Converse College Business Programs

Converse College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The city atmosphere of Spartanburg makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

Converse College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#20	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Converse College?

Contact details for Converse are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	580 E Main St, Spartanburg, SC 29302-0006
Phone:	864-596-9000
Website:	www.converse.edu/
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/ConverseCollege

How Do I Get Into Converse?

You can apply to Converse online at: www.converse.edu/admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for Converse

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Converse?

Converse has an acceptance rate of 82%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 1% of accepted students are men and 99% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 90%, and the acceptance rate for women is 82%.

Average Test Scores

About 75% of students accepted to Converse 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 500 and 600.

Converse received ACT scores from 45% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 16 and 21. Math scores were between 16 and 21. Composite scores were between 16 and 21.

Can I Afford Converse College?

The overall average net price of Converse is $24,091. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Converse, approximately 65% of students took out student loans averaging $113 a year. That adds up to $452 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Converse is 6.7%. 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.

Converse College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 737 undergraduate students at Converse, with 684 being full-time and 53 being part-time.

There are also 640 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 684 full-time undergraduates at Converse, 4% are male and 96% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Converse College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	16
Black or African American	83
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	425
International Students	38
Other Races/Ethnicities	89

Geographic Diversity

South Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at Converse College. At this time, 18 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 18 countries are represented at Converse. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Canada, and Australia.

Online Learning at Converse College

In 2019-2020, 1,069 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of Converse

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Converse College was 6,677.2%. This is the #14 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Converse regardless of major.

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%.

Converse College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Organizational Leadership	0	25	25
General Business Administration and Management	7	0	7
Accounting	4	0	4
General Economics	1	0	1
TOTAL	12	25	37

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 PegasusRacer28 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.