Founded in 1886, Winthrop University is a public, coeducational, comprehensive teaching university with a student body of 5,174 students. The students pursue one of 46 undergraduate or 23 graduate degree programs with more than 100 options and concentrations in the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Business Administration, the Richard W. Riley College of Education, and the College of Visual and Performing Arts. Approximately half of all students live on the historic campus, only a short walk away from classrooms, the cafeteria, art galleries, Lois Rhame West Health, Physical Education and Wellness Center, and DiGiorgio Campus Center.
Over 43,000 courses transfer into Winthrop University