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Chowan University

Murfreesboro, North Carolina·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Southeast·chowan.edu
6-yr Graduation
30%
-13.0pp vs Baccalaureate
Total enrollment
675
peer median 953
Avg net price
$14,086
-$7.9k vs Baccalaureate
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About

Chowan University is a private Christian university in Murfreesboro, North Carolina, United States. The university offers associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees in 70 academic disciplines and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
2,124
2,124 candidates competed
Admitted
1,461
68.8% acceptance rate
Enrolled
180
12.3% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
30%-13.0pp vs Baccalaureate
4-year graduation
19%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
30%
Full-time retention
71%

Pell equity

9.6pp gap
Pell recipients
28%89 of 321
Non-Pell (all)
38%35 of 93
Subsidized loan, no Pell
38%21 of 56
No Federal Aid
38%14 of 37

Non-Pell students graduate at a 9.6-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 33 Title IV programs, 7 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 26 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
33
Passing
7
21.2% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

33programs
  • Passing7 · 21.2%
  • No Data26 · 78.8%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
2
Safe
4
No data
26

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

7
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+2.9%
$33,143 vs $32,203
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies General
Bachelor Degree · Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
+13.9%
$36,682 vs $32,203
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Other
Bachelor Degree · Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
+21.8%
$39,224 vs $32,203
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
+38.8%
$44,711 vs $32,203
Social Sciences General
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
+39.1%
$44,793 vs $32,203
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
+39.3%
$44,858 vs $32,203
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+70.4%
$54,889 vs $32,203

Near the line (±5%)

Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.

1
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+2.9%
+$940

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

7
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies General
Bachelor Degree · Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
106%
$38,875 debt · $36,682 earn
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Other
Bachelor Degree · Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
96%
$37,500 debt · $39,224 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
94%
$31,000 debt · $33,143 earn
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
80%
$36,000 debt · $44,858 earn
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
66%
$29,500 debt · $44,711 earn
Social Sciences General
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
58%
$26,181 debt · $44,793 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
57%
$31,000 debt · $54,889 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Accredited since 1956Next review Dec 2029

Programmatic accreditations · 2

Action history · 5

  1. Dec 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  2. Apr 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  3. Dec 2019Renewal of Accreditation
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  4. Jun 2015Renewal of Accreditation
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  5. Aug 2014Change in Agency recognition
    National Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation · Music (MUS) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programs

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$13,726
$30–48k$10,950
$48–75k$14,549
$75–110k$14,565
$110k+$19,713

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$14,086
-$7,897vs Baccalaureate median $21,983
Federal loans
56.9%
In-state tuition
$27,910
Out-of-state
$27,910

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 386 students received $2.3M in Pell grants, alongside $5.2M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
386
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$2.3M
$2,286,500 total
Direct Loans
$5.2M
992 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
0k
’23
0k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$1.4M
380 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$1.5M
420 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$988K
79 loan awards
Parent PLUS$1.3M
112 loan awards
Grad PLUS$7K
1 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 640 borrowers who entered repayment, 52 (8.1%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
8.1%
+5.8pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
640
Defaulted
52
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
22.8%
2017
24.6%
2018
25.9%
2019
8.1%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Chowan

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs22
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

154 total completions
01Business
4629.9%
02Parks/Recreation
3019.5%
03Education
2113.6%
04Psychology
1711.0%
05Visual/Performing Arts
117.1%
06Security/Protective
95.8%
07Liberal Arts
95.8%
08Biological Sciences
74.5%
09Social Sciences
21.3%
10Comm. Technologies
21.3%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
675
12-mo unduplicated
737
Undergraduate
642
Graduate
95

Gender split

Men
57%420
Women
43%317

Race / ethnicity composition

Black
48.3%
White
28.4%
Non-resident
9.0%
Hispanic
8.8%
Two or more
4.8%
Asian
0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.2%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
456
332 M · 124 W
Women athletes
27.2%
Athletic aid
$2.7M
Total student aid
Budget
$6.3M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$1.8M
$905K
Recruiting expense
$25K
$12K
Head-coach salaries
$46K
$37K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 11

Football
146 M · —
$1.3M
Soccer
35 M · 30 W
$811K
Lacrosse
35 M · 17 W
$522K
Basketball
34 M · 17 W
$898K
Baseball
51 M · —
$447K
Swimming
16 M · 10 W
$260K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
7.06
5 offenses · 708 students

3-year trend

18.352 yrs ago21.441 yr ago7.06Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
42
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
27
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
1
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
2

Criminal offenses by type

Rape
1
Burglary
1
Fondling
1
Aggravated assault
1
Motor vehicle theft
1

By location

5total
  • On campus5

Includes 4 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
4
Dating violence
0
Stalking
4 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

  • Race1

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons02
Drugs382
Liquor066

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
15.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
32

Chowan vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Chowan selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectChowan University
30%—675$14,086Baccalaureate
Blue Mountain Christian University
44%89.0%968$24,016Baccalaureate
Colby-Sawyer College
54%80.1%972$27,431Baccalaureate
Culver-Stockton College
39%99.1%1,028$21,983Baccalaureate
Dakota Wesleyan University
48%73.4%892$19,735Baccalaureate
Emmanuel University
45%74.0%950$20,925Baccalaureate
Ferrum College
32%89.0%763$20,082Baccalaureate
Hastings College
49%71.6%956$24,452Baccalaureate
Hiram College
55%93.5%1,061$21,058Baccalaureate
Huntingdon College
48%69.5%892$22,566Baccalaureate
Kansas Wesleyan University
49%71.9%1,021$22,671Baccalaureate
Lees-McRae College
42%76.8%910$28,340Baccalaureate
Livingstone College
28%59.2%936$13,479Baccalaureate
Mars Hill University
45%67.9%1,110$19,910Baccalaureate
McPherson College
34%76.8%878$26,441Baccalaureate
Montreat College
48%69.2%962$27,061Baccalaureate
Ottawa University-Online
43%96.7%810—Baccalaureate
Ottawa University-Ottawa
28%83.0%999$27,963Baccalaureate
Ottawa University-Surprise
18%78.2%912$33,393Baccalaureate
Pacific Union College
45%47.3%974$41,008Baccalaureate
Philander Smith University
30%—780$14,224Baccalaureate
Rochester University
43%97.6%1,193$21,456Baccalaureate
Southwestern College
36%75.6%1,041$29,824Baccalaureate
St. Andrews University
27%64.8%676$32,513Baccalaureate
Talladega College
31%85.4%760$15,560Baccalaureate
The University of Olivet
35%83.2%979$21,393Baccalaureate
University of the Ozarks
51%59.5%778$17,360Baccalaureate
Webber International University
25%69.4%878$29,529Baccalaureate
West Virginia Wesleyan College
57%93.3%1,055$18,083Baccalaureate
William Jewell College
68%38.4%959$17,562Baccalaureate
Peer group median43%76.2%953$21,983

Institutions like Chowan

Explore the federal data for institutions in Chowan's comparison group.

IPEDS

Chowan Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Team
1 member
  • Elizabeth Cox
    Registrar & Director of Institutional Research

Reports & documents (1)

Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

Notable alumni of Chowan (3)

A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.

  • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
  • Lucy Henderson Owen Robertson
  • Toby Sims

Frequently asked questions about Chowan University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Chowan.

What is the graduation rate at Chowan University?

Chowan University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 30% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Chowan University?

Chowan University reports a total enrollment of 675 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Chowan University?

The average net price at Chowan University is $14,086 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Chowan University?

Chowan University's yield rate is 12.3%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Chowan University located?

Chowan University is located in Murfreesboro, North Carolina 27855.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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