- The Inkwell
- South Carolina
- Converse University
Spartanburg, SCCity: smallZIP 29302Founded 1889
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1889
- Carnegie class
- Master's: small programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.converse.edu
- Member of
- WCC
South CarolinaPrivate nonprofit
Converse University
Converse University is a private nonprofit university in Spartanburg, South Carolina, with 1,173 undergraduates. It admits 68% of applicants, graduates 44% within six years and costs $23,526 a year after aid.
44%graduate
Admission rate68%
Retention80%
4-year graduation44%
Pell Grant share32%
Federal loans40%
$23,526net price / year
68%admission rate
1138average SAT
44%graduate in 6 years
$45,726median earnings, 10 yrs
$24,500median debt
#1,438 of 1,704 for earnings#1,131 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,246 of 1,738 for graduation rate#507 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $41,330tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $34,144
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $34,144
- Average net price
- $23,526national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$23,971
$30,001–48,000$23,143
$48,001–75,000$22,788
$75,001–110,000$20,412
$110,001+$24,723
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 68%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1138
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 510–630
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 500–620
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 19–26
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college68%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college80%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college44%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college32%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 44%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 44%
- First-year retention
- 80%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 49%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $39,929
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $45,726middle 50%: $32,538–$61,923
- Median debt at graduation
- $24,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$61,923
Median, Converse University$45,726
Lower quarter$32,538
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,173
- Part-time
- 2.7%
- Women / men
- 73% / 27%
- Average age at entry
- 21.0
- First-generation students
- 32%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 32%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 98%
- Average faculty salary
- $6,564 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $8,708
- Endowment, end of year
- $88,497,169
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White43%
Hispanic11%
Black12%
Asian1.3%
Two or more races3.5%
U.S. nonresident8.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native1.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown19%
17 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management18%
Visual & performing arts13%
Psychology12%
Biological & biomedical sciences12%
Family & consumer sciences11%
Education8.6%
Social sciences4.5%
History4.5%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 217961. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q5166453.