Southern Adventist University
Cost & Tuition
Student Debt
Median total debt: $18,000
Students with federal loans: 43.7%
Students with Pell grants: 30.9%
Career Outcomes
All graduates median earnings:
After 1 year: $45,366
After 5 years: $58,971
Majors(83 programs)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.(77 graduates)
- Biology, General.(44 graduates)
- Health and Physical Education/Fitness.(26 graduates)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.(18 graduates)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations.(16 graduates)
- Chemistry.(14 graduates)
- Computer Science.(13 graduates)
- Theological and Ministerial Studies.(13 graduates)
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts.(11 graduates)
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.(9 graduates)
- Social Work.(9 graduates)
- Accounting and Related Services.(9 graduates)
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.(8 graduates)
- Finance and Financial Management Services.(8 graduates)
- History.(7 graduates)
- English Language and Literature, General.(6 graduates)
- Psychology, General.(6 graduates)
- Design and Applied Arts.(5 graduates)
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods.(5 graduates)
- Music.(4 graduates)
- Health and Medical Administrative Services.(4 graduates)
- Marketing.(4 graduates)
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.(3 graduates)
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.(3 graduates)
- Mathematics.(3 graduates)
- Religion/Religious Studies.(3 graduates)
- Construction Management.(3 graduates)
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies.(2 graduates)
- Journalism.(2 graduates)
- Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other.(2 graduates)
- Education, Other.(2 graduates)
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.(2 graduates)
- International/Global Studies.(2 graduates)
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.(2 graduates)
- International Business.(2 graduates)
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations.(2 graduates)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.(1 graduates)
- Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language.(1 graduates)
- Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services.(1 graduates)
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.(1 graduates)
- Bible/Biblical Studies.(1 graduates)
- Physics.(1 graduates)
- Archeology.(1 graduates)
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.(1 graduates)
- Fine and Studio Arts.(1 graduates)
- Human Resources Management and Services.(1 graduates)
- Communication and Media Studies.
- Communications Technology/Technician.
- Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services, Other.
- Computer Programming.
- Computer Software and Media Applications.
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.
- Curriculum and Instruction.
- Educational Administration and Supervision.
- Special Education and Teaching.
- Engineering, General.
- Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians.
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians.
- Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services.
- Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate).
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.
- Literature.
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other.
- Museology/Museum Studies.
- Data Analytics.
- Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies, Other.
- Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology.
- Religious Education.
- Religious/Sacred Music.
- Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries.
- Research and Experimental Psychology.
- Economics.
- International Relations and National Security Studies.
- Political Science and Government.
- Sociology.
- Visual and Performing Arts, General.
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.
- Public Health.
- Management Information Systems and Services.
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other.
Institution Details
Undergraduate Enrollment: 2,673 students
Admission Rate: 66.6%
Retention Rate: 82.0%
Graduation Rate: 51.4%
Student Demographics
White (38.8%)
Hispanic (26.1%)
Black (6.4%)
Asian (13.7%)
Two or More (6.5%)
International (6.8%)
Gender Distribution
Men (45.9%)
Women (54.1%)