College of Charleston

Charleston, SC

According to its mission statement, "the College of Charleston is a public university grounded in the principles of the liberal arts and committed to developing ethically centered, intellectually versatile and globally fluent citizens who create innovative solutions to social, economic and environmental challenges." [Source]

Website: http://www.cofc.edu/

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9,967
Undergraduate
Enrollment

59%
4-Year
Graduation Rate

$12,978
In-State Tuition & Fees
(annually)

$34,438
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees
(annually)

16:1
Student to Faculty Ratio

4.1%
Student Loan Default Rate

General Education Requirements

Composition

YES

Literature

Foreign Language

YES

U.S. Government/History

Economics

Mathematics

YES

Science

YES

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FIRE Speech Code School Rating

A yellow light institution maintains policies that could be interpreted to suppress protected speech or policies that, while clearly restricting freedom of speech, restrict relatively narrow categories of speech.

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Curriculum last evaluated: 8/12/2022

2021-22 enrollment and tuition data, and four-year graduation rates for first-time, full-time freshmen who enrolled in Fall 2012, are derived from the National Center for Education Statistics’ College Navigator.