Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 67.84
Liaison Noah Upchurch
Submission Date March 1, 2024

STARS v2.2

Catawba College
PA-8: Affordability and Access

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.43 / 4.00 Noah Upchurch
Senior Sustainability Specialist
Center for the Environment
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Provide at least one of the following figures:

Percentage of need met, on average, for students who were awarded any need-based aid :
81

Percentage of students graduating without student loan debt:
29

Percentage of entering students that are low-income:
43

Graduation/success rate for low-income students:
30

Optional Fields

A brief description of notable policies or programs to make the institution accessible and affordable to low-income students:
The Catawba Promise Scholarship: Beginning in 2021, the College received a generous anonymous donation to support a need-based scholarship program for high-achieving, low-income background students and applicants. The scholarship is renewable for all four years of the undergraduate experience and is applied on top of any other financial aid package received by these students. The Catawba Promise Scholarship either fully or nearly eliminates any need for student out-of-pocket expenses for its selected recipients. More information can be found at: https://catawba.edu/news/all-news/2-million-gift-to-catawba-college-to-be-used-for-/

A brief description of notable policies or programs to support non-traditional students:
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Estimated percentage of students that participate in or directly benefit from the institution’s policies and programs to support low-income and non-traditional students:
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Website URL where information about the institution’s accessibility and affordability initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
This data reflects the most recently provided data from the past three years (academic year 2022-23)

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