Clark Atlanta University
Clark Atlanta University admitted 64% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $38,626 a year. Within six years, 39% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 64%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $46,270 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $38,626 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $38,601 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $30,270 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 39%
- Students who return for a second year
- 71%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $46,867 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $26,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 3,603
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 75%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 16 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
- Historically Black college or university
- Yes
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 25%
- Communication and journalism
- 15%
- Psychology
- 13%
- Visual and performing arts
- 11%
- Homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting
- 10%
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- Elizabeth City State University NC · 64% admitted
- University of North Carolina Wilmington NC · 64% admitted
- CUNY Queens College NY · 64% admitted
- CUNY York College NY · 64% admitted
- Fresno Pacific University CA · 64% admitted
- Logan University MO · 64% admitted
More colleges in Georgia
- Kennesaw State University GA · 69% admitted
- University of Georgia GA · 38% admitted
- Georgia State University GA · 55% admitted
- Georgia Southern University GA · 88% admitted
- Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA · 14% admitted
- University of North Georgia GA · 68% admitted
- Savannah College of Art and Design GA · 83% admitted
- Georgia Gwinnett College GA · 96% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.