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Christopher Newport University was awarded 120 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business administration & management.
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CNU landed the #589 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
CNU also holds the #17 spot on the Best Colleges in Virginia ranking.
Christopher Newport University has an acceptance rate of 89%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for CNU.
About 36% of students accepted to CNU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 670. Math scores were between 540 and 650.
With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, Christopher Newport University is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Christopher Newport University is 62%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 85% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Christopher Newport University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at CNU for first-time, full-time students is 68%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,758 undergraduates at CNU with 4,653 being full-time and 105 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $15,862 | $15,990 | $21,165 | $26,574 | $30,067 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of CNU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 CNU, approximately 44% of students took out student loans averaging $8,923 a year. That adds up to $35,692 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at CNU is 0.9%. 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.
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Contact details for CNU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1 Avenue Of The Arts, Newport News, VA 23606-3072 |
| Phone: | 757-594-7000 |
| Website: | https://cnu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/christophernewportuniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/CNUcaptains |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 163 | $27,765 |
| General Biology | 153 | $27,901 |
| Business Administration & Management | 152 | $47,933 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 107 | $34,363 |
| Political Science & Government | 87 | $37,880 |
| Computer Science | 71 | $60,187 |
| Sociology | 60 | $37,594 |
| History | 49 | $23,553 |
| General Visual & Performing Arts | 46 | $19,983 |
| General English Literature | 45 | $24,478 |
This is a decrease from the 4,632 students who took online classes the previous year.
Learn more about online learning at Christopher Newport University.
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Footnotes
*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.
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