Extraordinary Happens Here

For more than 250 years, we've charted a different path. One led by optimism, innovation and a curiosity that can change the world. Nestled in one of the most beautiful historic cities in the country, the College offers world-class academics with a tight-knit community and wide-open opportunity.
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Carve Out Something Different Here

No matter your area of interest, we have the program for you. We offer approximately 150 undergraduate majors and minors, 22 master's degree programs and nine graduate-level certificate programs and robust interdisciplinary programs.

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Live Life In A Postcard

Feel like a local no matter where you're from. Charleston is the perfect-sized city–big enough to support a vibrant and diverse cultural life yet small enough to feel right at home from your very first day.
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Life in Charleston

The College is in the middle of one of the most lovingly preserved historic districts in America, yet the city is forward-focused with a diverse population and innovative companies like Google, Boeing and Blackbaud.
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Student Life

Make your college experience everything you imagined. There's never a dull moment on our campus, plus downtown Charleston is just minutes from some of the best beaches in the Southeast and boasts year-round temperate weather.
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Clubs & Organizations

Find your people and pursue your passions with our more than 240 student clubs and organizations.
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Where Optimists Thrive

My job was to think about audiences, acquisition and distribution – to get the right reporters, human rights groups and refugee organizations...to see the film as a tool to further their mission.

Liz Stiff '09, Executive Producer, 2026 Emmy winner for the sports documentary, "Champions of the Golden Valley" Read More about Liz
Alum Micah Mallace standing on the dock of the Port of Charleston with a large ship loaded with shipping containers in the background.

For anyone looking to study supply chain management, I look at Charleston as the center of the world right now. From an opportunity perspective, I see this as the market to be in.

Micah Mallace ‘11 (MBA), President and CEO of South Carolina Ports Authority

The Meteorology program at CofC provides the knowledge and experience students need to launch their careers. Through my advisors, I secured internships that helped me land a job right after college.

Mikel Hannah-Harding ‘19, Meteorologist at The Weather Channel Learn about the Meteorology Program

This type of research is usually done by postdoc fellows, but here the research is conducted by undergrads – amazing.

Sorinel Oprisan, professor of physics Learn More: Music & Neuroactvity

When others see younger people taking action on a local level, it pushes them to step into these roles and make a change.

Brya Jackson '27, Delegate, United Nations High Level Political Forum Read more about Brya

Upcoming Events

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Making & Remembering: A Symposium

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"Soft Power in Hard Times: Leveraging American Ideas in a Complex World," by Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau

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Panel Discussion on Compassion, Mercy and Forgiveness After Tragedies

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College News

Unplug Week Encourages Campus Community to Reconnect Beyond the Screen

Sep 24, 2026

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2 Students, 1 Goal: Supporting Spinal Stenosis Research

Sep 24, 2026

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Reaching for the Stars: Inside the CofC Observatory

Sep 23, 2026

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