Atlanta, GA · Private · 3,603 undergraduates · urban
Clark Atlanta University
Moderately selective
Clark Atlanta offers an urban HBCU experience in the center of Atlanta’s historic cluster of Black colleges.
Institutional profile
Regionally focused Solid in student experience, and steady in academic standing.- Admission
- 64.6% admitted
- Price by income
- Varies across five income ranges
- Completion
- 41.7%
27,672 applicants in the reported year
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$42,712 median earnings 10 years after enrollment
What sets Clark Atlanta University apart
Academic design
Programs are organized across arts and sciences, business, education, social work, and communications, media and the arts, with an applied and leadership-oriented bent.
Campus pattern
Students live and study in the Atlanta University Center district, where neighboring HBCUs shape the social, cultural and intellectual environment.
Career & value signal
Membership in the Atlanta University Center places Morehouse, Spelman and other major Black institutions within the same academic neighborhood.
Can I get in?
64.6% admitted
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Recent applicant pool
27,672About 65 in every 100 applicants were admitted.
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No score range is published for the entering class, so the transcript, the course rigor, and the required materials carry the file.
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Where your GPA sits in the entering class
The full entering-class GPA distribution for Clark Atlanta University, in nine bands from 4.0 down, with your own record marked on it.
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What Clark Atlanta University weighs when it reads a file
See how this college describes the role of grades, testing, essays, recommendations, activities, and demonstrated interest.
- Course rigor
- GPA
- Test scores
- Essay
- Recommendations
- Extracurriculars
- Demonstrated interest
What moves the application
The evidence that separates a strong file
Show preparation for this curriculum
Programs are organized across arts and sciences, business, education, social work, and communications, media and the arts, with an applied and leadership-oriented bent.
Make institutional fit specific
Clark Atlanta offers an urban HBCU experience in the center of Atlanta’s historic cluster of Black colleges.
Use the application route carefully
Keep academic direction and school-specific choices coherent across the application.
How to apply
Rounds, route, and required materials
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Fee waiver: accepted
Can I afford it?
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College funding
Scholarships and financial aid
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Clark Atlanta University publishes one merit award.
Open across the university · Merit · Competitive
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This award, by name
What each one is called, what it pays, the grades and scores it asks for, and what to send.
- The name of each award
- What it pays
- The grades and scores it asks for
- How to be considered
- What to send, and where
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Average annual cost by household income at Clark Atlanta University
Compare recent average net prices across five federal income ranges and estimate a 4-year cost for yours.
- $0–30k
- $30–48k
- $48–75k
- $75–110k
- $110k+
Is it worth it?
Completion, debt, and earnings
Read completion, borrowing, field mix, and earnings together. One university-wide earnings figure does not describe every student path.
Degree completion across the reported entering cohort
First-year students who return for year two
And what that comes to against what they earn.
Reported 10 years after enrollment
Academic portfolio
Largest bachelor’s fields
How many students finish in each field, and median earnings four years after completing the program.
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
Business Administration, Management and Operations
Psychology, General
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Design and Applied Arts
What is campus life like?
Clark Atlanta University beyond the classroom
Students live and study in the Atlanta University Center district, where neighboring HBCUs shape the social, cultural and intellectual environment.
A defining academic feature
Programs are organized across arts and sciences, business, education, social work, and communications, media and the arts, with an applied and leadership-oriented bent.
What shapes an ordinary week
Students live and study in the Atlanta University Center district, where neighboring HBCUs shape the social, cultural and intellectual environment.
Where the degree can lead
Membership in the Atlanta University Center places Morehouse, Spelman and other major Black institutions within the same academic neighborhood.