Mid-Atlantic Christian University
Elizabeth City, NC · Private · Town (distant) · MACU
Private institution in Elizabeth City, NC · 161 undergraduates · 76% acceptance rate · $38,342 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 14%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 22%Pell Grant share
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $25,8761,548th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $17,2801,035th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $17,280686th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $31,429983rd cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $27,0001,604th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $38,3421,684th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $29,8871,755th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 42.6%1,443rd highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 47.6%1,769th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 76.2%785th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- 18914th highest of 954 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1611,916th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9.0:1304th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 46.6%476th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 182 mi (DCA)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 9 of 9 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bible/Biblical StudiesTheology | bachelors | $28,598 | $18,309 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyPsychology | bachelors | — | — |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesFamily & Consumer Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and ServicesForeign Languages | bachelors | — | — |
| Missions/Missionary Studies and MissiologyTheology | bachelors | — | $36,141 |
| Pastoral Counseling and Specialized MinistriesTheology | bachelors | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsEducation | bachelors | — | — |
| Theological and Ministerial StudiesTheology | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Athletics — 5 sports
USCAA · Other
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $99,900 (M $81,900 · W $18,000)
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Key links
- Official websitemacuniversity.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 199458)
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- The Most Selective Colleges in North CarolinaEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Showdown: Mid-Atlantic Christian University vs Manna UniversityHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Sports directoryAll 5 EADA programs at this school
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- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
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