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College of Charleston was awarded 22 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is teacher education grade specific.
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C of C is ranked #692 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when C of C held the #699 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
C of C also holds the #6 spot on the Best Colleges in South Carolina ranking.
College of Charleston has an acceptance rate of 76%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 24% of students accepted to C of C submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 660. Math scores were between 550 and 640.
The student to faculty ratio at College of Charleston is about average at 16 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at College of Charleston is 63%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
College of Charleston has a freshmen retention rate of 80%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At C of C the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 57%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 9,300 undergraduates at C of C with 8,466 being full-time and 834 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,607 | $13,606 | $16,080 | $22,067 | $24,133 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of C of C, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At C of C, approximately 51% of students took out student loans averaging $9,150 a year. That adds up to $36,600 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for C of C are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 66 George St, Charleston, SC 29424-0001 |
| Phone: | 843-953-5500 |
| Website: | https://www.cofc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 228 | $41,299 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 171 | $36,903 |
| General Psychology | 168 | $29,339 |
| General Biology | 162 | $30,538 |
| Public Health | 120 | $31,848 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 108 | $41,402 |
| Political Science & Government | 107 | $35,398 |
| Physiology & Pathology Sciences | 80 | $27,467 |
| Marketing | 76 | $40,723 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 65 | $54,634 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 5,791 students took at least one online class at College of Charleston. This is a decrease from the 6,966 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 5,791 | 707 |
| 2021-2022 | 6,966 | 842 |
| 2020-2021 | 9,318 | 1,347 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,246 | 425 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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