Converse College
School info
3.5
Overall Quality
Reputation
3.9
Food
3.1
Clubs
3.5
Facilities
4
Internet
2.5
Location
3.6
Opportunities
3.6
Safety
3.8
Social
3.5
Happiness
3.9
Basic Information
Location
- Spartanburg, SC
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Private university
- Established: 1889; 135 years ago (1889)
- Founder: Dexter Edgar Converse, Spartanburg citizens
Academic information
Degree Courses
- Converse University offers 44 undergraduate degree programs and 28 graduate programs
Key Area
- Undergraduate research in biology
- neuroscience and appetite regulation
- neurodegenerative diseases
- environmental studies and ecology
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 1,284
- Undergraduates: 804
- Postgraduates: 480
- Academic Staff: 90 Full-time (2022)
Notable Alumni
- Kimilee Bryant
- Lynette Eason
- Margaret Moffett Law
- Julia Peterkin
- Fatemeh Pahlavi
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Good reviews
Overall 4.8
Great professors and right near downtown. Other colleges nearby too, so if you get bored with the same people you can hang out with people from Wofford or USC Upstate.
Overall 4.2
Beautiful campus and opportunities to explore interests, only downsides are the food, internet and parking.
Overall 4.2
Overall 4.1
Great opportunities for those who seek them! Small, tight knit campus allows for an extraordinary learning environment.
Overall 4.1
I love Converse College!
Overall 4
I love Converse. The best parts of it are the teachers, the extracurriculars, and the close knit community. The debate team is one of the best in the country, for example, and anyone who wants to be involved can find something. There are a lot of wonderful people like Dr. Laura Brown and Dr. Dunn as well that make the campus great.
Overall 4
I love Converse! I have since my first visit. I never thought that I would like a Womens College but its actually what makes this place great. Its a tight nit community that is very welcoming but protects its sisters. I would recommend this college to everyone as at least a place to look. All faculty and staff care about you and your education.
Overall 4
I am a sophomore at Converse and I am in love! As an all women's college, it might not be everyone's cup of tea, but that's okay. Before coming here, please think about if an all women setting is right for you. I love this school with my whole heart. It really is a sisterhood with the Pink Panther and Red Devil classes and Big Sis/Lil Sis!
Overall 4
The professors take the time to get to know the students. They are the kind of professors that take an interest in their students and want to do everything they can to help their students succeed. If a student needs someone to talk to any of the professors are willing to listen, and help in any way they can. It is a very close knit campus.
Bad reviews
Overall 1.6
The hire professors from the best universities! (The universities probably fired them.)
Overall 2
This place is money hungry. Theres a fee to graduate and even being on campus gives me panic attacks. Id transfer, but I only have a semester left. They dont care for their commuters, and the residents are very hateful to us that choose not to or cannot live on campus. Faculty use student parking, but whine and complain if their spots are taken.
Overall 2
Converse pulls you in with a promise of sisterhood, and a tour of the beautiful historic campus. Once youre admitted, you find the same, if not worse, highschool drama. Lots of the students are very entitled. The food is fattening and they do not cater well to any dietary restrictions. Administration is a mess, if one admin hates you, they all do.