Type: School
On the web: http://www.coastal.edu

It's hard for students at Coastal Carolina University not to be cocky. The university (whose rooster mascot, Chanticleer, appears in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales) offers bachelor's degrees in about 50 fields of study and 40 undergraduate minors. It also offers master's degrees in business administration, education, and coastal marine and wetland studies. The school has an enrollment of roughly 8,400 students from 45 states and 40 countries. Coastal Carolina University was founded in 1954 as Coastal Carolina Junior College. Originally a branch of the College of Charleston, it was later affiliated with the University of South Carolina. Coastal Carolina became an independent institution in 1993.

Officers:
Chairman: William H. (Billy) Alford
Interim Executive Director Information Technology Services: Abdallah S. Haddad
Associate VP and Executive Director Foundations: Stanyarne R. Godshall

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