Honors College at the College of Charleston
A community of scholars with limitless opportunities.
Are you a student who is committed to academics and who truly enjoys intellectual challenges? Have you been a leader in your school and made a difference in your community? Do you want to make the most of your college experience by pursuing scholarly and service opportunities in and out of the classroom? If so, then we encourage you to look into the Honors College at the College of Charleston.
The Honors College at a Glance
- The Honors College is a community of faculty, staff, students, and alumni who pursue knowledge as a lifelong challenge and seek to apply their wisdom through service and research opportunities.
- Honors students pursue a challenging and personalized education and must meet certain academic requirements in order to earn the designation of "Honors College Graduate" on their transcript upon graduation from the College of Charleston.
- Honors students enjoy multiple benefits for participating in the Honors College including high levels of personal attention from faculty and priority registration.
- The Honors College requires an application (embedded within the undergraduate application) and receives over 1,300 applications every year.
- Each fall, the Honors College enrolls approximately 200 new freshmen. The total number of students in the Honors College has grown to nearly 700.
- Honors College graduates earn high acceptance rates into the nation's most prestigious graduate and professional schools.
Breaking News!
Honors College freshman Jenny Brennan and Honors College AmeriCorps* VISTA Andrea DeSantis were included in the coverage about volunteers around Charleston on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2012!
Honors College junior Sarah Schaidle was named to the 2011 NSCAA Women's College Scholar All-American Team!
The Honors College was mentioned as one of the reasons the College of Charleston made the Fiske Guide as "One of the Best Institutions in the Nation" for the seventh year in a row!
Congratulations to Fulbright Scholar Sara M. Sprehn '11 and Lionel Pearson Scholar Melissa A. Huber '11!
The Honors College at the College of Charleston:
A Tradition of Academic Excellence, a Culture of Collaboration, a Vision of Global Impact
