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Claflin

University

Financial Aid Information Financial Aid 2017-2018
Director of Financial Aid: Terria Williams % of freshmen w/demonstrated
Phone: 803.535.5720 financial need: 96%
Email: twilliams@claflin.edu Avg. financial aid pkg. for
freshmen w/demonstrated need: N/A
Required Financial Aid Application Forms
CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE: Y Cost for Academic Year 2018-2019**
Institutional Financial Aid Form: Y Tuition: $16,152
FAFSA/Application Deadline: June 30 Room/Board: $9,294
Financial Aid Awards Announced: Required Fees: $649
Financial Aid Estimator Available Online: Total: **$26,095
Financial Aid Brochure Available: Y **Above information does not include personal expenses, books, supplies,
transportation etc.
**Subject to change

Non-Need-Based Institutional Awards*
Renewable Deadline to Apply
Name # Available Amount Y/N For Fall 2019
Presidential Scholars Varies Up to full cost, plus books Y February 15th
& monthly stipend w/conditions
Claflin Honors College Varies $5,000 to full Y February 15th
scholarship w/conditions
Academic Incentive Award Varies $1,000 - $5,000 Y February 15th
w/conditions
United Methodist Scholarship Varies Up to $3,000 May 1st
Athletic Scholarship Varies Varies April 15th
School/Departmental Scholarship Varies Varies
(Band & Choir)
*Based on academic merit and/or other special talent, not necessarily on need. *See college website for specific
details on requirements, renewability, etc.
MAJORS:
Undergraduate: African-American/Black Studies, American/United States Studies/Civilization, Art Teacher Education, Art/Art Studies,
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biology/Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Business Administration and Management, Business, Management,
Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other, Chemistry, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement
Administration, Early Childhood Education and Teaching, Elementary Education and Teaching, English Language and Literature, English/Language
Arts Teacher Education, Environmental Science, Fine/Studio Arts, Health and Physical Education/Fitness, History, Junior High/Intermediate/Middle
School Education and Teaching, Management Information Systems, Marketing/Marketing Management, MassCommunication/Media Studies,
Mathematics, Mathematics Teacher Education, Music, Music Teacher Education, Organizational Behavior Studies, Philosophy and Religious Studies,
Other, Political Science and Government, Other, Psychology, Sociology, Sport and Fitness Administration/Management
Graduate: Master’s degrees - Business Administration (MBA), Curriculum and Instruction (MEd), Biotechnology (MS), Criminal Justice (MS)
CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS:
Additional Information:
U.S. News and World Report Short List ranked Claflin University fifth on its list of the nation’s top 10 colleges and universities in alumni giving percent-
age during the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 academic years. In that period, the institutions with the highest percentage of undergraduate alumni do-
nors boasted an average giving rate of 51.5 percent. Claflin, the only historically black college/university (HBCU) that appears in the Top 10, saw its
average percentage of alumni who donated increase from 47.7 per cent in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 to 50.4 percent in 2014-2015 and 2015-2016.
Claflin University is ranked#1 in alumni giving among Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the nation. Princeton University was ranked first
with 60.8 percent alumni giving.
Claflin University was selected the 2015 AARP/HBCU Digest HBCU of the year. * U.S. News and World Report has consistently ranked Claflin as one of
“America’s Best Colleges” for the past 17 years. In the 2016 edition, Claflin was again ranked a top tier national liberal arts college. Claflin was also
ranked eighth nationally among Historically Black Colleges and Universities. This ranking measures tuition, enrollment, acceptance rate, retention,
and graduation rate. * Claflin University continues to be recognized as a top-ranked liberal arts college by Washington Monthly. In its 2014 “Best
Liberal Arts Colleges” edition Claflin is the number one-ranked liberal arts college in South Carolina and the top Historically Black Colleges and Uni-
versities in the nation. * Claflin students have earned national recognition for community service. In 2015, the university was named to President’s
Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for the seventh consecutive year. * For the seventh year, Forbes.com ranked Claflin University one
of the colleges in the United States, based on student satisfactions, post-graduate success, graduation rate, and academic success. * In 2014 had 18
South Carolina’s only Harry S. Truman Scholar.