- The Inkwell
- North Carolina
- Mid-Atlantic Christian University
Elizabeth City, NCTown: distantZIP 27909Founded 1948
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1948
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1977
- Website
- www.macuniversity.edu
North CarolinaReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Mid-Atlantic Christian University
Mid-Atlantic Christian University is a private nonprofit university in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, with 132 undergraduates. It admits 62% of applicants, graduates 21% within six years and costs $19,001 a year after aid.
21%graduate
Admission rate62%
Retention32%
4-year graduation15%
Pell Grant share50%
Federal loans54%
$19,001net price / year
62%admission rate
1000average SAT
21%graduate in 6 years
$43,121median earnings, 10 yrs
—median debt
#1,506 of 1,704 for earnings#798 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,643 of 1,738 for graduation rate#403 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $33,765tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $18,320
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $18,320
- Average net price
- $19,001national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$12,764
$30,001–48,000$8,981
$48,001–75,000$14,099
$75,001–110,000$15,016
$110,001+$25,248
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 62%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1000
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 390–640
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 440–570
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college62%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college32%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college21%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college50%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 21%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 15%
- First-year retention
- 32%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 49%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $38,687
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $43,121middle 50%: $25,468–$55,665
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$55,665
Median, Mid-Atlantic Christian University$43,121
Lower quarter$25,468
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 132
- Part-time
- 20%
- Women / men
- 18% / 82%
- Average age at entry
- 22.2
- First-generation students
- 35%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 50%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 44%
- Average faculty salary
- $5,406 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $10,309
- Endowment, end of year
- $4,560,298
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White49%
Hispanic2.3%
Black28%
Two or more races11%
U.S. nonresident6.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native3.0%
5 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Theology & religious vocations45%
Business & management35%
Psychology10%
Education5.0%
Liberal arts & humanities5.0%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 199458. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q6840626.