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Clark Atlanta University

Clark Atlanta University is a private campus in Atlanta proper — federal locale codes class it as urban. It is one of the nation's historically Black colleges and universities — a federally recognized designation. The school reports a United Methodist affiliation in its federal filings.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$33,555

family income
under $30k

$34,611

$30–48k

$37,249

$48–75k

$38,230

$75–110k

$39,940

over $110k

Average net price

$37,7022023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Clark Atlanta University rose from $24,246 (2008) to $37,702 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$24,246
2009	$23,397
2010	$27,948
2011	$29,596
2012	$30,575
2013	$31,787
2014	$32,947
2015	$32,845
2016	$33,496
2017	$33,276
2018	$34,263
2019	$35,170
2020	$33,836
2021	$34,982
2022	$35,115
2023	$37,702

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$43,6762024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Clark Atlanta University rose from $29,180 (2009) to $43,676 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$29,180
2010	$29,382
2011	$31,950
2012	$33,862
2013	$34,201
2014	$35,471
2015	$37,061
2016	$36,988
2017	$37,761
2018	$37,382
2019	$38,154
2020	$39,194
2021	$38,413
2022	$39,446
2023	$40,924
2024	$43,676

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2001	$11,738
2002	$12,862
2003	$12,862
2004	$12,936
2005	$13,972
2006	$14,810
2007	$16,100
2008	$17,038
2013	$21,100
2014	$21,334
2015	$21,945
2016	$22,396
2017	$21,892
2018	$22,186
2019	$23,144
2020	$21,695
2021	$24,012
2022	$24,730
2023	$26,446

IPEDS Published price 2001–02 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Reported tuition is $28,310 before grants and other attendance costs. At Clark Atlanta University, aid and other costs change the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

At 3,603 undergrads, Clark Atlanta University is a mid-sized campus by U.S. standards.

49% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Clark Atlanta University within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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49%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Clark Atlanta University rose from 40.6% (entered 1994) to 49% (entered 2018).

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1992 cohort	50%
1994 cohort	40.6%
1995 cohort	44.1%
1996 cohort	30.9%
1997 cohort	30.6%
1998 cohort	34.2%
1999 cohort	30.4%
2000 cohort	40.3%
2001 cohort	44%
2002 cohort	44.5%
2003 cohort	42.5%
2004 cohort	43.1%
2005 cohort	40.8%
2006 cohort	39.2%
2007 cohort	38.9%
2008 cohort	41.1%
2009 cohort	38.4%
2010 cohort	38.4%
2011 cohort	39.8%
2012 cohort	44.7%
2013 cohort	44.3%
2014 cohort	42.4%
2015 cohort	41.5%
2016 cohort	46.2%
2017 cohort	47.8%
2018 cohort	49%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1992–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$18,580	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$20,103	$5,250
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$19,900	$5,931
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$17,125	$6,625
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$19,500	$6,625
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$20,714	$7,000
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$18,926	$6,625
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$18,375	$6,625
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$19,500	$6,625
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$19,649	$6,625
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$20,625	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$21,250	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$23,125	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$27,750	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$30,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$31,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$31,246	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$31,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$31,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$31,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$28,500	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$27,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$27,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$27,000	$9,500

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$28,097

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$36,146

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$42,712

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Clark Atlanta University admitted 17,497 of 27,245 applicants in Fall 2024. The 64.2% rate describes that application pool.

64.2%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $26,446 tuition · 2023–24 3,603 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Tests not considered · Fall 2024

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Clark Atlanta University received 27,245 applications and admitted 17,497 (64.2%), with 1,000 enrolling.

Clark Atlanta University did not consider scores in the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. No score range is displayed for Clark Atlanta University under that historical policy.

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Acceptance rate

64.2%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Read Clark Atlanta University's change from 74.5% to 64.2% as a share of applications, not an explanation of admissions decisions. This describes Fall 2001 to Fall 2024.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	74.5%
Fall 2002	47.9%
Fall 2003	52.8%
Fall 2004	60.5%
Fall 2005	46.6%
Fall 2006	49.3%
Fall 2007	66.1%
Fall 2008	56.6%
Fall 2009	59.2%
Fall 2010	69.4%
Fall 2011	71.7%
Fall 2012	68.3%
Fall 2013	56.8%
Fall 2014	84.7%
Fall 2015	51.2%
Fall 2016	71.8%
Fall 2017	57.9%
Fall 2018	51.8%
Fall 2019	54.8%
Fall 2020	59.1%
Fall 2021	58.2%
Fall 2022	56.3%
Fall 2023	64.6%
Fall 2024	64.2%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

880–1120Fall 2022 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	790	970
Fall 2002	830	1000
Fall 2003	690	1190
Fall 2004	830	990
Fall 2005	690	1173
Fall 2006	682	1127
Fall 2007	810	970
Fall 2008	830	970
Fall 2009	810	950
Fall 2010	790	950
Fall 2011	770	930
Fall 2012	810	950
Fall 2013	770	940
Fall 2014	770	930
Fall 2015	740	920
Fall 2016	820	970
Fall 2017	910	1070
Fall 2018	950	1110
Fall 2019	940	1080
Fall 2020	880	1040
Fall 2021	860	1053
Fall 2022	880	1120

IPEDS Fall 2001–2022, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

16–20Fall 2022 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2002	17	21
Fall 2003	14	25
Fall 2004	17	21
Fall 2005	14	25
Fall 2006	15	24
Fall 2007	17	20
Fall 2008	18	20
Fall 2009	18	20
Fall 2010	18	21
Fall 2011	18	20
Fall 2012	17	21
Fall 2013	17	21
Fall 2014	16	20
Fall 2015	16	20
Fall 2016	18	21
Fall 2017	17	22
Fall 2018	18	21
Fall 2019	17	20
Fall 2020	17	20
Fall 2021	17	20
Fall 2022	16	20

IPEDS Fall 2002–2022, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

3,603Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Clark Atlanta University has wandered from Fall 2002 to Fall 2024 — up to 3,920 at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 3,603.

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	3,864
Fall 2003	3,920
Fall 2004	3,691
Fall 2005	3,667
Fall 2006	3,681
Fall 2007	3,533
Fall 2008	3,380
Fall 2009	3,202
Fall 2010	3,267
Fall 2011	3,127
Fall 2012	2,632
Fall 2013	2,629
Fall 2014	2,567
Fall 2015	2,741
Fall 2016	3,093
Fall 2017	3,302
Fall 2018	3,320
Fall 2019	3,311
Fall 2020	3,092
Fall 2021	3,376
Fall 2022	3,419
Fall 2023	3,482
Fall 2024	3,603

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

71%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Clark Atlanta University has held near 71% from Fall 2002 to Fall 2023.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	72%
Fall 2003 cohort	68%
Fall 2004 cohort	67%
Fall 2005 cohort	71%
Fall 2006 cohort	67%
Fall 2007 cohort	75%
Fall 2008 cohort	65%
Fall 2009 cohort	66%
Fall 2010 cohort	66%
Fall 2011 cohort	62%
Fall 2012 cohort	65%
Fall 2013 cohort	61%
Fall 2014 cohort	67%
Fall 2015 cohort	67%
Fall 2016 cohort	70%
Fall 2017 cohort	70%
Fall 2018 cohort	74%
Fall 2019 cohort	63%
Fall 2020 cohort	70%
Fall 2021 cohort	71%
Fall 2022 cohort	69%
Fall 2023 cohort	71%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about Clark Atlanta University

70.5% of Clark Atlanta University's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes Clark Atlanta University as a primarily residential campus of 3,603 undergraduates — and 70.7% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Clark Atlanta University reported not considering test scores in Fall 2024, when its admission rate was 64.2%. Review Clark Atlanta University's current requirements before applying; use the GPA calculator for your semester numbers.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Clark Atlanta University compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Clark Atlanta University64.2%

Georgia median70.7%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Clark Atlanta University$28,310

Georgia median$13,920

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Clark Atlanta University's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Clark Atlanta University$42,712

Georgia median$47,290

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

Clark Atlanta University, Georgia and national reference values
Metric & basis	Clark Atlanta University	Georgia median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	64.2%	70.7%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$28,310	$13,920	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$42,712	$47,290	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For Clark Atlanta University, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

Clark Atlanta University federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 8 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Social Work	$54,657
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$53,911
Criminal Justice and Corrections	$47,012
Biology, General	$45,413
Psychology, General	$45,368
Curriculum and Instruction	$44,498
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication	$34,335
Design and Applied Arts	$24,420

These 8 fields listed for Clark Atlanta University measure earnings after completion. The $42,712 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 21 additional Clark Atlanta University fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Clark Atlanta University report?

Clark Atlanta University did not consider scores in Fall 2024: 64.2% admitted. Check current requirements.

What is Clark Atlanta University's acceptance rate?

64.2% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 17,497 admitted from 27,245 applicants.

How much does Clark Atlanta University cost?

At Clark Atlanta University, tuition is $28,310. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Clark Atlanta University report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $42,712. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Georgia

Berry College — 64% admitted
Agnes Scott College — 62.2% admitted
Clayton State University — 68.4% admitted
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College — 75.7% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.