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.
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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.
Awards From Around the Web
The following table lists some notable awards CSU has earned from around the web.
Rank | Ranking Name | Source |
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#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 | |
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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? |
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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?
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.
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 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 |
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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
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 |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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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