SPARTANBURG TECHNICAL COLLEGE B-5

PO Box 4386
Spartanburg, SC 29305-4386
Tel: (864)591-3600
Admissions: (864)591-3800
Web Site: http://www.stcsc.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of South Carolina State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education. Awards certificates, diplomas, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1961. Setting: 104-acre suburban campus. Total enrollment: 4,095. 3% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 29% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 43% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: semesters plus summer sessions. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Option: early admission. Required: high school transcript. Placement: SAT or ACT, ACT ASSET, ACT COMPASS required. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $0. Area resident tuition: $2666 full-time, $112 per hour part-time. State resident tuition: $3334 full-time, $139 per hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $5230 full-time, $218 per hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $140 full-time, $5 per hour part-time, $20 per term part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 5 open to all. Student services: personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour patrols. College housing not available. Spartanburg Technical College Library with 36,173 books, 295 serials, 3,534 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. 360 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

See Converse College.