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Clemson University
Clemson University: public land-grant research university in Clemson, South Carolina, founded 1889 by Thomas Green Clemson's bequest. R1 Carnegie institution; 29,545 students, $372M research expenditures (2025), guided by Clemson Elevate strategic plan.
Clemson–South Carolina rivalry
The Clemson–South Carolina rivalry (Palmetto Bowl) is an annual college football series first played November 12, 1896; Clemson leads 74-44-4 through 2025, after a Big Thursday era in Columbia from 1896 to 1959 and a 1902 riot that birthed the Tiger Burn.
Coastal Carolina University
Coastal Carolina University (CCU), public university in Conway, South Carolina, founded 1954 as Coastal Carolina Junior College, independent since 1993. Known for the largest U.S. east coast marine science department, 12,006 Fall 2025 enrollment, 2016 College World Series title.
Coker University
Coker University, formerly Coker College for Women, is a private liberal arts university in Hartsville, South Carolina, founded in 1908 by James Lide Coker; coeducational since 1969, university-named since 2019, NCAA Division II Cobras.
Colby College
Colby College, founded 1813 in Waterville, Maine, is a private liberal arts college with 2,400 undergraduates, 8% admit rate, no-loan aid meeting full need, and a $500M science expansion.
Colgate University
Colgate University: private residential liberal arts university in Hamilton, New York; founded 1819 as the Baptist Education Society, Madison University from 1846, renamed Colgate 1890 for the soapmaker patron family; 3,143 students, 57 majors, Division I Raiders.
College
College: an institution of higher education, also the self-governing medieval colleges of Paris, Oxford, and Cambridge, the American undergraduate college, and the community college; from the 1180 Collège de Dix-Huit to today's enrollment shifts and closures.
College admissions in the United States
College admissions in the United States: decentralized undergraduate selection process spanning open admission to elite holistic review. Covers standardized testing, test-optional policies, the 2023 SFFA v. Harvard ruling, and test requirement reinstatements.
College and university rankings
College and university rankings: ordered lists from QS, THE, ARWU, U.S. News combining reputation surveys, citations, teaching and internationalization indicators; methodologies, criticisms, and alternatives explained.
College Board
College Board, founded 1900 as the College Entrance Examination Board, is a US not-for-profit membership organization running the SAT Suite, AP program, and CSS Profile nonfederal aid application for over 6,000 member institutions.
College of Basic Science and Humanities, Bhubaneswar
College of Basic Science and Humanities (CBSH), Bhubaneswar, a 1964 constituent college of OUAT offering +2 Science, B.Sc. Honours in 8 subjects, M.Sc. in 7, and Ph.D. in 6; NAAC B++, DBT Star College.
College of Charleston
College of Charleston: public liberal arts and sciences university in Charleston, South Carolina; founded 1770, chartered 1785; oldest higher-education institution in South Carolina, 13th oldest in the US, and America's oldest municipal college.
College of Engineering, Pune
College of Engineering, Pune (COEP), now COEP Technological University, is a public engineering institution founded in 1854 in Pune, made a unitary public technological university of Maharashtra by the 2022 state act.
College of Medical Sciences
The College of Medical Sciences is a private medical college in Bharatpur, Nepal, founded in 1993, affiliated with Kathmandu University since 1996, and linked to the CMS Teaching Hospital.
College of New Rochelle
College of New Rochelle (CNR), founded 1904 by the Ursuline Order as New York State's first Catholic college for women; a four-school liberal arts college that closed in 2019 after a $20 million payroll-tax crisis, with students and campuses absorbed by Mercy College.
College of the Holy Cross
College of the Holy Cross, a private Jesuit Catholic liberal arts college founded in 1843 in Worcester, Massachusetts; exclusively undergraduate, about 3,300 students, 9:1 student-faculty ratio, ranked #22 by U.S. News, 1947 NCAA basketball champion.
College of William & Mary
The College of William & Mary (W&M) is a public R1 research university in Williamsburg, Virginia, chartered February 8, 1693 by William III and Mary II, the second-oldest U.S. college and alma mater of four presidents.
College of Wooster
The College of Wooster is a private Presbyterian-founded liberal arts college in Wooster, Ohio, established 1866, known for its senior Independent Study thesis, over 1,600 undergraduates, 9:1 ratio, $79,560 sticker cost, and strong science PhD placement.
Colleges of the University of Cambridge
The Colleges of the University of Cambridge are 31 autonomous foundations, from Peterhouse (1284) onward, that admit, house, teach and support all Cambridge students alongside University departments.
Colleges of the University of Oxford
Colleges of the University of Oxford: 36 independent, self-governing chartered foundations plus three societies (Kellogg, Reuben, St Cross) and four permanent private halls, handling admissions, accommodation, and tutorial teaching with £6.4bn in endowments.
Collegiate secret societies in North America
Collegiate secret societies in North America: hidden undergraduate organizations, exemplified by Yale's Skull and Bones (founded 1832), Scroll and Key, and Wolf's Head, their tombs, Tap Day selection, campus bans, and BGLO underground pledging.
Colorado College
Colorado College is a private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, founded in 1874. It is known for its Block Plan, where students take intensive three-and-a-half-week courses.
Colorado School of Mines
Colorado School of Mines is a public R1 research university in Golden, Colorado, founded in 1874 as a territorial mining school. Known for Orediggers, Blaster the Burro, and QS's #1 mineral and mining ranking.
Colorado State University
Colorado State University (CSU) is the public land-grant research university in Fort Collins, Colorado, founded in 1870 as Colorado Agricultural College; flagship of the CSU System, record 34,412 enrollment, $613M research, 16 NCAA Division I Pac-12 programs.
Columbia Business School
Columbia Business School (CBS), founded 1916, is Columbia University's graduate business school in New York City, an M7 member offering MBA, MS, PhD, and Executive Education programs, with 2,468 students, 149 faculty, and a Manhattanville campus opened in 2022.
Columbia College Chicago
Columbia College Chicago, founded in 1890 as the Columbia School of Oratory, is a private college in downtown Chicago's South Loop offering programs in the creative and media arts, liberal arts, and business.
Columbia College, Columbia University
Columbia College is the oldest undergraduate college of Columbia University, founded in 1754 as King's College by royal charter of George II, renamed Columbia College in 1784, home of the Core Curriculum launched in 1919, coeducational since 1983, with a 4.9% Fall 2025 acceptance rate.
Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School, founded 1858 in New York City, is Columbia University's law school. Distinguished by the Lieber Code, the Dwight Method, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, high tuition, and strong large-firm placement.
Columbia University
Columbia University, founded in 1754 as King's College, is a private research university in New York City. It is the oldest institution of higher education in New York.
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) is Columbia University's health sciences campus in Washington Heights, Manhattan, housing four professional schools and partnering with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, opened in 1928.