Honors College

As a member of the Honors College, you’ll find your place among a community of scholars.

Honors College students are bright, highly motivated, intellectually curious and eager for new challenges. If this sounds like you, apply to join the Honors College today.

And if you'd like to learn more about the Honors College experience, you can connect with us in person during a campus visit or virtually!

Honors College

Apply to be an Honors Scholar

Interested in joining the Honors College community? Learn about unique benefits, scholarship opportunities, and the application process.

The Honors College Advantage

The Honors College can help you thrive with unique opportunities, personalized mentorship, small class sizes, scholarship support, and much more.

Honors College Academics

Learn how an Honors College education can help you make the most out of your college experience.

About the Honors College

What's the Honors College all about? It's an inspired learning community for highly motivated students.

Honors College Alumni

Where can the Honors College lead you? In short, anywhere. Check out some of the amazing things our alumni have done with an Honors education.

Honors Pre-College Summer Institute

Pre-college courses with the Honors College Summer Institute allow intrepid high school students to experience Charleston from a unique vantage point.

A Personalized Experience

Interested in the Honors College? There are two distinct experiences within the Honors College community: The four-year Honors Scholars Program and the two-year Achievement Realized through Community in the Honors College Program.

Each approach is set up to help different types of students get the most out of their time in college.

The Honors Scholars Program

For exemplary students looking to take full advantage of everything the Honors College has to offer: Four years of supportive peers, personalized mentorship, special opportunities, and more. When you apply to the Honors College, you’re applying to become an Honors Scholar.

The Honors College advantage

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The Two-Year Honors Track

The Achievement Realized through Community in the Honors College Program is a more flexible, two-year cohort experience for Honors College students. We identify incoming students we think are a good fit for the program and send you an acceptance notification directly.

The Two-Year Track in Honors