Shaw University Campus Life
Campus life
The campus as a place: setting, size, calendar and who studies here.
Campus at a glance
Large city
Inside an urbanized area and a principal city.
- City (this campus)
- Suburb
- Town
- Rural
875 students
Smaller than 67% of colleges
National median 1,603 students
Undergraduates with Pell Grants
- Receive a Pell Grant
- 70.7%
- TypePrivate nonprofit
- ClassBaccalaureate college
- CalendarSemester
- AthleticsNCAA Division II
Nearby college towns
- Wendell12.6 mi
Verified data from IPEDS and the College Scorecard. Distances are straight-line miles.
Race/ethnicity
Source: U.S. College Scorecard · 2025
Among undergraduates at Shaw University, the largest reported group is Black (71.9%), followed by Non-resident (9%).
| Group | Undergraduates | Full-time instructional staff |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 0.1% | 1.9% |
| Asian | 0.5% | 3.9% |
| Black | 71.9% | 65.4% |
| Hispanic | 5.8% | 1.9% |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 0.2% | 0% |
| White | 1.7% | 25% |
| Two or more races | 3.9% | 0% |
| Non-resident | 9% | 0% |
| Unknown | 6.9% | 1.9% |
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- 80.2%Shaw University admitted 1,591 of 2,435 applicants.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- 8.9%of admitted students chose to enroll (the yield rate): 141 of 1,591.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- $38,822median annual earnings of former students who received federal aid.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
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