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400 Magnolia Street N.E.
Orangeburg, South Carolina 29115
(803) 535-5000 or (800) 922-1276 |
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General Information
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| Claflin University is an independent, liberal arts, co-educational, historically black institution that is affiliated
with the United Methodist Church. It is dedicated to educational excellence and to preparing students without regard
to gender, race, religion or ethnic origin. It is committed to offering quality undergraduate programs, select
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Undergraduate Population: 1624
Graduate Population: 50
Percent Men: 38%
Percent Women: 62%
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Degrees Available: Bachelors
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In State
Tuition: 10452
Out of State Tuition: 10452
Room & Board: 5752
Application Fee: $20 - Deadline: March 1st
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| Basketball, Cross-Country, Softball, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball |
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| History
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Claflin was founded in 1869 by Methodist missionaries to prepare freed slaves to take their rightful places as full
American citizens. The University takes its name from two Methodist churchmen, Massachusetts Governor William
Claflin and his father, Boston philanthropist Lee Claflin, who provided a large part of the funds to purchase the
campus.
Dr. Alonzo Webster, a minister and educator from Vermont and a member of Claflin’s Board of Trustees, secured
Claflin’s charter in 1869. The charter forbids discrimination of any sort among faculty, staff and students, making
Claflin the first South Carolina university open to all students regardless of race, class or gender.
Claflin opened its doors with Dr. Webster as its first president. He came to South Carolina to teach at the Baker
Biblical Institute in Charleston, an institution established by the S.C. Mission Conference of 1866 of the Methodist
Episcopal Church for the education of African American ministers. In 1870 the Baker Biblical Institute merged with
Claflin University. An act by the South Carolina General Assembly on March 12, 1872, designated the South Carolina
State Agricultural and Mechanical Institute as a part of Claflin University. In 1896 the S.C. General Assembly passed
an act of separation which severed the State Agricultural and Mechanical Institute from Claflin University and
established a separate institution which eventually became South Carolina State University.
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