2019 Updates
President Hsu Announces Approval of Engineering Program
President Andrew Hsu sent the following message to the campus community on June 6, 2019.
Dear Campus Community:
I write today to announce an exciting new academic program that will be offered at the College of Charleston.
As you probably know, for the past year, the College has been working with regional industry partners, elected officials and higher education leaders around the state to create new engineering programs at the College. The College went before the Commission on Higher Education today to seek approval for our new academic programs in systems and electrical engineering. I’m pleased to report that our systems engineering program was approved on the consent agenda. This is great news for the College! This new academic program will strengthen our academic offerings and help us attract a new kind of student. Unfortunately, our proposed electrical engineering program was not approved.
I want to thank Interim Dean Sebastian van Delden, Physics and Astronomy Chair Narayanan Kuthirummal, Interim Provost Fran Welch, former Provost Brian McGee, former President Steve Osborne and the Faculty Senate for their hard work in helping move these academic programs through the proper approval processes – internal and external of the College. I know a great amount of time, energy and effort was spent over the past few weeks on these programs, really over the past year, and that is not lost on me.
I would also like to commend the leadership of Governor Henry McMaster and Secretary of Commerce Bobby Hitt. They were both early proponents and vocal supporters of the College’s efforts and saw the benefits of having an engineering program at the College and the program’s potential to not only fulfill the needs of current industry, but to also recruit future businesses to the state.
Like many of our faculty, I can’t wait to welcome our first class of engineering students in fall 2020. I am very optimistic about the College’s bright future – and it is very bright indeed.
Sincerely,
Andrew
Andrew T. Hsu, Ph.D.
President
College of Charleston
CofC Board of Trustees Approves Tuition for 2019-20
The College of Charleston Board of Trustees voted on June 3, 2019, to adjust the all-in cost of attendance for the 2019-2020 academic year.
Beginning fall semester 2019, full-time undergraduate students from South Carolina will pay $6,259 per semester. Out-of-state, full-time undergraduate students will pay $16,424 per semester. Students in the Graduate School (the University of Charleston, S.C.) will pay $6,885 per semester, and out-of-state residents will pay $18,066 per semester.
The modest increase in tuition for in-state undergraduate students amounts to less than one percent (.8 percent), the smallest such increase in eight years.
“We applaud the South Carolina General Assembly for its investment in higher education,” said Board of Trustees Chair David Hay ’81. “With increases this year in state support, the College of Charleston is able to keep tuition affordable for all South Carolina students.”
As a result of today’s action, the College will continue to rank 6th for in-state tuition and 4th for out-of-state tuition among South Carolina’s 13 four-year public universities.
“It is our responsibility as a public institution to keep our costs affordable so that higher education is obtainable for as many qualified students as possible,” said College of Charleston President Andrew T. Hsu. “The board’s vote today enables the College to continue providing a high-quality education at an affordable price.”