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Shaw University

School info
2.4
Overall Quality
Reputation
2.1
Food
2.6
Clubs
2.7
Facilities
2.4
Internet
2.3
Location
2.8
Opportunities
2.3
Safety
2.4
Social
2.4
Happiness
3

Basic Information

Location

  • Holly Springs, NC

Institution Overview

  • Public/Private: Private historically black university
  • Established: 1 December 1865; 158 years ago (1865-12-01)
  • Founder: Henry Martin Tupper

Academic information

Degree Courses

  • 21

Key Area

  • Cybersecurity
  • Educational Research
  • Institutional Assessment
  • Faculty and Student Development
  • Cutting-edge Technology and Innovation

Student and Staff Numbers

  • Students: 1,067
  • Undergraduates: 924
  • Postgraduates: 143
  • Academic Staff: 59 full time

Notable Alumni

  • Ella Baker
  • Gladys Knight
  • James “Bonecrusher” Smith
  • Shirley Caesar
  • Willie E. Gary

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Overall 1.3
please be aware this school is a rip off with sex offender teachers. and teachers who sleeps with students. and drug abuse on campus is alive. this school has bad dorms with mold every where. they need a health inspector to speculate every area of the dorms and the whole school. be aware this school is a rip off and the education is lacking hard.
Overall 1.7
Shaw University is a terrible institution. #transfer
Overall 1.9
I got food posioning from a cookie that a teacher gave me! And in the same week I almost got kidnapped because some random homeless man got into my dorm! Somehow I passed but still am homeless. I do not recomend this school unless you want to DIE. But it was pretty good. I didn't make lots of friends though. But that was expected since im a furry.
Overall 1.9
Going to Shaw I expected it to be a great school since it is the first HBCU in the South. However, after attending it for a semester I am transferring out. It is simply not a serious institution. The school itself stayed in 1865, it looks like a museum. The quality of education is middle school level.