Facts, Figures, Dollars and Cents About Catawba College Catawba College was selected by the John Templeton Foundation for the 1997-98 Honor Roll for Character Building Colleges guidebook. Each year the foundation recognizes institutions that make a strong commitment to character-building programs. Opening enrollment for 1999 was 1217.
Financial assistance represents a critical resource in recruiting and retaining students.
With the recycling effect of payroll, the economic impact is further multiplied, making Catawba College one of this area's most fiscally important entities. There are 28 religious denominations represented in the student body. More than 200 Catawba students volunteered their services in the community during the 1998-99 academic year. Catawba's Psychology Department and NASA were the only organizations for years to conduct research with a machine which measures the blood flow to both sides of the brain at the same time. One hundred percent of Catawba's recent Political Science Pre-law majors who applied to law school were accepted.