Chowan University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

School profile and reference information, including highlights, admissions, student body, degrees, and contact info.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Southern Baptist religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in nutrition and exercise therapy, science, media, music, and security and law enforcement.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Large number of students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, General.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Similar Schools

Based on proprietary BrainTrack computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to Chowan:

Click a column header to sort.

Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 952 in 2009-2010 (865 full-time equivalent).

About 54% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 46% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 90% of the student body. About 5% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 96% are full-time and 4% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Chowan provides on-campus housing for 1,008 of its 865 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association), basketball (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association), baseball (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association), and track (Other).

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 56 male students received the aid (men were 59% of those receiving aid) and 39 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 41% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (14 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management

DESIGN (3 awarded)

• Graphic Design

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (5 awarded)

• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Social Science Teacher Education

FINE ARTS (2 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (12 awarded)

• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• English Language and Literature
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Social Sciences

MATHEMATICS (1 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (9 awarded)

• Graphic Communications
• Graphic and Printing Equipment Operator, General Production

MUSIC (2 awarded)

• Music Management and Merchandising
• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (18 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (4 awarded)

• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (14 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (10 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (7 awarded)

• Psychology