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College of Charleston
Charleston, SC · Public · 10,558 students · mostly bachelor degrees
56th-cheapest of 82 South Carolina colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$18,960
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$32,362
Graduation rate
66%
Admission rate
60%
Median graduate earnings
$56,416
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$23,250
Average SAT
1247
Median ACT
26
Pell grant recipients
19%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
91 programsAccounting · Master's Degree14 grads/yr$98,747Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree50 grads/yr$98,059Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree53 grads/yr$97,539Information Science/Studies · Bachelor's Degree21 grads/yr$93,285Accounting · Bachelor's Degree37 grads/yr$85,826Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree55 grads/yr$84,187Environmental Science · Master's Degree17 grads/yr$79,857International Business/Trade/Commerce · Bachelor's Degree35 grads/yr$76,727Public Administration · Master's Degree18 grads/yr$75,145Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree178 grads/yr$71,360Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis · Master's Degree6 grads/yr$71,178Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Bachelor's Degree95 grads/yr$68,348Hospitality Administration/Management, General · Bachelor's Degree47 grads/yr$64,154Geology/Earth Science, General · Bachelor's Degree28 grads/yr$63,993International/Globalization Studies · Bachelor's Degree48 grads/yr$60,468Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree86 grads/yr$58,955Communication, General · Bachelor's Degree153 grads/yr$58,371Pathology/Experimental Pathology · Bachelor's Degree56 grads/yr$58,317Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis · Bachelor's Degree22 grads/yr$57,635French Language and Literature · Bachelor's Degree28 grads/yr$56,122Environmental Health · Bachelor's Degree129 grads/yr$55,660Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree133 grads/yr$55,342Mathematics, General · Bachelor's Degree12 grads/yr$54,942Child Development · Master's Degree12 grads/yr$54,411Forensic Anthropology · Bachelor's Degree23 grads/yr$53,567
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.