STUDENT PROFILE

• Fall 2007 enrollment: Approximately 7,872 students from 44 states and 31 foreign countries
• South Carolina residents:
  • First-time freshmen: 48 percent
  • All undergraduate students: 57 percent
• Out-of-state residents:
  • First-time freshmen: 52 percent
  • All undergraduate students: 43 percent
• International students: 1 percent
• Male/Female: 46/54 percent
• Average SAT score for first-time freshmen: 1,039
• Average high school GPA for first-time freshmen: 3.32

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Coastal Carolina University offers baccalaureate degrees in 40 major fields of study and 37 undergraduate minors. The University also offers master’s degree programs in business administration, education, and coastal marine and wetland studies. Coastal’s many international partnerships make it possible for students to study in places such as Australia, China, Costa Rica, England, Ecuador and Galapagos Islands, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, Russia and Spain.

Coastal Carolina University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the baccalaureate and master’s degrees.

The E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration is accredited by AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

The Spadoni College of Education is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and the South Carolina State Board of Education.

Coastal Carolina University is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).

The Department of Computer Science is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).

FACULTY

Full-time faculty members: 284
Faculty members with doctoral or terminal degrees: 82 percent
Student to faculty FTE ratio: 18:1

THE CAMPUS

Coastal comprises 53 main buildings on 307 acres including the Burroughs & Chapin Center for Marine and Wetland Studies and the Coastal Science Center, located on the East Campus at the Atlantic Center on U.S. 501. The University also offers courses at the Waccamaw Center for Higher Education in Litchfield and in Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach and Georgetown. Waties Island, 1,062 acres of pristine barrier island on the Atlantic coast, provides a natural laboratory for extensive study in marine science and wetlands biology. Students enrolled in Coastal's Professional Golf Management program staff Quail Creek Golf Club at Coastal Carolina University, a public 18-hole golf facility located adjacent to the campus.

ATHLETICS

NCAA Division I / Big South

• Women’s varsity teams: basketball, cross country, golf, indoor track and field, soccer, softball, tennis, outdoor track and field, volleyball
  
  
• Men’s varsity teams: baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, tennis, outdoor track and field.
  
  
• The mascot/nickname for the University is the Chanticleer, the crafty quick-thinking rooster from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

FINANCES

Tuition, Housing, Meals (Fall 2007)
In-state Tuition: $7,600 per year
Out-of-state Tuition: $16,590 per year
Housing/Meals: $6,680 per year

Budget
Total budget: $118 million
State appropriations: 13.7 percent of total revenue

Economic Impact
$255 million

BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS

Business Administration

• Accounting
• CPA (Certified Public Accountant) option
• CMA/CFM (Certified Management Accountant / Certified Financial Manager option
• Professional Golf Management option
• Economics
• Professional Golf Management option
• Finance
• Professional Golf Management option
• Management
• Professional Golf Management option
• Marketing
• Professional Golf Management option
• Resort Tourism Management
• Professional Golf Management option

Education

• Early Childhood Education
• Elementary Education
• Exercise and Sport Science
• Health Promotion
• Sports Medicine option
• Middle Grades Education
• Physical Education
• Recreation and Sports Management
• Special Education-Learning Disabilities

Humanities and Fine Arts

• Art Studio
• Communication
• Dramatic Arts
• English
• History
• Interdisciplinary Studies
• Music
• Musical Theatre
• Philosophy
• Political Science
• Spanish

Natural and Applied Sciences

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Computer Science
• Information Systems option
• Theoretical option
• Marine Science
• Mathematics (Applied)
• Physics (Applied)
• Psychology
• Sociology

Special Programs

• Honors Program
• Jackson Fellows Program
• Wall Fellows Program

Certificate Program

• Gerontology Certificate

Baccalaureate Cooperative Programs

• Engineering with Clemson University

GRADUATE PROGRAMS

• Master of Arts in Teaching
• Master of Business Administration
• Master of Education
  • Early Childhood
  • Elementary
  • Secondary
• Master of Science in Coastal Marine and Wetlands Studies