The Graduate Studies Office

If you have any questions regarding your graduate education, we're happy to help. Call the office, send us an email, or stop by and see us in 310 Randolph Hall.

We're also open until 7:00 p.m. on the third Monday and Thursday of every month.

Note from the Dean

Charleston, located in the heart of the South Carolina Lowcountry, is a fantastic place to undertake graduate study. Our seventeen master’s degree and eight certificate programs take advantage of the unique opportunities provided by the people, institutions, and environment of the area and offer the specialized knowledge and training sought by professionals living and working in the region.

Because of the superb credentials of our faculty and relatively small size of our programs, graduate students enjoy close personal relationships with their mentors and have diverse opportunities for scholarly research and experiential learning. We look forward not only to your contributions to the intellectual life of our academic community in the next few years, but also to those future contributions you will make to the development of the city, state and world as alumnae/i.

If you cannot find the information you need using this website, please do not hesitate to contact the Graduate School Office - in person, by phone, or by e-mail. We have a wonderful staff who are eager to get to know you personally and to assist you in making your graduate experience at the College of Charleston an exciting and productive time of intellectual and personal growth.

On behalf of everyone in the Graduate School, I wish you the best in your upcoming studies.

Amy Thompson McCandless, Ph.D
Dean of the Graduate School

Mission of the Graduate School of the College of Charleston

The Graduate School of the College of Charleston seeks to offer graduate degrees and certificate programs that take advantage of the unique opportunities provided by the people, institutions and environment of the south Carolina Lowcountry and that offer the specialized knowledge and training sought by professionals living and working in the region. The graduate programs provide a quality driven, student-oriented education in an atmosphere that encourages student and faculty diversity, inclusiveness and equity.