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Shaw University

Shaw University
118 E South St
Raleigh, North Carolina 27601

Website: Shaw University

Type of college:4-year private, not-for-profit

Degree types offered: Associate's, Bachelor's, First-professional degree

Degree Programs offered:

  • Accounting & Finance
  • Adapted Physical Education / Therapeutic
  • Biology General
  • Biology Teacher Education
  • Business Administration and Management
  • Chemistry General
  • Computer and Information Sciences General
  • Computer Science
  • Criminal Justice
  • Divinity / Ministry (B.D. M.Div.)
  • Drama / Theater Arts General
  • Education General
  • Education of the Mentally Handicapped
  • Elementary Teacher Education
  • English Language and Literature General
  • English Teacher Education
  • Environmental Science / Studies
  • Gerontology
  • International Relations and Affairs
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences / Liberal Studies
  • Mass Communications
  • Mathematics
  • Mathematics Teacher Education
  • Music General
  • Parks Recreation and Leisure Studies
  • Philosophy and Religion
  • Physics General
  • Psychology General
  • Public Administration
  • Social Studies Teacher Education
  • Sociology
  • Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
  • Theology

Classification: Baccalaureate Colleges--General: These institutions are primarily undergraduate colleges with major emphasis on baccalaureate programs. They award less than half of their baccalaureate degrees in liberal arts fields.


2004-2007 Enrollment

Total enrollment 2,527
Undergraduate enrollment 2,394
Percent of undergraduate enrollment by gender
Men 34%
Women 66%
Percent of undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity
Non-resident alien 0%
Black non-Hispanic 86%
American Indian or Alaskan Native 0%
Asian or Pacific Islander 0%
Hispanic 0%
White non-Hispanic 3%


Information provided by the National Center for Education Statistics and the Carnegie Foundation.

Shaw University Information