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Furman University

Furman University
3300 Poinsett Highway
Greenville, SC 29613


Fax number: (864) 294-3127
Website: https://www.furman.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 2,278
Full-time undergraduates: 2,260
Part-time undergraduates: 19
Total graduate students: 160
Full-time graduate students: 117
Part-time graduate students: 43
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
3.6% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
5.9% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
6.0% Hispanic/Latino
0.0% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
76.6% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.7% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
3.5% Nonresident Alien
0.5% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 800 acres

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • women's dorms
  • men's dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 85%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 96%
Percent of students who live off campus: 4%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA); Kappa Delta; Delta Delta Delta; Alpha Delta Pi; Furman University Outdoors Club (FUOC)

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's badminton  
Men's baseball  
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball  
Men's cheerleading  
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's cross-country running  
Men's equestrian sports  
Men's footballyes 
Men's football  
Men's golf  
Men's golfyes 
Men's gymnastics  
Men's indoor track  
Men's lacrosse  
Men's rock climbing  
Men's rugby  
Men's sand volleyball  
Men's soccer  
Men's socceryes 
Men's softball  
Men's swimming and diving  
Men's tennis  
Men's tennisyes 
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's track and field  
Men's triathlon  
Men's ultimate Frisbee  
Men's volleyball  
Men's weight lifting  
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cheerleadingyes 
Women's cheerleading NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's equestrian sports  
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golfyes 
Women's lacrosse NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softballyes 
Women's swimming and diving  
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennisyes 
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's ultimate Frisbee  
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballyes 

Intramural/Recreational sports:
rock climbing; badminton; baseball; basketball; cheerleading; equestrian sports; football; golf; gymnastics; lacrosse; rugby; soccer; softball; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; weight lifting; triathlon; indoor track; sand volleyball; swimming and diving; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Greenville-Spartanburg Interna

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 42% within six months of graduation

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