Rankings & Recognition
Find some of our recent accolades below
Pride Points
See what others are saying about our program.
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MBA Accolades
- Top 100 best full-time MBA programs in the nation – U.S. News & World Report (2023) (2021) (2018)
- Best MBA Programs — Fortune (2022)
- Best Business Schools — Bloomberg Businessweek (2022) (2019)
- Top 25 Best MBA Programs in the South — College Consensus (2021)
- USA's Leading Tourism and Hospitality Management Programs — Newsweek (2021)
- No. 1 in the nation for job placement three months after graduation — U.S. News & World Report (2021)
- Most affordable full-time MBA program in the nation — U.S. News & World Report (2021)
- Highest percentage of female students in a full-time MBA program — U.S. News & World Report (2021)
- Top 10 public, one-year MBA program in the nation — U.S. News & World Report (2021)
- Top 100 Best MBA Program — WalletHub (2019)
- No. 7 Accelerated MBA in the Country — MBA Central (2019)
- No. 1 in the Nation for Job Placement three months after graduation — U.S. News & World Report* (2018)
- No. 8 MBA with Most Women — U.S. News & World Report (2017)
*Data based on information provided by job-seeking members of the 2017 MBA cohort.
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MBA in the News
- CofC MBA program nationally recognized for success in recruiting women — Bloomberg (2021)
- CofC MBA program ranked best in the country for job placement — ABC News 4 (2020)
- CofC MBA program ranked among the best for job placement — Charleston Regional Business Journal (2018)
- GOOD NEWS: CofC program ranks first in the nation — Charleston Currents (2018)
- Q&A with Former MBA director, Mark Witte — The Post & Courier (2017)
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City Rankings and Recognition
- No. 1 Best City in the U.S. — Travel + Leisure (2021) (2020) (2019) (2018)
- No. 10 Best City in the World — Travel + Leisure (2018)
- No. 4 Best Place to Start a Career — WalletHub (2018)
- Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce Wins Chamber of the Year Award — Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (2018)
- Best Small Cities of the U.S. — National Geographic (2018)
- No. 1 City in America for Economic Opportunity — Yelp (2018)
- No. 4 Best Mid-Size Cities for Jobs — Forbes (2017)
- Top City Attracting Millennials — Inc. (2017)
- Top City to Work in Manufacturing — Smart Asset (2016)
- No. 7 Fastest Growing Mid-Size Economies — Headlight Data (2016)