ENROLLMENT & MARKETING

Enrollment Enrollment Update

The enrollment team continues to labor diligently to reach as many prospective students as possible with the abundance of opportunities at CSU to pursue their educational goals. This past year, students filled all residence halls, including the hotel. The enrollment team exceeded budget projections for new full-time undergraduate students with 957 new students (more than 100 new students than projected). In addition, the online undergraduate enrollment team doubled their incoming student goals with 235 students. CSU welcomed more than 570 graduate students. Overall, 3,433 students called Charleston Southern their educational home. We are grateful for all the work the enrollment team has done and continues to do to enhance CSU’s footprint in the higher education marketplace. Currently, we have an increase in the number of applications and acceptances compared to last year. This summer the enrollment team is hosting New Student Registration Days to help students prepare for move-in on August 17.

North American Christian Coalition Of Admissions Professionals Conference

The Enrollment and Marketing team hosted the North American Christian Coalition of Admissions Professionals conference in May. This conference is one of the country’s largest groups of Christian admissions professionals. Conference attendance was the second largest in 10 years. We are grateful for the campuswide support that helped make this conference wildly successful.

Honors Program Competition

In collaboration with the honors program, CSU enrollment hosted an honors competition. Over 30 students from across the country competed for several full-ride and full-tuition scholarships. To compete, students must have a 3.8 GPA and a minimum SAT of 1300 or ACT of 30. Our first year was a success, and we hope to build upon this experience to expand our outreach to those with high academic achievement.

Financial Aid

Financial Aid is an essential source of funding for CSU students. With the assistance of our financial aid leveraging partner, a new scholarship was offered this year for students pursuing full-time ministry. The new scholarship aims to assist students pursuing a call to ministry while minimizing the debt load to help these students launch into ministry sooner. Our financial aid team disbursed more than $80 million in financial aid to CSU students this year, helping them afford a Christ-centered education.

3,433 STUDENTS CALLED CHARLESTON SOUTHERN THEIR EDUCATIONAL HOME