College Guides and Rankings

         

             

 

PARADE magazine

PARADE magazine’s College A-List included the College as one of the best small public schools in the nation. Recommended by high school counselors, the College was chosen as a school that combines "the communal feel of a small liberal-arts college with the breadth of choice offered by a big university."

"The campus itself is a piece of history located in the heart of Charleston’s historic district, and students studying historic preservation and arts management (Charleston is home to the Spoleto Festival) have a living laboratory at their disposal."

View the full College A-List article.

The Princeton Review

The College of Charleston is among a select group of institutions chosen by The Princeton Review for offering students the best values for their education:

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"Personal attention is the name of the game at the College of Charleston. The College's students love the fact that at this mid-sized school (which has an undergrad population of about 10,000) they get to know their profs as people as well as teachers."

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The Princeton Review called the College of Charleston “a moderately sized school that manages to make itself feel like a small school, a ‘Southern secret’ that is ‘extremely diverse’ and offers ‘many great fields of study.’”

The report also stated that the College manages to maintain relatively small class sizes, which “allows professors to pay individualized attention to students and to make time to advise their students outside of class.”

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You get "huge university opportunities with a small college, personalized atmosphere." The “professors really do care about you.” “The professors I’ve encountered in the history department truly love their field and have greatly shaped my own research,” says one student.

Another student boasts, “The weather is great, the city is beautiful, you get a great education for a reasonable price, and of course the people from here are amazing … why not choose the College of Charleston?”

The Princeton Review included the College in its ranking of great college towns. The guide says the College’s “location in historic Charleston provides a truly unique Southern experience with strong liberal arts and sciences academics.”

The Southeastern Colleges

The College was named one of the best colleges in the Southeast. Only 25% of the nation's four-year colleges were selected for the guidebook's regional listings. Schools were selected based primarily on academic excellence.

U.S.News & World Report

U.S.News & World Report ranks the College of Charleston No. 4 among Southern public regional universities in its 2013 edition of Best Colleges. U.S. News also listed the College as an “A-Plus School for B Students," for "scholars trapped in the GPA of a B student." The magazine included the College as an up-and-comer, nominated by college administrators for making "promising and innovative changes in the areas of academics, faculty, student life, campus, or facilities."

Newsweek magazine

Newsweek named the College of Charleston as one of the country's most interesting schools.

Barron's Best Buys in College Education

The College of Charleston is rated a "Best Buy" in the newest edition of Barron's Best Buys in College Education.

Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine

The College of Charleston ranks No. 68 among Kiplinger's 2012-2013 top 100 "Best Values in Public Colleges." The College was selected for providing a combination of outstanding academic quality and an affordable price tag.

2012 Fiske Guide to Colleges

Whether sampling the traditional Lowcountry cuisine or delving into the wide range of courses offered at this strong liberal arts institution, students at the College of Charleston know they are getting a solid education based on creative expression and intellectual freedom.

"The school is filled with amazing, talented, intelligent and respectful people," says a senior.

Professor's get high marks in and out of the classroom. "I can say I've had some of the most amazing and intelligent professors," says one freshman.

Forbes Magazine

The College of Charleston was included in Forbes.com's inaugural ranking of America's Best Colleges, which considered institutions based on quality education and student achievement.

College Portrait of Undergraduate Education

Created as part of the Voluntary System of Accountability, the College Portrait provides user-friendly access to standardized information about public universities.
View the College of Charleston’s portrait.