Greenville Technical College, founded in 1962, is a four-campus system, providing education and training to more than 10,700 students. Programs include business, health, engineering, and industrial careers along with a university transfer option that provides an economical route to a four-year degree. The college’s continuing education division offers classes that improve skills in specific areas. By 2000, more than 75,000 individuals and 2,000 companies had been served by continuing education programs.
www.greenvilletech.com
Bob Jones University is a nondenominational, Christian liberal arts institution that offers over 120 undergraduate majors in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Schools of Religion, Fine Arts, business Administration, Education, and Applied Sciences. More than 65 graduate majors are offered. Bob Jones is the largest liberal arts university in South Carolina. Students attend from around the United States and over 40 countries. Top firms as well as top graduate programs seek after BJU graduates.
www.bju.edu
Furman University is a private coeducational institution founded in 1826. It has an established reputation as a leading liberal arts college. It offers degrees and pre-professional programs in over 40 subjects. More than half of Furman’s 2,600 students finished in the top 10 percent of their high school classes. Furman also boasts a research- minded faculty and one of the strongest chemistry programs in the nation. The university is known for its emphasis on engaged learning, a problem solving, project oriented and experienced-based approach to the liberal arts. Engaged learning emphasizes the value of research, service learning and study abroad.
www.furman.edu
Clemson University, in nearby Pickens county, is a selective, public land grant university in a college-town setting along a dynamic southeastern corridor. Named by Time Magazine in 2000 as “Best Public College of the Year,” Clemson offers 114 degrees in 75 undergraduate degree programs, 75 masters programs and 39 doctoral programs. Approximately 1,200 faculty – including 33 Fulbright Scholars – teach 17,000 students each year.
The university is committed to world-class teaching, research and public service. More than $76 million is spent each year on research. Clemson is among the top 25 colleges in the U.S. in terms of revenues of intellectual property licenses. The Wall street Journal cited Clemson as leading the Southeast in commercializing inventions in university laboratories.
Clemson is one of only 25 NSF-designated Engineering Research Centers in the country. Clemson currently graduates more than two-thirds of all engineering degrees in South Carolina.
www.clemson.edu
Clemson University's Office of Off-Campus, Distance & Continuing Education is one of America's leaders in University-level continuing professional education, offering more than 800 programs each year to upwards of 20,000 men and women throughout the United States. Click below for more information.
www.clemson.edu/success
The University Center, a nonprofit consortium of seven different colleges and universities, is dedicated to increasing access and educational opportunities for citizens of the Greenville metropolitan area. The state of the art teaching and learning center is designed to serve the needs of working adults. Most courses are offered during the evenings, for the convenience of working adults. Some daytime and weekend classes are also available.
Seven senior institutions are members in the University Center’s consortium: Clemson, Furman, Lander, MUSC, SC State, USC, and USCS.
The Center offers more than 600 courses in 25 graduate and 21 undergraduate degree programs. Degree programs include accounting, computer science, communications, teacher education, health administration, communications, human resources development, information management, nursing, business administration, psychology/sociology, public administration, social work, interdisciplinary studies, health sciences, health administration, engineering technology, political science, and library and information science.
www.ucgreenville.org
North Greenville College
North Greenville College is a small, co-educational liberal arts institution located 18 miles north of Greenville in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Accredited by the Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, North Greenville College offers basic liberal arts curricula that lead to the associate and baccalaureate degrees. The college strives to strengthen opportunities to meet the needs of advanced and gifted students while continuing to maintain the college's heritage of providing quality education for all students and presents distinctive, innovative programs that attract and meet the needs of non-traditional students. North Greenville College reached its highest enrollment ever in 2002. Additionally, the school has its highest number of resident students and its largest freshman class - the ninth straight year that North Greenville has experienced a record enrollment. Enrollment is approximately 1,500 students.
www.ngu.edu
USC Upstate
The University of South Carolina Upstate (formerly USC Spartanburg), is a coeducational, public, comprehensive metropolitan institution that is located in Spartanburg along the thriving economic I-85 corridor between Atlanta and Charlotte. The University’s numerous partnerships with public and private corporations and other educational institutions, coupled with the mission to offer baccalaureate education to the citizens of the Upstate of South Carolina. As a senior comprehensive public institution of the University of South Carolina, the University’s primary responsibilities are to offer baccalaureate education to the citizens of the Upstate of South Carolina and to offer selected master’s degrees in response to regional demand. We offer bachelor’s degree programs in the liberal arts and sciences, business administration, nursing and teacher education, as well as master’s degrees in education. And we continue to create a host of new academic majors each year, most recently information management and systems, nonprofit administration, special education, graphic design, and a master’s degree in teaching the visually impaired.
As the fastest growing university in South Carolina, USC Upstate boasts two thriving campuses – the 314-acre largely resident campus in Spartanburg and the campus in Greenville for commuting junior and senior level students. USC Upstate is home to 4,500 students from 38 states and 71 nations. It offers challenging, first-rate academic courses, small class sizes, personal experiences, remarkable diversity, an expansive international community, and a dynamic campus life. Our acclaimed and accredited academic programs create real opportunities for our students to build bridges to their future through internships, field service, study abroad, and more. For more information, call 1-800-277-8727 or visit our web site at
www.uscupstate.edu Webster University certainly has grown since it was established in 1915 and now includes more than 100 campus locations throughout the United States and across the globe. In 1993, Webster affirmed their commitment to serve upstate South Carolina's higher education needs with the opening of the Greenville Metropolitan Campus, located in the prestigious Patewood Executive Park in close proximity to I-85. Webster University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission (www.ncahlc.org) and a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and offers evening courses in a traditional classroom setting with online options, and five convenient nine-week terms per year. Programs of study include a degree completion program for the BA in Management degree, and graduate degrees in business, management and leadership, human resources, and counseling.
www.webster.edu
Brown Mackie College
The Brown Mackie College system of schools has a long history that extends back to the late 1800s. The system began as a single school, Kansas Wesleyan School of Business, which began operation on Sept. 12, 1892. The Brown Mackie College system of schools now has 22 locations in 11 states.
We proudly introduce Brown Mackie College – Greenville as the newest addition to our family of more than 20 schools. Brown Mackie College – Greenville is located in Greenville, South Carolina and offers a variety of degree programs. Areas of study include health care, legal studies, business, and computers.
The Brown Mackie College system of schools is dedicated to helping students successfully pursue a college education that will prepare them to launch a career or enhance their current one in an increasingly competitive economy.
• Our ONE COURSE A MONTH schedules mean you concentrate on one subject for one month, complete the course in 30 days, then move on to the next course.
• Our small class sizes are purposely designed so you can receive individualized attention.
• Each Brown Mackie College location is an energetic learning community where you are supported and encouraged to do your best.
www.brownmackie.edu
