The location combines the advantages of accessible urban convenience with the friendly academic atmosphere of the rural university village. Established in 1887 as Buies Creek Academy, Campbell University offers five undergraduate degrees and graduate instruction in law, business, education, divinity, and pharmacy. Approximately 3,100 students from 50 states and 44 foreign countries make up the Buies Creek campus. Over 3,200 graduate and undergraduate students are enrolled in off-campus programs. The academic portion of the campus, which houses 40 major buildings, includes a convenient aggregate of nine major classroom buildings, an auditorium, the University's Carrie Rich Memorial Library, the School of Pharmacy, the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business, the Divinity School, a fine arts building, and administration and service buildings.
Housing is provided through seven men's and six women's dormitories.
A large complex of apartments and single-family houses is available for faculty and married students. There are also two dining halls, an infirmary, a gymnasium, an indoor swimming pool, athletic fields and tennis courts, nature trails, and a nationally known 18-hole golf course. The Community Buies Creek is an unincorporated village with a township population of approximately 2,000. The village includes two convenience stores, five churches, two banks, an elementary school, and a variety of personal service businesses. Harnett Central High School, built in 1977, and Harnett Central Middle School, completed in 1992, are 7 miles away.