COKER COLLEGE Today: A SNAPSHOT
  • U.S. News & World Report ranks Coker one of America’s Best Colleges for 2009. The magazine has named Coker a Best College for 13 consecutive years.
  • The Princeton Review has selected Coker College a 2009 Best Southeastern College based on academic excellence and student satisfaction. This is the fifth consecutive year the College has received this recognition.
  • Coker College's Coker College's Fall 2008 enrollment is over 1100 full- and part-time students.
  • Of Coker freshmen this year, the average high school GPA is 3.35; the average SAT score is 1004.
  • Coker’s students are from 27 states and 7 foreign countries (Canada,Czech Republic, Ecuador, England, Finland, Guatemala, Lithuania); 61% are women and 39% are men; 23% are African-American (all minorities: 27%).
  • The Top Five Reasons fall 2008 freshman chose Coker College: Affordability, Student/Faculty Ratio, Location, Academic Programs, and Academic Reputation.
  • Coker College's evening program serves working adults in Hartsville and at sites in Lake City, Mullins, and Cheraw.