized into the following academic units:

• School of Business and Economics
• School of Education, Health, and Human Performance
• School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• School of Languages, Cultures and World Affairs
• School of Sciences and Mathematics
• School of the Arts
• The Graduate School of the College of Charleston

C of C offers an active Greek life. There are several fraternities and sororities which are governed by the National Pan-Hellenic Council, Interfraternity Council, and Panhellenic Council. Some of these organizations are Alpha Phi Alpha, Omega Psi Phi, Sigma Nu, Kappa Alpha Order, Kappa Alpha Theta, and Sigma Gamma Rho.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in media, science, religion and philosophy, fine arts, art studies, hospitality, and drama and performing arts.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High female/male ratio.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 11,367 in 2009-2010 (10,253 full-time equivalent).

About 34% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 66% of the class.

Undergrads are 74% of enrolled students and graduate students are 26%.

Students under 25 years old represent 82% of the student body. About 6% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

College Of Charleston provides on-campus housing for 3,252 of its 10,253 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

The school is in the Southern Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 89 male students received the aid (men were 46% of those receiving aid) and 103 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 54% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

College Of Charleston offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate With Arts & Sciences (Education Dominant).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (45 awarded)

• Arts Management
• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (423 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• International Business/Trade/Commerce

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (22 awarded)

• Computer Science
• Computer and Information Sciences
• Information Science/Studies
• Information Technology

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (18 awarded)

• Environmental Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (22 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (223 awarded)

• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Foreign Language Teacher Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Subject Areas
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (22 awarded)

• Public Administration

FINE ARTS (84 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

HOSPITALITY (60 awarded)

• Hospitality Administration/Management

LIBERAL ARTS (503 awarded)

• Anthropology
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• Historic Preservation and Conservation
• History
• Language Interpretation and Translation
• Latin American Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Urban Studies/Affairs

MATHEMATICS (19 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (283 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Organizational Communication

MEDICINE (1 awarded)

• Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies

MUSIC (23 awarded)

• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (5 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (29 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (298 awarded)

• Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (150 awarded)

• Psychology