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Greensboro College

Greensboro, North Carolina Private nonprofit 4-year Large city

Overview

Greensboro College is a private nonprofit four-year institution in Greensboro, North Carolina. Its campus is in a large city. It enrolled 967 students in fall 2024, including 899 undergraduates and 68 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is United Methodist.

Greensboro College offers certificates, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 55 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor, Business/Managerial Economics, and Exercise Science and Kinesiology. It awarded 168 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

66% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 10 to 1.

Key figures

967
Students enrolled
66%
First-year retention
168
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
55
Programs and majors
10:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateBachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 55

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

Education 16
Business, Management and Marketing 3
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 3
Visual and Performing Arts 13
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 2
Health Professions 2
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Psychology 1
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Mathematics and Statistics 2
Social Sciences 2
English Language and Literature 1
Family and Consumer Sciences 1
History 2
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 1
Philosophy and Religious Studies 1
Physical Sciences 1
Theology and Religious Vocations 1

Outcomes

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

First-year retention, full-time students
66%
Student-to-faculty ratio
10:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
112
Master's degrees
43
Postbaccalaureate certificates
13

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
967
Undergraduates, fall 2024
899
Graduate students, fall 2024
68
Full-time, fall 2024
75%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,091
Undergraduates, 2024-25
989
Graduate students, 2024-25
102
Full-time, 2024-25
71%
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
49%
Men
51%
White
30%
Hispanic or Latino
9%
Black or African American
27%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
4%
International (U.S. nonresident)
4%
Race or ethnicity unknown
25%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs with a fully online option
4
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
19%
Students taking some online courses
44%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
United Methodist
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
USA South Athletic Conference
President
Dr. Lawrence D. Czarda
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

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