Catawba College
OUR ROOTS RUN DEEP.
Across our 276-acre campus, we go for the good in everything. You'll find it in the way we respect our environment and resources and in the way we nurture the mind. We seek to thrive. We believe that goodness grows, and we work hard to cultivate a better, kinder, smarter world.
GO FOR GOLD.
Catawba is home to 24 NCAA Division II athletic teams, one of the winningest Esports teams in the region, and tons of intramurals. No matter the team, there’s a place for you on our roster.
70+ MADE-FOR-YOU PROGRAMS.
Tap into the Graham Genomics Lab for a one-of-a-kind experience as a biology undergraduate. Take your talents as a theatre arts major to work with industry fixtures like Guillermo del Toro. Or study international business at one of the few business schools that have joined the ClimateCAP Initiative. Good goes far. Where will your good take you?
Catawba College, the Rowan-Salisbury School System, and the Blanche and Julian Robertson Family Foundation Partner to Build New Track and Field Facility
Three of Salisbury’s most enduring institutions—Catawba College, the Rowan-Salisbury School System (RSS), and the Blanche and Julian Robertson Family Foundation—have announced a $5 million partnership to build a new track and field facility on the campus of J.H. Knox Intermediate School.
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Academics
99% of graduates employed or in grad school within a year.
Our nursing programs are some of the region’s best-ranked. We’re leading the way in environmental programs. We were once named one of the best colleges in the nation for theatre. And our combination of liberal arts + business and education programs wins big awards and leads the way. This is a life-changing education with real power.
Service
It’s who we are and what we do.
It’s been there from the beginning. We were founded on a generous gift from those who believed in our mission. Everything you’ll do at Catawba will prepare you for a life of good. Our students build homes, hold fundraisers for pregnancy support centers, and volunteer in the community. We use our good to make things better, and that’s just the start.
Growth
Listeners. Leaders. Lifelong learners.
Discover a career that calls you with help from the Lilly Center. Find purpose outside the classroom in one of 40+ clubs and orgs. Conduct invaluable research on human-wildlife conflicts. Catawba is here for exploring. We will build you up and push you far to do serious good.
For nearly a century, Catawba College’s Newman Park has been more than bleachers and a diamond. It has held the echo of summer nights, American Legion rivalries, and decades of Catawba blue and white. Now, with two anonymous $1 million gifts made just weeks apart, the beloved ballpark is preparing for its next chapter—one that honors its history while opening new possibilities for today’s student-athletes.
Catawba College’s new 130-bed residence hall is on track to be the first Passive House (Phius) certified residence hall in the state of North Carolina, reinforcing its reputation as one of the nation’s most sustainable campuses. Through advanced energy modeling, research-driven design, and strategic interdisciplinary collaboration, the building is projected to achieve a remarkable energy use intensity of 30 kilo British thermal units per square foot (kBtu/sf) per year, cutting energy use in half compared to a typical residence hall. With Issue for Construction (IFC) documents recently finalized, the project has entered construction and is slated to open in summer 2026.
As Catawba College Football won a statement game against Mars Hill University, 42-28, another success was sorting itself out off the field. For the first time since the Zero Waste Gameday program began three seasons ago, the campus achieved a 90%+ diversion rate for waste from gameday activities.
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