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Chowan University

Murfreesboro, North Carolina Private nonprofit 4-year Remote rural area

Overview

Chowan University is a private nonprofit four-year institution based in Murfreesboro, North Carolina. Its campus is in a remote rural area. It enrolled 675 students in fall 2024, including 603 undergraduates and 72 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is Southern Baptist.

Chowan University offers associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 22 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Business Administration and Management, Psychology, General, and Elementary Education and Teaching. It awarded 159 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 3 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

71% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1.

Key figures

675
Students enrolled
71%
First-year retention
159
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
22
Programs and majors
15:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

AssociateBachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 22

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

Business, Management and Marketing 3
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 3
Education 3
Psychology 1
Visual and Performing Arts 3
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 1
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
  • Biology AssociateBachelor 7 graduates
Communications Technologies 1
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1
Social Sciences 1
History 1
Mathematics and Statistics 1
Philosophy and Religious Studies 1

Outcomes

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

First-year retention, full-time students
71%
Student-to-faculty ratio
15:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
132
Associate degrees
1
Master's degrees
26

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
675
Undergraduates, fall 2024
603
Graduate students, fall 2024
72
Full-time, fall 2024
88%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
737
Undergraduates, 2024-25
642
Graduate students, 2024-25
95
Full-time, 2024-25
85%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

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

Women
43%
Men
57%
White
27%
Hispanic or Latino
7%
Black or African American
52%
Two or more races
4%
International (U.S. nonresident)
8%
Race or ethnicity unknown
1%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
3
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
16%
Students taking some online courses
54%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Remote rural area
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Southern Baptist
Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Conference Carolinas
Thomas
Rosemary
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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