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Basic Information

Type Private, Liberal Arts
Geographical Reach Regional
Religious Affiliation United Methodist
Location Misenheimer, NC
Population 150,000
Website https://www.pfeiffer.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84%)
Sunshine Hours 2,680 (63%)
Days Without Precipitation 256 (71%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 674
Men / Women 56% / 44%
From State 80%
From Region 10%
Athletes 92.5%

Racial/Ethnic

White 59%
Black 17%
Hispanic 13%
Mixed 4%
International 4%
Native American 1%
Asian 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 43.1% 43.1% 2012 Men: 41.5% 41.5% 2013 Men: 41.3% 41.3% 2014 Men: 53.7% 53.7% 2015 Men: 46.9% 46.9% 2016 Men: 61.1% 61.1% 2017 Men: 53.8% 53.8% 2018 Men: 39.0% 39.0% 2019 Men: 41.7% 41.7% 2020 Men: 35.8% 35.8% 2021 Men: 52.9% 52.9% 2022 Men: 59.4% 59.4% 2023 Men: 62.1% 62.1% 2024 Men: 60.6% 60.6%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2015 Native: 1.3% 1.3% 2016 Native: 5.0% 5.0% 2017 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2020 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2023 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2024 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2011 Asian: 1.5% 1.5% 2012 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2014 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2015 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2016 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2018 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2019 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2020 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2022 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2023 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2011 Black: 14.1% 14.1% 2012 Black: 16.8% 16.8% 2013 Black: 6.9% 6.9% 2014 Black: 16.1% 16.1% 2015 Black: 9.3% 9.3% 2016 Black: 9.5% 9.5% 2017 Black: 10.0% 10.0% 2018 Black: 15.3% 15.3% 2019 Black: 11.3% 11.3% 2020 Black: 16.0% 16.0% 2021 Black: 22.3% 22.3% 2022 Black: 29.1% 29.1% 2023 Black: 27.4% 27.4% 2024 Black: 32.7% 32.7% 2011 Hispanic: 4.5% 4.5% 2012 Hispanic: 5.1% 5.1% 2013 Hispanic: 3.2% 3.2% 2014 Hispanic: 2.1% 2.1% 2015 Hispanic: 4.4% 4.4% 2016 Hispanic: 2.5% 2.5% 2017 Hispanic: 4.7% 4.7% 2018 Hispanic: 4.3% 4.3% 2019 Hispanic: 8.2% 8.2% 2020 Hispanic: 6.5% 6.5% 2021 Hispanic: 5.1% 5.1% 2022 Hispanic: 7.8% 7.8% 2023 Hispanic: 7.9% 7.9% 2024 Hispanic: 14.4% 14.4% 2011 White: 74.2% 74.2% 2012 White: 74.0% 74.0% 2013 White: 81.5% 81.5% 2014 White: 69.3% 69.3% 2015 White: 76.4% 76.4% 2016 White: 63.8% 63.8% 2017 White: 70.0% 70.0% 2018 White: 67.9% 67.9% 2019 White: 68.8% 68.8% 2020 White: 61.0% 61.0% 2021 White: 61.8% 61.8% 2022 White: 55.9% 55.9% 2023 White: 57.8% 57.8% 2024 White: 47.4% 47.4% 2011 International: 3.0% 3.0% 2012 International: 2.0% 2.0% 2013 International: 3.7% 3.7% 2014 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2015 International: 5.3% 5.3% 2016 International: 19.1% 19.1% 2017 International: 4.7% 4.7% 2018 International: 3.8% 3.8% 2019 International: 6.5% 6.5% 2020 International: 12.0% 12.0% 2021 International: 5.7% 5.7% 2022 International: 1.7% 1.7% 2023 International: 1.8% 1.8% 2024 International: 0.7% 0.7%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 1.3% 1.3% 2021 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2022 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2024 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2025 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2020 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2022 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2023 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2024 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 Black: 22.5% 22.5% 2021 Black: 22.8% 22.8% 2022 Black: 24.3% 24.3% 2023 Black: 20.5% 20.5% 2024 Black: 20.9% 20.9% 2025 Black: 17.1% 17.1% 2020 Hispanic: 10.5% 10.5% 2021 Hispanic: 10.7% 10.7% 2022 Hispanic: 11.6% 11.6% 2023 Hispanic: 11.9% 11.9% 2024 Hispanic: 11.5% 11.5% 2025 Hispanic: 13.2% 13.2% 2020 White: 60.5% 60.5% 2021 White: 61.1% 61.1% 2022 White: 57.7% 57.7% 2023 White: 58.2% 58.2% 2024 White: 58.0% 58.0% 2025 White: 58.8% 58.8% 2020 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2021 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2022 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2023 International: 2.3% 2.3% 2024 International: 2.8% 2.8% 2025 International: 4.0% 4.0%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Pfeiffer University 146 40% / 60% 3% $58,051 51 97%
Computer Science 8 +1 100% / 0% 12% $74,861 81 —
Chemistry — — — — $66,329 69 —
Mathematics — — — — $62,926 62 —
Biology 10 +1 40% / 60% 0% $58,043 51 —
Environmental Science 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $50,094 27 —
Environmental Studies — — — — $50,286 28 —
Exercise Science 13 — 54% / 46% 0% $46,752 18 96%
Kinesiology 13 — 54% / 46% 0% $46,752 18 96%
Nursing 21 — 0% / 100% 0% $76,066 82 100%
Accounting 5 — 60% / 40% 0% $70,384 76 —
Business Administration 15 — 47% / 53% 13% $69,529 75 97%
Health Administration — — — — $85,162 89 98%
Sports Management 15 — 80% / 20% 0% $46,752 18 96%
Communication 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $49,029 24 —
English 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $45,945 16 —
History 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $49,013 24 —
Human Services — +5 — — $49,753 26 —
Interdisciplinary Studies 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Psychology 14 +5 21% / 79% 14% $49,232 25 —
Religious Studies 1 +1 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Biology Teacher Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Education 6 +2 0% / 100% 0% $52,319 34 —
Elementary Education 5 — 0% / 100% 0% $59,749 55 94%
Secondary Education — — — — $45,393 15 —
Special Education 1 +1 0% / 100% 0% $59,456 54 —
Art — — — — $38,872 7 —
Graphic Design 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $42,597 11 —
Music — — — — $38,706 6 —
Criminal Justice 10 — 30% / 70% 0% $51,578 31 100%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $37,264
ROI Percentile 51th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 72%
4-Year Graduation Rate 26%
6-Year Graduation Rate 35%
Transfer-Out Rate 45%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 45.5% 45.5% 2012 Graduated: 41.3% 41.3% 2013 Graduated: 48.1% 48.1% 2014 Graduated: 34.9% 34.9% 2015 Graduated: 42.7% 42.7% 2016 Graduated: 38.2% 38.2% 2017 Graduated: 42.1% 42.1% 2018 Graduated: 43.1% 43.1% 2019 Graduated: 44.2% 44.2% 2020 Graduated: 43.0% 43.0% 2021 Graduated: 34.4% 34.4% 2022 Graduated: 34.6% 34.6% 2023 Graduated: 42.6% 42.6% 2024 Graduated: 35.0% 35.0%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 35.2% 35.2% 2012 Men: 39.6% 39.6% 2013 Men: 46.5% 46.5% 2014 Men: 24.8% 24.8% 2015 Men: 40.0% 40.0% 2016 Men: 33.3% 33.3% 2017 Men: 34.6% 34.6% 2018 Men: 36.0% 36.0% 2019 Men: 36.0% 36.0% 2020 Men: 36.0% 36.0% 2021 Men: 30.1% 30.1% 2022 Men: 26.6% 26.6% 2023 Men: 32.7% 32.7% 2024 Men: 31.9% 31.9% 2011 Women: 57.8% 57.8% 2012 Women: 43.5% 43.5% 2013 Women: 50.0% 50.0% 2014 Women: 46.2% 46.2% 2015 Women: 46.0% 46.0% 2016 Women: 44.3% 44.3% 2017 Women: 47.7% 47.7% 2018 Women: 48.0% 48.0% 2019 Women: 51.7% 51.7% 2020 Women: 52.3% 52.3% 2021 Women: 38.1% 38.1% 2022 Women: 47.1% 47.1% 2023 Women: 54.3% 54.3% 2024 Women: 36.9% 36.9%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 14.3% 14.3% 2012 Black: 18.2% 18.2% 2013 Black: 30.8% 30.8% 2014 Black: 22.6% 22.6% 2015 Black: 23.8% 23.8% 2016 Black: 15.8% 15.8% 2017 Black: 26.3% 26.3% 2018 Black: 34.4% 34.4% 2019 Black: 23.1% 23.1% 2020 Black: 31.2% 31.2% 2021 Black: 22.9% 22.9% 2022 Black: 15.4% 15.4% 2023 Black: 35.5% 35.5% 2024 Black: 22.0% 22.0% 2011 Hispanic: 55.6% 55.6% 2012 Hispanic: 40.0% 40.0% 2013 Hispanic: 50.0% 50.0% 2014 Hispanic: 50.0% 50.0% 2015 Hispanic: 50.0% 50.0% 2016 Hispanic: 40.0% 40.0% 2017 Hispanic: 66.7% 66.7% 2018 Hispanic: 11.1% 11.1% 2019 Hispanic: 57.9% 57.9% 2020 Hispanic: 23.1% 23.1% 2021 Hispanic: 25.0% 25.0% 2022 Hispanic: 35.7% 35.7% 2023 Hispanic: 36.4% 36.4% 2024 Hispanic: 31.8% 31.8% 2011 White: 50.3% 50.3% 2012 White: 46.9% 46.9% 2013 White: 48.7% 48.7% 2014 White: 36.1% 36.1% 2015 White: 45.3% 45.3% 2016 White: 44.1% 44.1% 2017 White: 46.6% 46.6% 2018 White: 50.0% 50.0% 2019 White: 47.8% 47.8% 2020 White: 47.5% 47.5% 2021 White: 42.3% 42.3% 2022 White: 47.0% 47.0% 2023 White: 47.5% 47.5% 2024 White: 45.5% 45.5% 2011 International: 50.0% 50.0% 2012 International: 50.0% 50.0% 2013 International: 57.1% 57.1% 2014 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 International: 33.3% 33.3% 2016 International: 28.9% 28.9% 2017 International: 55.6% 55.6% 2018 International: 62.5% 62.5% 2019 International: 40.0% 40.0% 2020 International: 45.8% 45.8% 2021 International: 11.1% 11.1% 2022 International: 33.3% 33.3% 2023 International: 40.0% 40.0% 2024 International: 50.0% 50.0%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Health Sciences 32.2% 47 30% / 70% 0% $59,850 55 98%
Business & Economics 24.0% 35 63% / 37% 6% $59,890 55 96%
Humanities & Social Sciences 13.7% 20 35% / 65% 10% $49,015 24 —
Education 8.9% 13 0% / 100% 0% $56,010 45 94%
Life & Natural Sciences 6.8% 10 40% / 60% 0% $58,043 51 —
Professional 6.8% 10 30% / 70% 0% $51,578 31 100%
Computer Science 5.5% 8 100% / 0% 12% $74,861 81 —
Agriculture & Food Science 1.4% 2 0% / 100% 0% $50,094 27 —
Arts 0.7% 1 100% / 0% 0% $42,597 11 —

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 72%
Yield (Unbound) 14%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 72% 72% 72%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 59.2% 59.2% 2012 Acceptance: 59.8% 59.8% 2013 Acceptance: 96.1% 96.1% 2014 Acceptance: 47.2% 47.2% 2015 Acceptance: 46.5% 46.5% 2016 Acceptance: 44.1% 44.1% 2017 Acceptance: 66.0% 66.0% 2018 Acceptance: 64.5% 64.5% 2019 Acceptance: 63.8% 63.8% 2020 Acceptance: 75.8% 75.8% 2021 Acceptance: 71.8% 71.8% 2022 Acceptance: 69.1% 69.1% 2023 Acceptance: 95.3% 95.3% 2024 Acceptance: 96.0% 96.0% 2011 Yield: 22.5% 22.5% 2012 Yield: 22.7% 22.7% 2013 Yield: 13.7% 13.7% 2014 Yield: 30.1% 30.1% 2015 Yield: 21.1% 21.1% 2016 Yield: 19.3% 19.3% 2017 Yield: 22.6% 22.6% 2018 Yield: 17.7% 17.7% 2019 Yield: 17.3% 17.3% 2020 Yield: 12.7% 12.7% 2021 Yield: 19.7% 19.7% 2022 Yield: 18.4% 18.4% 2023 Yield: 12.5% 12.5% 2024 Yield: 13.7% 13.7%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 1,250 2,500 3,750 5,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 1,411 1,411 2012 Applicants: 1,651 1,651 2013 Applicants: 1,662 1,662 2014 Applicants: 1,518 1,518 2015 Applicants: 1,627 1,627 2016 Applicants: 2,109 2,109 2017 Applicants: 1,860 1,860 2018 Applicants: 2,701 2,701 2019 Applicants: 2,297 2,297 2020 Applicants: 1,796 1,796 2021 Applicants: 1,335 1,335 2022 Applicants: 1,299 1,299 2023 Applicants: 1,637 1,637 2024 Applicants: 1,538 1,538 2011 Admitted: 835 835 2012 Admitted: 987 987 2013 Admitted: 1,597 1,597 2014 Admitted: 717 717 2015 Admitted: 757 757 2016 Admitted: 931 931 2017 Admitted: 1,228 1,228 2018 Admitted: 1,743 1,743 2019 Admitted: 1,465 1,465 2020 Admitted: 1,362 1,362 2021 Admitted: 958 958 2022 Admitted: 897 897 2023 Admitted: 1,560 1,560 2024 Admitted: 1,477 1,477 2011 Enrolled: 188 188 2012 Enrolled: 224 224 2013 Enrolled: 218 218 2014 Enrolled: 216 216 2015 Enrolled: 160 160 2016 Enrolled: 180 180 2017 Enrolled: 277 277 2018 Enrolled: 308 308 2019 Enrolled: 254 254 2020 Enrolled: 173 173 2021 Enrolled: 189 189 2022 Enrolled: 165 165 2023 Enrolled: 195 195 2024 Enrolled: 203 203

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional

SAT Composite

25th 75th
800 900 1000 1100 1200 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 850 850 2012 25th: 850 850 2013 25th: 850 850 2014 25th: 880 880 2015 25th: 805 805 2016 25th: 810 810 2017 25th: 910 910 2018 25th: 900 900 2019 25th: 915 915 2020 25th: 940 940 2021 25th: 891 891 2011 75th: 970 970 2012 75th: 1040 1040 2013 75th: 1060 1060 2014 75th: 1090 1090 2015 75th: 1060 1060 2016 75th: 1020 1020 2017 75th: 1100 1100 2018 75th: 1130 1130 2019 75th: 1140 1140 2020 75th: 1100 1100 2021 75th: 1165 1165

SAT Math

25th 75th
400 450 500 550 600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 430 430 2012 25th: 440 440 2013 25th: 440 440 2014 25th: 450 450 2015 25th: 400 400 2016 25th: 410 410 2017 25th: 450 450 2018 25th: 450 450 2019 25th: 455 455 2020 25th: 460 460 2021 25th: 443 443 2011 75th: 540 540 2012 75th: 530 530 2013 75th: 540 540 2014 75th: 570 570 2015 75th: 530 530 2016 75th: 520 520 2017 75th: 540 540 2018 75th: 560 560 2019 75th: 570 570 2020 75th: 550 550 2021 75th: 585 585

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
400 450 500 550 600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 420 420 2012 25th: 410 410 2013 25th: 410 410 2014 25th: 430 430 2015 25th: 405 405 2016 25th: 400 400 2017 25th: 460 460 2018 25th: 450 450 2019 25th: 460 460 2020 25th: 480 480 2021 25th: 448 448 2011 75th: 430 430 2012 75th: 510 510 2013 75th: 520 520 2014 75th: 520 520 2015 75th: 530 530 2016 75th: 500 500 2017 75th: 560 560 2018 75th: 570 570 2019 75th: 570 570 2020 75th: 550 550 2021 75th: 580 580

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2012 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2013 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2014 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2015 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 Submitted: 88.0% 88.0% 2018 Submitted: 86.0% 86.0% 2019 Submitted: 62.0% 62.0% 2020 Submitted: 43.0% 43.0% 2021 Submitted: 11.0% 11.0% 2022 Submitted: 6.0% 6.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.