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Catawba College Acceptance Rates & Admissions Statistics

How Do You Compare to Catawba College’s Other Incoming Students?

By analyzing the admissions figures of recent freshman cohorts, get a better grasp of your likelihood of gaining admission to Catawba College, located in Salisbury, NC.

On this page you’ll find:

• What Admissions Stats Mean for You
• Selectivity of Catawba College
• Acceptance & Enrollment Stats at Catawba College
• Male to Female Ratio of Applicants
• Average SAT & ACT Scores
• Helpful Resources

How Admissions and Enrollment Stats Are Applicable to You

Selectivity and acceptance rates can be a big clue to how difficult it is to be admitted. Compare your test scores to prior applicants to get a good understanding of who you are competing against for entrance.

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Selectivity: What’s the Acceptance Rate for Students?

The selectivity of a college indicates how competitive the admissions process is.

Open Admissions	No
Selectivity of College	Less Selective (70-85%)
Acceptance Rate	75%

Acceptance and Enrollment Stats

Catawba College had 3,457 applications. From this pool, 2,600 received admission offers, and 325 ultimately registered.

Applicant Total	3,457
Accepted	2,600
Enrolled	325
Enrolled Full-Time	325

Admission to Catawba College is 75.2%. This makes the school highly accessible. Acceptance rates vary by gender at Catawba College: women are accepted at a rate of 79% versus 72% for men.

The enrollment percentage for Catawba College is 13%. This indicates that 13% of students who were accepted decided to enroll. Female admitted students enroll at 11% versus 14% for male admits.

What’s the Male/Female Breakdown When it Comes to Admissions?

Here is the gender distribution for Catawba College.

	Men	Women
Applicants	1,745	1,701
Admitted	1,252	1,340
Enrolled	181	144

SAT and ACT Score Profile

Approximately 14% of admitted students at Catawba reported SAT scores (45 students).

When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 650. The middle 50% of Math scores landed between 510 and 650.

SAT Section	25th Percentile	75th Percentile
Critical Reading	520	650
Mathematics	510	650
Combined Total	1030	1300

Catawba got ACT scores from 33% of its admitted class (105 students).

ACT Composite scores for the middle 50% fell between 17 and 25.

ACT Section	25th Percentile	75th Percentile
Overall	17	25
English	15	24
Mathematics	16	24

Additional Question to Ask

• A college’s selectivity gives us an idea of how rigorous the studies are, and how competitive the students are. However, not all students thrive in a competitive atmosphere, even if their grades are good. Does this college have the best learning environment for you?

References

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• College Scorecard
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

More about our data sources and methodologies.