Campbell University Data & Information Overview

Find out more about how Campbell University ranks, how diverse it is, what majors it offers, and other essential facts below. Want to know more about a specific stat? Just click on its tile, and you'll go to a page that goes more in-depth on that subject. You can also use the links below to go directly to any section on this page.

• Rankings
• Admission and Acceptance
• Faculty
• Retention and Graduation Rates
• Diversity
• Cost
• Student Debt
• Average Earnings
• Location
• Majors
• Online Learning
• Related Schools

How Well Is Campbell University Ranked?

2021 Rankings

In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.

Campbell University was awarded 15 badges in the 2021 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.

Overall Quality

College Factual ranked Campbell as #689 out of 1,715 colleges and universities in the country on its 2021 Best Colleges list.

Campbell is also ranked #20 out of 56 schools in North Carolina.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Campbell?

Acceptance Rate

When it comes to admittance, Campbell University is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 81%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.

Average Test Scores

About 63% of students accepted to Campbell submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 600. Math scores were between 510 and 590.

Campbell received ACT scores from 65% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 20 and 25.

Learn more about Campbell University admissions.

Campbell University Faculty

Student to Faculty Ratio

With a student to faculty ratio of 15 to 1, Campbell University is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Campbell University is 46%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.

Retention and Graduation Rates at Campbell University

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Campbell University is 72%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At Campbell this rate is 36%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Campbell University.

Excellent Overall Diversity at Campbell

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,242 undergraduates at Campbell with 3,471 being full-time and 771 being part-time.

Campbell Diversity Score

For each college and university, College Factual calculates an overall diversity score that takes four factors into account: gender, ethnicity, age, and home location of the student. Then, the schools with the best mixtures of students with respect to these factors are ranked the highest.

With an overall score of 90.44 out of 100, Campbell is one of the most diverse schools in the nation.

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How Much Does Campbell University Cost?

The overall average net price of Campbell is $21,434. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Campbell

$0-30 K	$30K-48K	$48-75	$75-110K	$110K +
$18,112	$19,498	$19,186	$22,700	$24,430

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Campbell, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Campbell, approximately 87% of students took out student loans averaging $6,670 a year. That adds up to $26,680 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Campbell is 4.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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How Much Money Do Campbell Graduates Make?

Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Campbell make around $45,900 per year during the early years of their employment. This is good news for future Campbell graduates since it is 15% more than the average college graduate's salary of $39,802 per year.

See which majors at Campbell University make the most money.

Location of Campbell University

Campbell University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Buies Creek, North Carolina. The surrounding location of Buies Creek is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

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Contact details for Campbell are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	143 Main Street, Buies Creek, NC 27506
Phone:	800-334-4111
Website:	https://www.campbell.edu/
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/campbelluniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/campbelledu

Campbell University Majors

During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 61 majors graduated from Campbell University. Of these students, 1,069 received undergraduate degrees and 669 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors	Bachelor’s Degrees	Average Salary of Graduates
Business Administration & Management	102	$37,200
Health & Physical Education	86	$25,000
General Biology	69	$23,000
General Psychology	69	$28,700
Other Science Technologies/Technicians	61	$55,200
Finance & Financial Management	45	$54,300
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	45	$46,100
Computer Information Systems	45	$50,600
Homeland Security	42	$32,700
Nursing	41	NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Campbell University along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Campbell

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2017-2018, 1,274 students took at least one online class at Campbell University. This is an increase from the 1,186 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year	Took at Least One Online Class	Took All Classes Online
2017-2018	1,274	627
2016-2017	1,186	502
2015-2016	1,762	661
2014-2015	1,029	345
2013-2014	1,060	308

Learn more about online learning at Campbell University.

Related Schools

If you’re considering Campbell University, here are some more schools you may be interested in knowing more about.

• Andrews University
• New York Institute of Technology
• Oral Roberts University
• Pace University - New York
• Southern New Hampshire University

Curious on how these schools stack up against Campbell? Pit them head to head with College Combat, our free interactive tool that lets you compare college on the features that matter most to you!

Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• College Scorecard
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• Image Credit: By Ildar Sagdejev under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.