Arts
Converse is a nationally recognized arts powerhouse. Get the real-world experience you need for a productive career in the arts.
Converse University
Your Path to Success
Our low 12:1 student-to-faculty ratio means you will receive close, individual attention from faculty who are dedicated to your success. You will have access to global learning opportunities, unique internships, and hands-on academic experiences, preparing you to be a leader.
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.
Faculty & Students Present at Nebraska Conference for Women in Math
Sloane Kinley ’26 (Nisbet Honors, CCW) and Tabitha Merrithew ’25 (Nisbet Honors, CCW) recently traveled with Dr. Amanda Mangum to the 27th annual Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics …
Refusing To Be Discouraged: Meet Betty A. Bishop ’26
Written by Amanda Mathis If life’s a journey, Betty A. Bishop ’26, a Converse II student, has passed a milestone at Converse University. A determined young woman majoring in Child & Family …
A Legacy of Service: Larry Jones Reflects on His 32-Year Converse Career
Written by Amanda Mathis When he started his career at 19, Converse University’s Campus Safety Director, Larry Jones, never saw himself in South Carolina. Born outside of Pittsburgh in the small …
Alumni Continuing Converse’s Legacy of Community and Philanthropy
Written by Amanda Mathis When Yolanda Escudero ’24 started her first day at the Spartanburg County Foundation’s Robert Hett Chapman III Center for Philanthropy, she was continuing the Converse University legacy at …