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College of Charleston
College of Charleston
www.cofc.edu
Quick Facts:
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Affiliation: Public
Campus Setting: City Center
GPA: B
Standardized Test: 1140-1280 SAT for out-of-state students (critical reading and math only). 25-29 ACT range for out-of-state students
Enrollment: 10,488 undergraduates
Average class size: 26
Student/Faculty ratio: 16:1
Cost: $28,008 for out-of-state tuition
Most Popular/Strongest Academic Programs:
- Biology
- Communication
- Psychology
- Business Administration
- Political Science
- Marine Biology
Campus Life:
- More than a third of College of Charleston students are active in Greek life.
- Freshmen take part in the First-Year Experience and choose between seminar or learning community options.
- Most students move off-campus after their first year.
- Division I school (no football team) and athletics are very popular
- Many club and intramural sports to chose from.
- On weekends, many students head to one of several local beaches.
- Students attend festivals, plays and visit scenic plantations and gardens in Charleston.
You may be interested in C of C if you are considering: Clemson, Elon, University of Georgia, University of North Carolina, University of South Carolina, Tulane, James Madison
Worth Noting:
- It’s a scenic place to live, as the campus has made appearances in feature films including The Notebook, Dear John, and The Patriot.
- Located in Charleston’s famous Historic District, the campus features many of the city’s most historic buildings. More than 80 of its buildings are former private residences.
- Collaboration amongst students is more common than competition.
- C of C is the only college in the country that offers a degree in Discovery Informatics (interdisciplinary combination of: statistics, social sciences, math, computer science, learning theory, logic, information theory and artificial intelligence)
- 35% of the student body is from out-of-state
- Jewish Studies program recently added
(Facts and information used were taken from: Fiske Guide to Colleges; www.cofc.edu/ ; http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/)