by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, College of Charleston took the #673 spot.
In addition, C of C took the #7 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina.
The total graduate student population at C of C is made up of 74.8% women and 25.2% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at C of C, around 16.1% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at C of C. Around 1.6% of graduate students are international. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $13,770 | $37,376 |
| Fees | $460 | $460 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from C of C enter careers with an average starting salary of $49,307. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 16% lower than the national average of $58,425.
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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: | www.cofc.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/collegeofcharleston |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/CofC |
About 58.6% of the graduate students at College of Charleston took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 52.2% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
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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