unitid 489937 · Winston-Salem, NC · private nonprofit 4-year · city (large)
Carolina University
- enrollment 2023
- 1,095
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
40%
13th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
460
30th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
37%
undergrads on Pell grants
58th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
22%
finish within 150% time
7th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$32,680
27th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$20,828
after aid, aided students
41st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$32,864
after entry, Title IV students
8th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$20,287
22nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $17,738 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k34%
- 30-48k26%
- 48-75k28%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $32,421
- First-generation students
- 33%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $17,575
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.6× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theological and Ministerial Studies. | 60 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 25 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 23 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 22 | — | — |
| Bible/Biblical Studies. | 10 | $31,209 | $20,926 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 8 | — | — |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies. | 7 | — | — |
| Data Science. | 6 | — | — |
| Psychology, General. | 6 | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 6 | — | — |
| Sociology. | 4 | — | — |
| Education, General. | 2 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.