Winthrop University - SAT Scores, Costs and Admissions Data

• Percent of Applicants Admitted: 68%
• What Are Your Chances? (from Cappex.com)
• Average High School GPA: 3.65
• Test Scores -- 25th / 75th Percentile
  • SAT Critical Reading: 470 / 580
  • SAT Math: 480 / 570
  • SAT Writing: - / -
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    • SAT comparison for South Carolina colleges
    • Big South Conference SAT score comparison
  • ACT Composite: 20 / 25
  • ACT English: - / -
  • ACT Math: - / -
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• Total Enrollment: 5,998 (4,933 undergraduates)
• Gender Breakdown: 32% Male / 68% Female
• 88% Full-time

• Tuition and Fees: $12,656 (in-state); $23,796 (out-of-state)
• Books: $1,000 (why so much?)
• Room and Board: $7,270
• Other Expenses: $2,900
• Total Cost: $23,826 (in-state); $34,966 (out-of-state)

• Percentage of New Students Receiving Aid: 98%
• Winthrop Scholarships (Cappex.com)
• Percentage of New Students Receiving Types of Aid
  • Grants: 96%
  • Loans: 73%
• Average Amount of Aid
  • Grants: $8,460
  • Loans: $6,250

• First Year Student Retention (full-time students): 69%
• Transfer Out Rate: 26%
• 4-Year Graduation Rate: 34%
• 6-Year Graduation Rate: 54%

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"Winthrop University provides personalized and challenging undergraduate, graduate, and continuing professional education programs of national caliber within a context dedicated to public service to the State of South Carolina. All eligible bachelor's, master's and specialist degrees in the liberal arts and sciences, education, business and the visual and performing arts are nationally accredited - part of the University's commitment to be among the very best institutions of its kind in the nation.

Building on its origins as a women's college, the Winthrop University of the 21st century is achieving national recognition as a competitive and distinctive, co-educational, public, residential comprehensive teaching institution.

Winthrop enrolls an achievement-oriented, culturally diverse and socially responsible student body of 6,000 students and will remain a medium-sized comprehensive teaching university for the foreseeable future. The University recruits South Carolina's best students as well as highly qualified students from beyond the state whose presence adds diversity and enrichment to the campus and state. Winthrop prides itself on being an institution of choice for groups traditionally under-represented on the college campus.

Winthrop's historic campus, located in a dynamic city within a major metropolitan area, provides a contemporary and supportive environment that promotes student learning and development. Winthrop has a diverse and able faculty and professional staff of national caliber and supports their work as effective teachers, scholars, researchers, practitioners, and creative artists. Through this talented group, Winthrop students acquire and develop knowledge, skills, and values that enrich their lives and prepare them to meet the needs and challenges of the contemporary world, including the ability to communicate effectively, appreciate diversity, work collaboratively, synthesize knowledge, and adapt to change. Ongoing assessment of programs and services ensures both that all academic programs challenge students at their highest level of ability and that the library, instructional technology and other academic service areas support courses of study that are consonant with current methods and knowledge. As a result, Winthrop graduates are eminently well prepared to assume successful careers in business, industry, government, education, the arts, and human services, as well as to enter the most competitive graduate or professional schools."