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Quick Facts about Lander

  • Founded in 1872 as Williamston Female College
  • More than 90 areas of study
  • Nationally ranked NCAA Division II athletics
  • 137 full-time faculty, 63.4 percent of whom hold the highest degree in their field
  • Over 60 different clubs and organizations
  • Ranked among the top public colleges and universities in the southern United States
  • Successful engineering dual degree program with Clemson University
  • Department of Business accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
  • National award-winning Experience Your Education (EYE) Program, which provides hands-on, real-world learning opportunities for students
  • Global Scholars Program promotes educational opportunities around the world
  • Innovative academic calendar provides more instruction time in the classroom while allowing 4 months during the summer for study abroad, internships and employment in tourism and other industries
  • Over 90-percent acceptance rate for Lander students who are recommended to medical school by Lander faculty
  • First nationally accredited, university-based Montessori teacher education program in South Carolina
  • First genetics emphasis of its kind in South Carolina
  • Only undergraduate program in the world currently spin-casting epoxy mirrors for use by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in telescopes
  • Experience of living in authentic, small-town America
  • Campus that is safe, tobacco-free, residential and an easy walk to every campus location and to downtown Greenwood
  • Friendship Family Program for which families are handpicked by university administration
  • Open-door policy for the University President
  • Student-Faculty Ratio of 16:1
  • Easy access to big cities such as Atlanta, Ga., Columbia, S.C., Charleston, S.C., Myrtle Beach, S.C., Charlotte, N.C., and many more