CSU receives three national honors

By Charleston Southern on April 14, 2010 - 9:50 am in Leading / no comments

The University recently received three national honors.

America’s Best Christian Colleges® has included Charleston Southern University on its 2009-2010 list. Charleston Southern has made the list for 11 consecutive years. Also named to the list from South Carolina are Anderson, Erskine and Presbyterian.

Colleges are selected on the basis of entering grades of the freshmen class, SAT/ACT scores equal to or above the national average and an institution providing an education in an academic and social environment based on Christian principles.

In addition, Charleston Southern has been named to America’s 100 Best College Buys® for the fifth consecutive year. Each year, Institutional Research & Evaluation, Inc. identifies the “100 American colleges and universities providing students the very highest quality education at the lowest cost.”

According to Institutional Research & Evaluation, Inc., “Survey results showed a national average cost of attendance based upon the regular cost at private institutions and the out-of-state cost at public institutions for 2009-2010 of $30,724.” Charleston Southern’s tuition cost for 2009-2010 for in-state and out-of-state students is $26,632 (includes room and board).

Other schools in South Carolina named to America’s 100 Best College Buys® are Anderson, Clemson, Coastal Carolina and University of South Carolina.

Also, Charleston Southern University has been named by G.I. Jobs magazine a Military Friendly School for 2010. This honor ranks CSU in the top 15 percent of all colleges, universities and trade schools nationwide.

According to G.I. Jobs, criteria for the title includes a school’s VA-approval of GI Bill benefits, CLEP acceptance, credit for military service, Reserve and Guard policies, access to flexible learning options, veteran programs, military spouse programs, among others.

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