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
- $25,8761,538th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $17,2801,030th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $17,280681st cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $31,429981st cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $27,0001,593rd lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $38,3421,675th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $29,8871,744th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 42.6%1,429th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 47.6%1,756th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 76.2%775th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- 18912th highest of 952 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1611,904th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9.0:1298th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 46.6%470th highest of 2,122 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.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Mid-Atlantic Christian University’s 161 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In NC
- Manna UniversityFayetteville, NC · 169 undergrads
- Watts College of NursingDurham, NC · 134 undergrads
- Bennett CollegeGreensboro, NC · 191 undergrads
- Carolina College of Biblical StudiesFayetteville, NC · 122 undergrads
- Southeastern Free Will Baptist Bible CollegeWendell, NC · 74 undergrads
- Carolina Christian CollegeWinston Salem, NC · 53 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Barclay CollegeHaviland, KS · 161 undergrads
- Rabbinical College of Long IslandLong Beach, NY · 161 undergrads
- Bethany Global UniversityBloomington, MN · 162 undergrads
- Crowley's Ridge CollegeParagould, AR · 162 undergrads
- Rabbinical Academy Mesivta Rabbi Chaim BerlinBrooklyn, NY · 160 undergrads
- Beulah Heights UniversityAtlanta, GA · 158 undergrads
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
- Compare with Manna UniversitySide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- 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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