COC combines an elegant architectural past and contemporary design, presenting stately buildings of historic note and up-to-date facilities with every modern amenity. An exceptionally successful athletic program and a strong set of fraternities and sororities have made COC a happy choice for students from every region. The word “college”, evokes images of a small liberal arts institution, but the College…
Category: South Carolina
Presbyterian College – Clinton, South Carolina
Presbyterian is the smallest college (1200) in NCAA Division I sports, one of the very few colleges to have an article of clothing as a mascot (the Blue Hose, represented by a Scotsman in a kilt – with blue stockings), and one of the few to have a reasonably completely authenticated haunted building within a district of buildings listed…
Furman University – Greenville, South Carolina
It hardly seems possible that Furman is included in a collection of best kept college secrets; Furman is one of the most beautiful colleges in any region and quite possibly the most beautifully appointed college in the South. The American Society of Landscape Architects places the Furman campus among the most beautiful places in America! The casual visitor, struck by…
Wofford College – Spartanburg, S.C.
From America’s Best Kept College Secrets – “Like Furman and Wake Forest, Wofford attracts a healthy, happy, preppy, active, sporty student body that intends to take up a career as a doctor, lawyer, or corporate chief. The students are good looking and friendly, and the campus has the feel of a college in which poise and good looks prevail. Wofford…