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Shaw University

Shaw University
118 E. South Street
Raleigh, NC 27601-2399

Official telephone: (800) 214-6683
Fax number: (919) 546-8271
Website: https://www.shawu.edu/
Screen last updated on: October 2026
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 877
Full-time undergraduates: 821
Part-time undergraduates: 56
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
0.5% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
71.9% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
5.8% Hispanic/Latino
0.2% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
1.7% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.9% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
9.0% Nonresident Alien
6.9% 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 students who live in school housing: 70%

STUDY FACILITIES
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

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

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 2

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

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Raleigh-Durham International A

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes

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