P.O. Box 261954
Conway, SC 29528-6054

Coastal Carolina University has a total enrollment of more than 8,300 students and offers baccalaureate degrees in 51 major fields of study and 40 undergraduate minors. The University also offers master's degree programs in business administration, education, and coastal marine and wetland studies, making it a smart choice among colleges in the south. Coastal Carolina University's many international partnerships make it possible for students to study in places such as Australia, Costa Rica, England, France, Germany, Japan, and Spain.

Coastal Carolina 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 Highway 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, About 1,105 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.

Quick Facts:

• 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.
• Most faculty members hold a doctoral or terminal degree in their field (83 percent), and the student-to-faculty ratio is 18:1.
• South Carolina residents comprise 52 percent of the student body.
• Coastal Carolina University competes in the NCAA Division I level (NCAA Division I-FCS for football) and is a charter member of the Big South Conference.
• The mascot/nickname for the University is the Chanticleer, the crafty, quick-thinking rooster from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.
• The University maintains 56 residence halls, which house approximately 3,300 students in four different communities. Both freshmen and sophomores are required to live in campus housing (unless they meet a specific exemption criterion).

 

 

             

 

 



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