Arts
Converse is a nationally recognized arts powerhouse. Get the real-world experience you need for a productive career in the arts.
Converse University
We will be your home.
Converse champions 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.
Jenn Bell Named 1st VP for Division 2 Athletics Directors Association
Converse University Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics Jenn Bell has been named the 1st Vice President for the Division 2 Athletics Directors Association (D2 …
Lawson Academy Voted “Best Place for Music Lessons” by Post & Courier
Lawson Academy of the Arts is proud to announce the school has been recognized as the “Best Place for Music Lessons” by the 2025 Post & …
Converse Spotlighted in 2026 U.S. News & World Report
Converse University has once again been honored in the U.S. News & World Report‘s 2026 Best Colleges rankings for Regional Universities in the South. The …
Converse’s First-Generation Program Earns National Recognition
Written by Amanda Mathis FirstGen Forward, formerly the Center for First-Generation Student Success, recently announced Converse University as one of 60 new members of the …