Charleston Southern University Business Programs

Charleston Southern University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Charleston, South Carolina. The location of CSU is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Charleston Southern University Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at CSU.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#3	Best Value Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Value Management Information Systems Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#9	Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#9	Best Value Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#12	Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards CSU has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#7	Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Supply Chain Management	College Factual
#15	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	College Factual
#24	Best Value Colleges for Organizational Leadership	College Factual
#49	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for General Business Administration and Management	College Factual
#52	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Business Administration & Management	College Factual
#66	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual

Where Is Charleston Southern University?

Contact details for CSU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	9200 University Blvd, Charleston, SC 29406-9121
Phone:	843-863-7000
Website:	www.csuniv.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/charlestonsouthernuniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/csuniv

How Do I Get Into CSU?

You can apply to CSU online at: https://www.charlestonsouthern.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for CSU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	considered but not required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	considered but not required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into CSU?

The acceptance rate at CSU is 54%, which is a sign that the school is fairly selective. While it may not be as hard to get into as other colleges, you should not take admission for granted.

Approximately 34% of accepted students are men and 66% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 55%, and the acceptance rate for women is 53%.

Average Test Scores

About 73% of students accepted to CSU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 600. Math scores were between 490 and 570.

CSU received ACT scores from 56% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 24. Math scores were between 17 and 24. Composite scores were between 19 and 24.

Can I Afford Charleston Southern University?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At CSU, approximately 61% of students took out student loans averaging $6,664 a year. That adds up to $26,656 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at CSU is 7.1%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Charleston Southern University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,720 undergraduate students at CSU, with 2,491 being full-time and 229 being part-time.

There are also 630 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,491 full-time undergraduates at CSU, 35% are male and 65% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Charleston Southern University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	36
Black or African American	407
Hispanic or Latino	141
White	1,544
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	331

Geographic Diversity

South Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at Charleston Southern University. At this time, 29 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 28 countries are represented at CSU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Canada, and Brazil.

Online Learning at Charleston Southern University

In 2019-2020, 2,922 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at CSU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 3rd most popular in South Carolina for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of CSU

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Charleston Southern University was $28,100 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how CSU is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Project Management	#7	#7
Operations Management	#10	#10
Entrepreneurship	#13	#10
Entrepreneurial Studies	#16	#13
Supply Chain Management	#22	#10
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#25	#25
Finance	#33	#33
General Hospitality Administration/Management	#39	#36
General Management Information Systems	#44	#38
Management Information Systems	#44	#38
Finance & Financial Management	#48	#48
Hospitality Management	#54	#45
Organizational Leadership	#54	#51

Online Growth Rankings of CSU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Charleston Southern University was 14.1%. This is the #1,091 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at CSU regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at CSU ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at CSU.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Operations Management	#26
Project Management	#39
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#48
General Hospitality Administration/Management	#48
Hospitality Management	#82
Entrepreneurship	#87
Supply Chain Management	#92
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	#105
Entrepreneurial Studies	#111
Organizational Leadership	#183
Human Resource Management	#194

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Charleston Southern University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	26	32	58
Project Management	9	21	30
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	14	10	24
Accounting	20	1	21
Organizational Leadership	0	20	20
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	15	3	18
Supply Chain Management	1	12	13
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	12	0	12
Finance	7	1	8
Entrepreneurship	5	0	5
General Hospitality Administration/Management	2	0	2
General Management Information Systems	0	1	1
Operations Management	0	0	0
General Economics	0	0	0
TOTAL	111	101	212

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By CharlestonSouthern under License

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