Arts
Converse is nationally recognized arts powerhouse. Get the real-world experience you need to for a productive careers in the arts.
Converse University
Spring Classes Begin January 29!
There’s still time to start your journey at Converse. We will champion your success through leadership opportunities, career guidance, and personal support from faculty and staff mentors.
Degrees & Programs
We offer more than 40 majors, 8 career tracks, and 28 graduate programs, providing you with the professional and technical skills you need to take on the future confidently.
Business and Data Science
Study and research with our dedicated, award-winning faculty, who offer a variety of insights and experiences.
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Our School of Liberal Arts and Sciences helps students to pursue their passions and develop skills for lifelong success.
School of Education
Converse’s School of Education prepare future educators, administrators, and researchers for careers in education.
The Graduate School
Housing all our Graduate offerings, join a legacy of award-winning teachers, leaders, and creative thinkers.
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98%Of full-time faculty have terminal degrees
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12:1Student/Faculty ratio ensures personal attention & mentoring
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86%Of our courses are taught by full-time faculty
See Yourself at Converse.
Whether you live on campus or commute, your student life experience is where your learning goes beyond the classroom.
You’ll score an internship or find a mentor — or both. You’ll groove on downtown Spartanburg’s art and music vibe, while finding local opportunities to flourish personally and professionally. You’ll venture out into the nearby outdoors, so bring your kayak and hiking boots.
Beyond Converse
Converse graduates are passionate, service-oriented citizens who make a positive difference in their professions and communities.
Our students set themselves up for career success through independent or collaborative research, creative projects, service-learning, work-study options, and our vast alumni network.
Experiential learning opportunities such as internships, clinical experiences, student teaching, and study-travel offer transformative, out-of-the-box experiences to develop problem-solving skills and expand their ability for innovative thinking.
We will guarantee your education.
Converse is committed to empowering and transforming our students. We guarantee our undergraduate students will graduate in 4 years and gain employment or graduate school acceptance within 6 months after graduation.
Leading the Way
We are agents of transformation.
Dr. Spencer Mathews: As Rewarding A Life As I Could Have Hoped For
Written by Amanda Mathis As Converse said goodbye to 2024, the campus also bid farewell to a beloved colleague and retired faculty member, Dr. Spencer Mathews, Jr. He passed peacefully …
Converse Receives 10K Donation from Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation
Written by Karen Rhodes Converse University has received $10,000 from the Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation to restore hope and help rebuild after Hurricane Helene devastated the region in September …
Converse Announces Fall 2024 Dean’s List
Congratulations to our undergraduate students named to the Fall 2024 Dean’s List. To be eligible for Converse University Dean’s List, students must be full-time and have no incomplete grades during that term. First-year …
Converse University Announces Inaugural Athletic Hall of Fame Class
The Converse University Athletic Department has announced that Margaret Moore, Joy Couch and Jenni Russell will be enshrined as the Inaugural Hall of Fame Class on February 21, 2025. Converse University …