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Campbell University

Buies Creek, North Carolina Private nonprofit 4-year Town

Overview

Located in Buies Creek, North Carolina, Campbell University is a private nonprofit four-year institution. Its campus is in a town setting. It enrolled 4,963 students in fall 2024, including 2,699 undergraduates and 2,264 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is Baptist.

Campbell University offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 100 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Law, Osteopathic Medicine, and Business Administration and Management. It awarded 1,451 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 23 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

76% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 13 to 1.

Key figures

4,963
Students enrolled
76%
First-year retention
1,451
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
100
Programs and majors
13:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelorMasterPhDProfessional

Programs and majors offered 100

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Health Professions 16
Business, Management and Marketing 9
Legal Professions and Studies 2
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 4
Education 20
Psychology 2
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Computer and Information Sciences 3
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 3
Science Technologies 1
Theology and Religious Vocations 2
Engineering 1
Communication and Journalism 9
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1
Social Sciences 4
Visual and Performing Arts 10
History 1
Philosophy and Religious Studies 1
Natural Resources and Conservation 1
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
English Language and Literature 2
Public Administration and Social Services 2
Mathematics and Statistics 1
Physical Sciences 1
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 1

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
76%
First-year retention, part-time students
32%
Student-to-faculty ratio
13:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
658
Associate degrees
50
Master's degrees
262
Professional doctorates
446
Other doctoral degrees
35

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
4,963
Undergraduates, fall 2024
2,699
Graduate students, fall 2024
2,264
Full-time, fall 2024
84%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
5,528
Undergraduates, 2024-25
3,123
Graduate students, 2024-25
2,405
Full-time, 2024-25
81%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
55%
Men
45%
White
59%
Hispanic or Latino
11%
Black or African American
14%
Asian
5%
Two or more races
4%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
2%
Race or ethnicity unknown
5%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
23
Programs with a fully online option
2
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
18%
Students taking some online courses
30%

Campus and services

Setting
Town
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Baptist
Carnegie classification
Doctoral/Professional Universities
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Colonial Athletic Association
President
William M. Downs
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, ROTC, Undergraduate research, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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