SHAW UNIVERSITY 1865
Shaw University, is the first historically black university in the Southern United States. Shaw is a private liberal arts institution affiliated with the Baptist Church and among the oldest HBCUs in the nation. Founded in 1865, our University has a rich history steeped in tradition, activism and service. We were the first college in North Carolina to offer a four-year medical school; the first institution of higher learning established for freedmen after the Civil War and the first historically Black college in the nation to open its doors to women.
ACADEMICS Shaw University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). With more than 30 academic programs and a 17 to 1 student to faculty ratio, students are sure to find a major that is a perfect fit and a professor that knows them by name. The learning experience at Shaw is based on relationships where the student’s voice will be heard and learning becomes personal.
ACCREDITED PROGRAMS Kinesiotherapy Social Work Divinity Teacher Education SHAW UNIVERSITY ADULT DEGREE PROGRAM
Shaw University offers a degree completion program for busy adults, working professionals, veterans, and transfer students seeking to advance their careers, gain skills necessary to change jobs, or vastly enrich their personal lives through part-time or full-time evening studies. With campuses located across North Carolina, adult students can attend classes and complete their degree at a location convenient to them.
Fayetteville Raleigh
Greenville
Wilmington
High Point
Online
DEGREES OFFERED Undergraduate • Bachelor of Arts (BA) • Bachelor of Science (BS) • Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)
Graduate
• Master of Arts in Christian Education (MACE) • Master of Divinity (MDiv) • Master of Science in Curriculum and Instruction: Early Childhood Education (MS)
TUITION UNDERGRADUATE
Per Semester On Campus Off Campus
$12,319 $8,240
GRADUATE $578 per credit hour
Per Year On Campus Off Campus
$24,258 $16,480
Per Credit Hour Adult $390 Degree Program