Clark Atlanta University Business Programs

Located in Atlanta, Georgia, Clark Atlanta University is a private not-for-profit institution. The city atmosphere of Atlanta makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

Where Is Clark Atlanta University?

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
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/ClarkAtlantaUniversity
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/cau

How Do I Get Into CAU?

You can apply to CAU online at: www.cau.edu/admitted-portal/adm-steps.html#section-40163e94a386e885aa7b14f181ded076

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	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into CAU?

CAU has an acceptance rate of 59%, 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 21% of accepted students are men and 79% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 52%, and the acceptance rate for women is 61%.

Average Test Scores

About 68% 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 530. Math scores were between 430 and 510.

CAU received ACT scores from 35% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 17 and 20.

Can I Afford Clark Atlanta University?

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 89% of students took out student loans averaging $7,319 a year. That adds up to $29,276 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at CAU is 9.9%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Clark Atlanta University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,096 undergraduate students at CAU, with 2,951 being full-time and 145 being part-time.

There are also 680 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,951 full-time undergraduates at CAU, 23% are male and 77% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2
Black or African American	2,565
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	3
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	342

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

In 2019-2020, 3,776 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.

Clark Atlanta University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	117	23	140
Accounting	15	1	16
Business Economics	3	1	4
TOTAL	135	25	160

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Bubba73 (Jud McCranie) under License

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