Catawba College

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Baccalaureate Colleges — Diverse Fields

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Master's degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Catawba College Academics

Catawba College is unique in its study options. Specifically, the university has a Cross-Registration, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, ROTC, Army, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad and Teacher Certification. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Learning Center, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. Besides, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Personal Counseling and Placement Service can help.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Catawba College.

Philosphy and Religion:

Philosophy & Religion – General, Religion/Religious Studies

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biology

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Communications & Journalism:

Communications/Rhetoric

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Business Administration/Management

Popular majors:

forty-one percent business per marketing, eighteen percent computer and information sciences, eight percent education, five percent communications per journalism, five percent social sciences

History:

History – General

Security and Protective Services:

Law Enforcement Administration

Social Sciences:

Political Science/Government, Sociology

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Athletic Training/Sports Medicine, Recreational Therapy

Computer Science:

Computer/Information Sciences – General

Parks, Recreation, and Fitness:

Health/Physical Fitness, recreation & fitness – general, Sport/Fitness Administration

Foreign Language and Literature:

French, Spanish

Education:

Education of Gifted/Talented, Elementary Education, Junior High Education, Music Teacher Education, Physical Education

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Arts Management, Drama/Theater Arts, Music – General, Music – General Performance

English Language and Literature:

English, English Language & Literature – General

Physical Sciences:

Chemistry

Additionally, for international students, the application fee is 50. The cost per credit hour (overall) was $475 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for non-need-based aid last fall.

Catawba College Admissions

Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 68% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 77%. Remember that this can change at any time. This school requires an application fee consisting of twenty-five dollars regular application fee, twenty-five dollars out-of-state application fee, twenty-five dollars online application fee and point zero . Transfer student are not ignored. That is, there were one hundred and fifty-seven total number of transfer students who applied and one hundred and twenty-one total number of transfer students who were admitted.

For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 1st of March. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 15th of August and It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. The regular application due date was not reported. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. the SAT subject section score due date was not reported.

Catawba College Financial Aid

If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Music/Drama, Athletics, Leadership and State/District Residency. Likewise, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Music/Drama, Athletics, Leadership and State/District Residency. Financial aid forms are FAFSA and State aid form. Financial aid distribution is at sixty percent scholarships per grants and forty percent loans per jobs. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school.

Catawba College Students

Catawba College offers Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. The university is a Private, Liberal Arts College, Four-year, United Church Of Christ, Coed, where 68 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member. The school’s size is approximately one thousand, two hundred and fifty-six degree-seeking undergrads, two hundred and twenty-three first-time degree-seeking freshmen and thirty-two graduate enrollment. Again, the student body consists of fifty-five percent in-state students, forty-five percent out-of-state students, forty-seven percent women, fifty-three percent men, less than one percent american indian per alaskan native, one percent asian per pacific islander, sixteen percent black per non-hispanic, less than one percent hispanic, seventy-nine percent white per non-hispanic, one percent non-resident alien, two percent race per ethnicity unreported, sixteen percent in top 10th of graduating class, thirty-nine percent in top quarter of graduating class, seventy-five percent in top half of graduating class, twenty-seven percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, fifteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, thirteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, sixteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24, twenty-one percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99 and eight percent had h.s. gpa between 2.0 and 2.49. Again, it is part of an Suburban setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus.

This school features the Suburban setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus. Again, the university has many unique facilites such as Comprehensive three-manual Casavant pipe-organ, observatory, 45-acre outdoor biological laboratory, nature preserve. In short, the school is located 30 miles from Charlotte, 50 miles from Greensboro.

Catawba College Athletics

The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s NCAA Division II, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Baseball
• Men’s NCAA Division II, Women’s NCAA Division II, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
• Men’s NCAA Division II, Women’s NCAA Division II, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Cross_country
• Men’s NCAA Division II, Men’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Men’s Scholarship Football
• Men’s NCAA Division II, Women’s NCAA Division II, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Golf
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Handball
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Racquetball
• Men’s NCAA Division II, Women’s NCAA Division II, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Soccer
• Women’s NCAA Division II, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Softball
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Table_tennis
• Women’s NCAA Division II, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball