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  College of Charleston
66 George St
Charleston, SC 29424-0001
General information
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Type of institution: Public, 4-year or above
Federal Aid: Institution has a Program Participation Agreement with the US Department of Education for eligible students to receive Pell Grants and other federal aid.
Degrees offered: Bachelor degree, Certificates/Postbaccalaureate certificate, Master's degree
Carnegie classification: Master's Colleges and Universities (medium programs)
Number of students: 11,218 (2006)
2007-08 Undergraduate application fee:$45.00

Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
Tuition and Fees2007-082006-072005-06
In-State$7,778$7,234$6,668
Out of State$18,732$16,800$15,342
Books and Supplies$999$966$933
On-Campus
Room and board$8,495$7,596$6,948
Other Expenses$2,939$2,792$2,743
Off Campus
Room and board$8,372$8,100$7,817
Other Expenses$3,923$3,695$4,520
Off Campus w/ family
Other Expenses$3,521$3,695$4,520

Financial aid 2005-2006

Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students

Type of AidPercentage of students receiving aidAverage amount of aid they received
Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship) 12% $3,044
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) 54% $5,043
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) 26% $4,166
Loans to students 36% $3,613
 
 

Degrees offered by this school

 
 
Bachelor degree
Urban Studies + Affairs
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Urban Studies + Affairs: A program that focuses on the application of social science principles to the study of urban institutions and the forces influencing urban social and political life. Includes instruction in urban theory, the development and evolution of urban areas, urban...

Bachelor degree
Special Education and Teaching
General
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Special Education and Teaching, General: A general program that focuses on the design and provision of teaching and other educational services to children or adults with special learning needs or disabilities, and that may prepare individuals to function as special education teach...

Bachelor degree
Spanish Language and Literature
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Spanish Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the Spanish language and related dialects. Includes instruction in Spanish philology, Modern Castillan, various Latin American dialects, regional Spanish dialects, and applications in business, science/technology, and oth...

Bachelor degree
Sociology
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Sociology: A program that focuses on the systematic study of human social institutions and social relationships. Includes instruction in social theory, sociological research methods, social organization and structure, social stratification and hierarchies, dynamics of social chan...

Bachelor degree
Religion + Religious Studies
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Religion + Religious Studies: A program that focuses on the nature of religious belief and specific religious and quasi-religious systems. Includes instruction in phenomenology; the sociology, psychology, philosophy, anthropology, literature and art of religion; mythology; script...

Bachelor degree
Psychology
General
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Psychology, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of individual and collective behavior, the physical and environmental bases of behavior, and the analysis and treatment of behavior problems and disorders. Includes instruction in the principles of the va...

Bachelor degree
Pre-Medicine + Pre-Medical Studies
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Pre-Medicine + Pre-Medical Studies: A program that prepares individuals for admission to a first-professional program in medicine, osteopathic medicine, or podiatric medicine.

Bachelor degree
Pre-Dentistry Studies
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Pre-Dentistry Studies: A program that prepares individuals for admission to a first-professional program in dentistry.

Bachelor degree
Political Science and Government
General
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Political Science and Government, General: A general program that focuses on the systematic study of political institutions and behavior. Includes instruction in political philosophy, political theory, comparative government and politics, political parties and interest groups, p...

Bachelor degree
Physics
General
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Physics, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of matter and energy, and the formulation and testing of the laws governing the behavior of the matter-energy continuum. Includes instruction in classical and modern physics, electricity and magnetism, therm...

Bachelor degree
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Physical Education Teaching and Coaching: A program that prepares individuals to teach physical education programs and/or to coach sports at various educational levels.

Bachelor degree
Philosophy
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Philosophy: A program that focuses on ideas and their logical structure, including arguments and investigations about abstract and real phenomena. Includes instruction in logic, ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, metaphysics, symbolism, and history of philosophy, and applications ...

Bachelor degree
Music
General
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Music, General: A general program that focuses on the introductory study and appreciation of music and the performing arts. Includes instruction in music, dance, and other performing arts media.

Bachelor degree
Mathematics
General
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Mathematics, General: A general program that focuses on the analysis of quantities, magnitudes, forms, and their relationships, using symbolic logic and language. Includes instruction in algebra, calculus, functional analysis, geometry, number theory, logic, topology and other ma...

Bachelor degree
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the ecology and behavior of microbes, plants, and animals inhabiting oceans, coastal waters, and saltwater wetlands and their interactions with the physical environment. Includes instruc...

Bachelor degree
Latin American Studies
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Latin American Studies: A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the Hispanic peoples of the North and South American Continents outside Canada and the United States, including the study of the Pre-Columbian period and the ...

Bachelor degree
Junior High + Intermediate + Middle School Education and Teaching
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Junior High + Intermediate + Middle School Education and Teaching: A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the middle, intermediate or junior high grades, which may include grades four through nine by regulation.

Bachelor degree
International Business + Trade + Commerce
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree International Business + Trade + Commerce: A program that prepares individuals to manage international businesses and/or business operations. Includes instruction in the principles and processes of export sales, trade controls, foreign operations and related problems, monetary is...

Bachelor degree
Information Science + Studies
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Information Science + Studies: A program that focuses on the theory, organization, and process of information collection, transmission, and utilization in traditional and electronic forms. Includes instruction in information classification and organization; information storage a...

Bachelor degree
History
General
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree History, General: A program that focuses on the general study and interpretation of the past, including the gathering, recording, synthesizing and criticizing of evidence and theories about past events. Includes instruction in historiography; historical research methods; studies ...

Bachelor degree
Historic Preservation and Conservation
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Historic Preservation and Conservation: A program that focuses on the architectural design principles and building techniques used in historic structures and environments, and the process of saving and restoring old buildings and districts for contemporary use and enjoyment. Incl...

Bachelor degree
German Language and Literature
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree German Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the German language and related dialects as used in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, neighboring European countries containing German-speaking minorities, and elsewhere. Includes instruction in German philology; Old, Middle,...

Bachelor degree
Geology + Earth Science
General
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Geology + Earth Science, General: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the earth; the forces acting upon it; and the behavior of the solids, liquids and gases comprising it. Includes instruction in historical geology, geomorphology, and sedimentology, the chemistry o...

Bachelor degree
French Language and Literature
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree French Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the French language and related dialects and creoles. Includes instruction in French philology, Metropolitan French, Canadian French, African and Caribbean Creoles, French regional dialects, and applications in business, s...

Bachelor degree
Fine + Studio Arts
General
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Fine + Studio Arts, General: A program that prepares individuals to generally function as creative artists in the visual and plastic media. Includes instruction in the traditional fine arts media (drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, CAD/CAM) and/or modern media (ceramics, ...

Bachelor degree
English Language and Literature
General
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree English Language and Literature, General: A general program that focuses on the English language, including its history, structure and related communications skills; and the literature and culture of English-speaking peoples.

Bachelor degree
Elementary Education and Teaching
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Elementary Education and Teaching: A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the elementary grades, which may include kindergarten through grade eight, depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all elementary education subje...

Bachelor degree
Economics
General
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Economics, General: A general program that focuses on the systematic study of the production, conservation and allocation of resources in conditions of scarcity, together with the organizational frameworks related to these processes. Includes instruction in economic theory, micro...

Bachelor degree
Early Childhood Education and Teaching
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Early Childhood Education and Teaching: A program that prepares individuals to teach students ranging in age from infancy through eight years (grade three), depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all relevant subject matter.

Bachelor degree
Drama and Dramatics + Theatre Arts
General
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Drama and Dramatics + Theatre Arts, General: A program that focuses on the general study of dramatic works and their performance. Includes instruction in major works of dramatic literature, dramatic styles and types, and the principles of organizing and producing full live or fil...

Bachelor degree
Computer and Information Sciences
General
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Computer and Information Sciences, General: A general program that focuses on computing, computer science, and information science and systems as part of a broad and/or interdisciplinary program. Such programs are undifferentiated as to title and content and are not to be confused...

Bachelor degree
Communication Studies + Speech Communication and Rhetoric
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Communication Studies + Speech Communication and Rhetoric: A program that focuses on the scientific, humanistic, and critical study of human communication in a variety of formats, media, and contexts. Includes instruction in the theory and practice of interpersonal, group, organi...

Bachelor degree
Classics + Classical Languages, Lit And Linguistics, General.
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Classics + Classical Languages, Lit And Linguistics, General: A general program that focuses on the literary culture of the ancient Graeco-Roman world and the Greek and Latin languages and literatures and their development prior to the fall of the Roman Empire.

Bachelor degree
Chemistry
Other
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Chemistry, Other: Any instructional program in chemistry not listed in the Chemistry, General category.

Bachelor degree
Chemistry
General
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Chemistry, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the composition and behavior of matter, including its micro- and macro-structure, the processes of chemical change, and the theoretical description and laboratory simulation of these phenomena.

Bachelor degree
Business Administration and Management
General
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Business Administration and Management, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control the functions and processes of a firm or organization. Includes instruction in management theory, human resources management and behavior, account...

Bachelor degree
Biology + Biological Sciences
General
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Biology + Biological Sciences, General: A general program of biology at the introductory, basic level or a program in biology or the biological sciences that is undifferentiated as to title or content. Includes instruction in general biology and programs covering a variety of bio...

Bachelor degree
Athletic Training + Trainer
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Athletic Training + Trainer: A program that prepares individuals to work in consultation with, and under the supervision of physicians to prevent and treat sports injuries and associated conditions. Includes instruction in the identification, evaluation, and treatment of athletic...

Bachelor degree
Arts Management
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Arts Management: A program that prepares individuals to organize and manage art organizations, operations, and facilities. Includes instruction in business and financial management; marketing and fundraising; personnel management and labor relations; event promotion and managemen...

Bachelor degree
Art History
Criticism and Conservation
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Art History, Criticism and Conservation: A program that focuses on the study of the historical development of art as social and intellectual phenomenon, the analysis of works of art, and art conservation. Includes instruction in the theory of art, art history research methods, co...

Bachelor degree
Anthropology
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Anthropology: A program that focuses on the systematic study of human beings, their antecedents and related primates, and their cultural behavior and institutions, in comparative perspective. Includes instruction in biological/physical anthropology, primatology, human paleontolog...

Bachelor degree
Accounting
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Bachelor degree Accounting: A program that prepares individuals to practice the profession of accounting and to perform related business functions. Includes instruction in accounting principles and theory, financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, budget control, tax accounti...

Certificates/Postbaccalaureate certificate
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language + ESL Language Instructor
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Postbaccalaureate certificate Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language + ESL Language Instructor: A program that focuses on the principles and practice of teaching English to students who are not proficient in English or who do not speak, read or write English, and that may prepare indivi...

Certificates/Postbaccalaureate certificate
Mathematics
General
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Postbaccalaureate certificate Mathematics, General: A general program that focuses on the analysis of quantities, magnitudes, forms, and their relationships, using symbolic logic and language. Includes instruction in algebra, calculus, functional analysis, geometry, number theory, logic, topolog...

Certificates/Postbaccalaureate certificate
Language Interpretation and Translation
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Postbaccalaureate certificate Language Interpretation and Translation: A program that prepares individuals to be professional interpreters and/or translators of documents and data files, either from English or (Canadian) French into another language or languages or vice versa. Includes intensive...

Master's degree
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Oth.
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Master's degree Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Oth: Any instructional program in teacher education, specific academic and vocational programs not listed in the Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, General category.

Master's degree
Special Education and Teaching
General
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Master's degree Special Education and Teaching, General: A general program that focuses on the design and provision of teaching and other educational services to children or adults with special learning needs or disabilities, and that may prepare individuals to function as special education teach...

Master's degree
Public Administration
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Master's degree Public Administration: A program that prepares individuals to serve as managers in the executive arm of local, state, and federal government; and that focuses on the systematic study of executive organization and management. Includes instruction in the roles, development, and pri...

Master's degree
Mathematics
General
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Master's degree Mathematics, General: A general program that focuses on the analysis of quantities, magnitudes, forms, and their relationships, using symbolic logic and language. Includes instruction in algebra, calculus, functional analysis, geometry, number theory, logic, topology and other ma...

Master's degree
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Master's degree Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the ecology and behavior of microbes, plants, and animals inhabiting oceans, coastal waters, and saltwater wetlands and their interactions with the physical environment. Includes instruc...

Master's degree
Language Interpretation and Translation
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Master's degree Language Interpretation and Translation: A program that prepares individuals to be professional interpreters and/or translators of documents and data files, either from English or (Canadian) French into another language or languages or vice versa. Includes intensive instruction i...

Master's degree
Junior High + Intermediate + Middle School Education and Teaching
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Master's degree Junior High + Intermediate + Middle School Education and Teaching: A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the middle, intermediate or junior high grades, which may include grades four through nine by regulation.

Master's degree
History
General
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Master's degree History, General: A program that focuses on the general study and interpretation of the past, including the gathering, recording, synthesizing and criticizing of evidence and theories about past events. Includes instruction in historiography; historical research methods; studies ...

Master's degree
Foreign Language Teacher Education
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Master's degree Foreign Language Teacher Education: A program that prepares individuals to teach foreign languages programs at various educational levels, other than French, German or Spanish.

Master's degree
Environmental Studies
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Master's degree Environmental Studies: A program that focuses on environment-related issues using scientific, social scientific, or humanistic approaches or a combination. Includes instruction in the basic principles of ecology and environmental science and related subjects such as policy, poli...

Master's degree
English Language and Literature
General
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Master's degree English Language and Literature, General: A general program that focuses on the English language, including its history, structure and related communications skills; and the literature and culture of English-speaking peoples.

Master's degree
Elementary Education and Teaching
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Master's degree Elementary Education and Teaching: A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the elementary grades, which may include kindergarten through grade eight, depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all elementary education subje...

Master's degree
Early Childhood Education and Teaching
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Master's degree Early Childhood Education and Teaching: A program that prepares individuals to teach students ranging in age from infancy through eight years (grade three), depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all relevant subject matter.

Master's degree
Computer Science
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Master's degree Computer Science: A general program that focuses on computers, computing problems and solutions, and the design of computer systems and user interfaces from a scientific perspective. Includes instruction in the principles of computational science, and computing theory; computer ha...

Master's degree
Accounting
College of Charleston

General Description for:
College of Charleston Master's degree Accounting: A program that prepares individuals to practice the profession of accounting and to perform related business functions. Includes instruction in accounting principles and theory, financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, budget control, tax accounti...

 
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