by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Converse College landed the #856 spot.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina, Converse came in at #12.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 82.0% of the total graduate students at Converse are women and 18.0% are men.
Of all the graduate students at Converse, around 15.0% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. Converse is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 0.9% of the graduate student population. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,488 | $7,488 |
| Fees | $210 | $210 |
After obtaining their master's degree from Converse, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $42,970. When comparing to other master's degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 26% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of 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: | https://www.converse.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/ConverseCollege |
In 2020-2021, 67.8% of the graduate students at Converse College took at least one class online. Approximately 50.0% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 25 |
Footnotes
*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.
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