Catawba College
Salisbury, North Carolina
- Private nonprofit
- Suburb
- 1,235 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 75%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $15,993per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 48%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $52,26010 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Catawba College achieved full carbon neutrality, becoming the 13th college in the nation and the first in the Southeast to reach the benchmark.
Source: Carbon Neutral | Catawba College
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 75%About 8 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1030–1300Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 17–25Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
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Sources: College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $15,993full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $50,684sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $35,500Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 48%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 77%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $52,26010 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,181federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,235Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 40%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 30%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Also worth a look
- North Carolina Wesleyan University Rocky Mount, NC — admits 80%
- University of Mount Olive Mount Olive, NC — admits 76%
- Lenoir-Rhyne University Hickory, NC — admits 85%
- Meredith College Raleigh, NC — admits 74%
- Miles College Fairfield, AL
- Mary Baldwin University Staunton, VA
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Catawba College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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