University Description

Shaw University, is the first historically black university in the Southern United States. Shaw is a private liberal arts institution affiliated with the Baptist Church and among the oldest HBCUs in the nation. Founded in 1865, our University has a rich history steeped in tradition, activism and service. We were the first college in North Carolina to offer a four-year medical school; the first institution of higher learning established for freedmen after the Civil War and the first historically Black College in the nation to open its doors to women.. Read More

University History

Shaw University is a private Baptist historically black university in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA. Founded on December 1, 1865, Shaw University is the oldest HBCU to begin offering courses in the Southern United States. The school had its origin in the formation of a theological class of freedmen in the Guion Hotel. The following year it moved to a large wooden building, at the corner of Blount and Cabarrus Streets in Raleigh, where it continued as the Raleigh Institute until 1870. In 1870, the school moved to its current location on the former property of Confederate General Barringer and changed its name to the Shaw Collegiate Institute, in honor of Elijah Shaw. In 1875, the school was officially chartered with the State of North Carolina as Shaw University.
Graduation Rate: 15% Acceptance Rate: 71% Student Faculty Ratio: 15:1 School Setting: urban Notable Alumni: ,,,

Academic Programs

  • General Business Administration and Management
  • Public Administration
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Accounting
  • Criminal Justice and Safety Studies
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • General Biology
  • General Political Science and Government
  • General Psychology
  • Social Work
  • Mass Communication
  • Sociology
  • Accounting
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • General Biology
  • General Business Administration and Management
  • General Chemistry
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • General Music
  • General Political Science and Government
  • General Psychology
  • Social Work
  • Sociology
  • Criminal Justice and Safety Studies
  • General Computer Science
  • Mass Communication
  • Other Education
  • Public Administration
  • Other Philosophy and Religious Studies
  • General Communication Disorders
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • General Biology
  • General Business Administration and Management
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • Social Work
  • Accounting
  • Criminal Justice and Safety Studies
  • Public Administration
  • General Chemistry
  • General Computer Science
  • General Political Science and Government
  • Other Education
  • Sociology
  • General Psychology
  • Mass Communication
  • General Music
  • General Communication Disorders
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • General Biology
  • General Chemistry
  • General Political Science and Government
  • Social Work
  • Other Education
  • General Business Administration and Management
  • General Computer Science
  • General Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Public Administration
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • Public Administration
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Criminal Justice and Safety Studies
  • General Business Administration and Management
  • General Computer Science
  • Other Education
  • Social Work
  • Sociology
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Sports Offered

  • Softball (W)
  • Basketball (M)
  • Basketball (W)
  • Cross Country (M)
  • Cross Country (W)
  • Tennis (M)
  • Tennis (W)
  • Volleyball (W)
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Greek Life

  • Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
  • Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
  • Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
  • Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
  • Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
  • Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
  • Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
  • Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority
  • Iota Phi Theta Fraternity
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