Arts
Converse is a nationally recognized arts powerhouse. Get the real-world experience you need for a productive career in the arts.
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.
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.
Converse is a nationally recognized arts powerhouse. Get the real-world experience you need for a productive career in the arts.
Study and research with our dedicated, award-winning faculty, who offer a variety of insights and experiences.
Our School of Liberal Arts and Sciences helps students to pursue their passions and develop skills for lifelong success.
Converse’s School of Education prepare future educators, administrators, and researchers for careers in education.
Housing all our Graduate offerings, join a legacy of award-winning teachers, leaders, and creative thinkers.
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.
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.
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.
We are agents of transformation.
James E. Clyburn, the U.S. Congressman representing South Carolina’s 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, will serve as the Undergraduate Commencement speaker at Converse University on Saturday, May 17, …
Converse University has earned the 2025-2026 Military Friendly® School designation, an honor given to colleges, universities and schools that are doing the most to embrace military students and to dedicate …
The Converse Creative Writing Program is pleased to announce the winners and finalists for the 2025 Converse MFA Alumni Book Award. This year’s award series was judged by award-winning writer …
Triple major Chloe Cleland ’25 (History, Psychology, Philosophy; Nisbet Honors) was named as a finalist for the 2024-25 Murphy Osborne Award. Cleland has been a member of Converse’s Acrobatics & Tumbling …
Watch the 2025 Doctoral Hooding Ceremony on May 13 beginning at 5:30 PM (EST)
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