College · Private nonprofit · Murfreesboro, NC · Rural
Chowan University
Murfreesboro, NC
Religious affiliation
Admit rate69%
6-yr median pay$30k
Net price / yr$14k
Undergrad size603
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $14k/yr for a shot at a $30k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 69% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 18.
If you get in
603 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $39k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $14k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$156k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$56k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$100k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $27.9k
- Room & board
- $10.7k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants57%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans57%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$29k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention63%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr30%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$30k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$38k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out39%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 603
- Location
- Murfreesboro, NC
- Region
- Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Black48%
- White28%
- International9%
- Hispanic9%
- Two or more races5%
First-gen students37%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time4%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$25k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 23
What you can study.