Converse College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

Converse College is a women's college of liberal arts located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States. The college was inaugurated in 1890 and named after Dexter Edgar Converse, one of its prominent founders. It offers enrollment to more than 1,000 students every year.

Converse College provides undergraduate and graduate degree programs to its students. One can opt for courses in music, theatre and dance, religion and philosophy, history and politics, education, accounting, economics, business, chemistry, and biology, among others.

Students of Converse College participate in various clubs and organizations. Among those found on campus are the American Society of Interior Designers, Canterbury Club, Converse College Peer Educators, Equestrian Team, Musical Organizations, Science Forum, Student Athlete Advisory Committee, Tarpon Shark Club, Women Involved for a Safer Environment, and Y's and Other Y's.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in education and teaching, music, fine arts, and therapy and counseling.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• High female/male ratio.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: 4-1-4 plan.
• 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 have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• 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 2,068 in 2009-2010 (1,430 full-time equivalent).

women were 100% of the class.

Undergrads are 23% of enrolled students and graduate students are 77%.

Students under 25 years old represent 39% of the student body. About 9% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Converse provides on-campus housing for 589 of its 1,430 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 21 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 48 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 100% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

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

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)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (5 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (0 awarded)

• Computer Science

DESIGN (7 awarded)

• Interior Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (2 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (196 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education/Teaching Individuals - Hearing Impairments
• Education/Teaching Individuals - Specific Learning Disabilities
• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Mental Retardation
• Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented
• Educational Administration and Supervision
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Music Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Special Education and Teaching

FINE ARTS (12 awarded)

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

LIBERAL ARTS (40 awarded)

• Chinese Language and Literature
• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• History
• Political Science and Government
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (2 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (0 awarded)

• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions

MUSIC (17 awarded)

• Music History, Literature, and Theory
• Music Management and Merchandising
• Music Performance
• Music Theory and Composition
• Music
• Piano and Organ
• Voice and Opera

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (2 awarded)

• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (10 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (40 awarded)

• Art Therapy/Therapist
• Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling
• Music Therapy/Therapist
• Psychology