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Located in Atlanta, Georgia, Clark Atlanta University is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

$29,027 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
58% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Clark Atlanta University?

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Contact details for CAU are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 223 James P Brawley Drive, Sw, Atlanta, GA 30314-4391
Phone: 404-880-8000
Website: www.cau.edu

How Do I Get Into CAU?

You can apply to CAU online at: cau-uga.edu.185r.net/application/login/

Admission Requirements for CAU

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Required
Recommendations Required
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into CAU?

58% Acceptance Rate
80% Of Accepted Are Women
19% Submit SAT Scores
CAU has an acceptance rate of 58%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 20% of accepted students are men and 80% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 52%, and the acceptance rate for women is 60%.

Average Test Scores

About 19% of students accepted to CAU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 450 and 543. Math scores were between 410 and 510.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Clark Atlanta University  ( 450 to 543 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Clark Atlanta University  ( 410 to 510 )
200
800
CAU received ACT scores from 8% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 17 and 20.

ACT Composite Scores for Clark Atlanta University  ( 17 to 20 )
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36

Can I Afford Clark Atlanta University?

$29,027 Net Price
93% Take Out Loans
4.0% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of CAU is $29,027. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At CAU, approximately 93% of students took out student loans averaging $8,657 a year. That adds up to $34,628 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at CAU is 4.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Clark Atlanta University Undergraduate Student Diversity

3,224 Full-Time Undergraduates
76% Women
78% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 3,390 undergraduate students at CAU, with 3,224 being full-time and 166 being part-time.

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There are also 665 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,224 full-time undergraduates at CAU, 24% are male and 76% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Clark Atlanta University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 2
Black or African American 2,497
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 2
International Students 12
Other Races/Ethnicities 704

Geographic Diversity

Georgia students aren't the only ones who study at Clark Atlanta University. At this time, 37 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 29 countries are represented at CAU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, India, and Libya.

Online Learning at Clark Atlanta University

62 Took All Classes Online
2,055 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2020-2021, 2,055 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at CAU has changed over the last few years.

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References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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