Private nonprofit · Community college

Manna University

Fayetteville, North Carolina · Midsize city

0%
Transfer rate
$15,210
Avg net price
80%
Grad / completion
Median earnings

Manna University is a private nonprofit certificate-granting institution in Fayetteville, North Carolina (midsize city setting), enrolling 183 undergraduates. It has a Other Protestant religious affiliation.

Private nonprofitSmall · 183 undergradsMidsize citySelective · 53% admitCold winters

About Fayetteville, North Carolina

Fayetteville is a city in and the county seat of Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. Merchants in Wilmington, wanted a town on the Cape Fear River to secure trade with the frontier country. They were afraid people would use the Pee Dee River and transport their goods to Charleston, South Carolina. The merchants bought land from Newberry in Cross Creek. An October 2023 study released by Americans for the Arts, found that nonprofit arts and culture organizations in Fayetteville and Cumberland County created $72.2 million in total economic activity in 2022, supported over 1100 jobs, provided $44.1 million in personal income to residents and generated $9.5 million in local, state and federal tax revenue. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Midsize city
Highest degree offered
Graduate
Nearest big city
53 miles to Raleigh, NC
To the ocean
83 miles
Nearest airport
7 miles to Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis Field (FAY)

How Manna University compares

Selectivity52.7%

More selective than 83% · #2 most selective of 6 in North Carolina

Graduation rate80%

Higher than 77% · #6 of 90 in North Carolina

First-year retention100%

Higher than 95%

Average net price$15,210

Cheaper than 49% · #65 cheapest of 90 in North Carolina

Median debt at graduation$13,450

Lower than 19%

Student–faculty ratio10 : 1

Lower than 82%

Undergraduate enrollment183

Larger than 43%

Percentiles compare Manna University with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in North Carolina.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

249students
  • Undergraduate18373%
  • Graduate6627%

Undergraduates by gender

183undergrads
  • Women9652%
  • Men8748%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White42%
  • Black12%
  • Hispanic19%
  • Asian1.6%
  • Other or multiracial26%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
183
Graduate enrollment
66
Student–faculty ratio
10 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
33%
First-generation students
Students over 25
73%
Median family income
$32,475
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$9,486
Endowment
$40,397

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition
$9,105
Room & board
Books & supplies
$800
Total cost of attendance
$17,783
Average net price
$15,210

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Admissions

Admission rate
52.7%
Test scores
Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
80%
Graduated on time (4 years)
0%
First-year retention
100%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$33,431
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
Median debt at graduation
$13,450
Students with federal loans
18%

About 80% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$50

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$30–48k
$12,637
$48–75k
$75–110k
$17,783
$110k+

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$69,504

$12,637/year × about 5.5 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Campus climate

Summer high
91°F
Winter low
32°F
Annual rain
47.9″
Annual snow
1.2″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.95.7JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Fayetteville (Pwc), NC US station (5.8 mi from campus).

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.