College · Private nonprofit · Elizabeth City, NC · Town
Mid-Atlantic Christian University
Elizabeth City, NC
Religious affiliation
Admit rate62%
6-yr median pay$30k
Net price / yr$18k
Undergrad size132
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $18k/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 62% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1000 · ACT 18.
If you get in
132 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $33k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $18k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$132k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$73k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$59k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.5x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $17.3k
- Room & board
- $12.0k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants38%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans53%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention37%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr21%
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 out28%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Town
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 132
- Location
- Elizabeth City, 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 · very 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.
- White49%
- Black28%
- Two or more races11%
- International6%
- American Indian / Alaska Native3%
- Hispanic2%
First-gen students35%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time20%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$35k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 12
What you can study.