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Shaw University

Shaw University
118 East South Street
Raleigh, NC 27601-2399

Official telephone: (919) 546-8200
Fax number: (919) 546-8271
Website: https://www.shawu.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 1,152
Full-time undergraduates: 1,048
Part-time undergraduates: 103
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.3% American Indian or Alaskan Native
3.1% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
59.4% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.2% Hispanic/Latino
0.4% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
1.7% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
11.6% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
3.8% Nonresident Alien
16.4% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 30 acres

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • women's dorms
  • men's dorms
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 48%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 50%
Percent of students who live off campus: 50%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
School has a library on campus: yes

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Student Government Association; choir; University band; academic clubs; International Student Organization

ATHLETICS

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's footballyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's soccer NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's socceryes 
Men's tennis NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's tennisyes 
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's track and field NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's basketball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's basketballyes 
Women's bowlingyes 
Women's bowling NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's tennisyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's track and field NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II

Intramural/Recreational sports:
basketball; football; tennis; volleyball

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Raleigh-Durham International

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