Graduate Programs at College of Charleston

Graduate School Overview

College of Charleston (referred to as C of Charleston) is a Public, 4 years school located in Charleston, SC. College of Charleston is a completely online college that all programs/degrees are offered via distance education. It is classified as a Master's College and University (medium programs) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Master's degree.

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1916 - Current).

C of Charleston Directory Information
School Name	College of Charleston (C of Charleston)
Address	66 George St, Charleston, SC 29424-0001
Phone	843-953-5500
Web	https://www.cofc.edu
Online Application	https://www.cofc.edu/apply
Financial Info	https://finaid.cofc.edu

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at College of Charleston is $14,230 for South Carolina residents and $39,332 for out-of-state students. The school has 974 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 10,941 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 96 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Post-Master Certificate. Among them, 2 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$39,332 $14,230 for South Carolina Residents
Student Population	974
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Post-Master Certificate
Number of Programs	96 graduate programs (2 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	16 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at College of Charleston is $14,230 for South Carolina residents and $39,332 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $574 for South Carolina residents and $1,619 for out-of-state students.

College of Charleston offers the alternative tuition plans.

College of Charleston offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	2 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Air Force) Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of College of Charleston is $14,230 for South Carolina residents and $39,332 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 3.95% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	South Carolina Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$70	$14,050	$70	$35,150
2019-2020	$70	$14,160	$70	$36,522
2020-2021	$13,770	$460	$36,132	$460
2021-2022	$13,770	$460	$37,376	$460
2022-2023	$13,770	$460	$38,872	$460

The graduate school tuition & fees of C of Charleston is expensive compared to public graduate schools in South Carolina. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the South Carolina graduate tuition is $25,304 (public) / $14,181 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
College of Charleston	$14,230	$39,332
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
South Carolina Graduate Schools	$13,404	$19,691
Public	$13,051	$25,304
Private	$14,181

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $574 for South Carolina residents and $1,619 for other students at College of Charleston. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 3.98% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	South Carolina Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$569	$1,448
2019-2020	$574	$1,506
2020-2021	$574	$1,506
2021-2022	$574	$1,557
2022-2023	$574	$1,619

Graduate Programs at C of Charleston

College of Charleston offers 31 graduate programs for Master's and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 274 students have completed their study at College of Charleston.

Offered Degrees at College of Charleston
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	22	2	231
Post Bachelor's Degree	8	0	32
Post Master's Degree	1	0	11
Total	31	2	274

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at College of Charleston by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor program with 18 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 45 completers.

Post-graduate Certificate
Master's

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at College of Charleston
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	18	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	11	-
Fine and Studio Arts Management	✕	6	-
Fine and Studio Arts Management	✕	4	-
Urban Studies/Affairs	✕	3	-

Popular Master's Programs at College of Charleston
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✕	45	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	40	-
Environmental Studies	✕	28	-
Public Administration	✕	22	$39,500
Accounting	✕	21	$56,700

College of Charleston offers 31 programs through Master's and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 274 students have completed their graduate studies.

231 students have earned/completed Master's program.
32 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
11 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	28 completers	-
Environmental Studies	✕	28	-
Architecture [+]	✕	7 completers	-
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	✕	7	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✔ (1 completers)	3 completers	-
Organizational Communication	✔	3	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences (other)	✕	6	-
Computer Science	✕	6	-
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	32 completers	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	14	-
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	✕	1	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	3	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✕	10	-
Foreign Language Teacher Education	✔	2	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	✕	2	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Child Development	✕	17	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	10 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	2	-
Creative Writing	✕	8	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography	✕	10	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	6	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Historic Preservation and Conservation	✕	6	-
Human Services [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	22	$39,500
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	4	-
Business [+]	✕	64 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	45	-
Accounting	✕	19	$56,700
History [+]	✕	10 completers	-
History	✕	10	-
	Total	231

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	1	-
Computer Science	✕	0	-
Education [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented	✕	0	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	18	-
Engineering [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Computer Software Engineering	✕	1	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	3	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Urban Studies/Affairs	✕	3	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Fine and Studio Arts Management	✕	6	-
	Total	32

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	11	-
	Total	11

Graduate Student Population at C of Charleston

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 974 students enrolled into College of Charleston graduate schools where it has total 10,941 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 319 full-time and 655 part-time graduate students. By gender, 220 male and 754 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	974	220	754
Full-time	319	89	230
Part-tme	655	131	524

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 765 White (78.54%), 87 Black/African American (8.93%), 45 Hispanic (4.62%), 11 Asian (1.13%), and 66 students with other races. 18 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	974	220	754
American Indian/Native American	2	1	1
Asian	11	4	7
Black/African American	87	11	76
Hispanic	45	3	42
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0	2
White	765	176	589
Two More	20	8	12
Un-Known	24	11	13
Non-resident Alien	18	6	12

College of Charleston offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 508 graduate students (52.16% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 63 graduate students (6.47% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	974
Enrolled Online Exclusively	508
Enrolled Some Online Courses	63
Not in Online Courses	403

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at College of Charleston. 260 students are aged 20 to 24 (26.69% of total students), 130 students are aged above 50 (13.35%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at College of Charleston.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	974	220	754
Age 20-21	8	1	7
Age 22-24	252	71	181
Age 25-29	203	63	140
Age 30-34	109	28	81
Age 35-39	111	14	97
Age 40-49	161	29	132
Age 50-64	125	11	114
Over 64	5	3	2

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