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College of Charleston

College of Charleston
66 George Street
Charleston, SC 29424


Website: https://www.cofc.edu/
Screen last updated on: January 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 9,930
Full-time undergraduates: 9,185
Part-time undergraduates: 787
Total graduate students: 913
Full-time graduate students: 279
Part-time graduate students: 634
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
1.9% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
5.6% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
7.2% Hispanic/Latino
0.0% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
78.9% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.9% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
0.8% Nonresident Alien
1.6% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown
CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 52 acres

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • women's dorms
  • men's dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 95%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 28%
Percent of students who live off campus: 72%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: yes
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 1400
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Student Government Association; Cougar Activities Board; Black Student Union; Charleston Miracle; Intramural Basketball

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballyes 
Men's baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketballyes 
Men's cheerleading NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golfyes 
Men's sailing NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's socceryes 
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's tennisyes 
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cheerleading NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's equestrian sports NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golfyes 
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's sailing NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's sand volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's socceryes 
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennisyes 
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Intramural/Recreational sports:
rock climbing; badminton; baseball; basketball; cheerleading; crew; equestrian sports; fencing; golf; ice hockey; lacrosse; racquetball; riflery; rugby; sailing; soccer; softball; squash; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; weight lifting; indoor track; rowing; sand volleyball; swimming and diving; track and field; table tennis; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Charleston International

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 70% within six months of graduation

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