Erskine College is a place where you can know and be known. A tradition of excellence in liberal arts higher education goes back nearly 175 years to its founding in 1839 by the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, making it the oldest church-affiliated four-year college in South Carolina, and one of the most respected in the Southeast.Students live on our stately 95-acre campus in the town of Due West in historic Abbeville County, South Carolina. With a population of 1,200, it’s a quiet college town, perfect for study.
Academics
Erskine is small by design with a student body just under 600. Any of Erskine’s degree programs can be customized to create an appropriate course of study that suits your personal and career interests. Choose from major options including athletic training, biology, english, education, pre-law, pre-pharm, pre-med and much more. The core liberal arts curriculum gives you a broad context for your major and equips you for a lifetime of learning. You’ll be taught by excellent professors — not graduate students. Erskine ranks among the best National Liberal Arts Colleges in U.S. News and World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges.”
Campus life
There more than 40 student organizations and clubs as well as intramural sports competition. Erskine competes in 15 intercollegiate sports at the NCAA Division II level as a member of Conference Carolinas. For men, you can partake in baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis and volleyball and for women, partake in basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball. When you want to hang around on campus, the hub of student life is Watkins Student Center, which includes a grill and rec area with pool tables and ping-pong, and Java City coffee shop. There’s also a large study area and a TV lounge, plus access to acres of tree-lined campus with benches, swings and gardens.
Tuition
Over 90% of our students receive some form of financial assistance from federal, state and institutional aid sources. In fact, most students who attend Erskine College pay less than $10,000 per year. Yearly tuition costs are $30,550 plus $12,475 for room and board. The average student aid package is about $31,951.
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