The Most Expensive College In Each State
South Carolina: Furman University
Annual Tuition and Fees: $49,532
Room and Board: $12,712
This premier liberal arts and sciences college was founded 1826. It has an undergraduate enrollment of 2,746 students, 59% of whom are female. The campus size is 800 acres. It is located five miles from downtown Greenville. What’s known as the Furman Advantage is a pathway that connects students with advisors, mentors and engaged learning experiences that may include internships, research, study abroad, community involvement and career development.
The student-faculty ratio is 10:1, and 59.5% of the classes have fewer than 20 students. Some popular majors are health professions and related clinical sciences, business administration and management, political science and government and biology/biological sciences. The four-year graduation rate is 73%, and 47% of full-time undergraduates receive some form of need-based financial aid.