Adams State University Business Programs

Adams State University is a public institution situated in Alamosa, Colorado. Alamosa is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

Where Is Adams State University?

Contact details for Adams State are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	208 Edgemont Blvd, Alamosa, CO 81101
Phone:	719-587-7011
Website:	www.adams.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/adamsstate
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/adamsstate

How Do I Get Into Adams State?

You can apply to Adams State online at: https://www.adams.edu/admissions/apply-online/

Admission Requirements for Adams State

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Adams State?

Adams State has the high acceptance rate of 100%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 43% of accepted students are men and 57% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 100%, and the acceptance rate for women is 100%.

Average Test Scores

About 72% of students accepted to Adams State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 450 and 550. Math scores were between 440 and 540.

Adams State received ACT scores from 32% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 15 and 22. Math scores were between 17 and 21. Composite scores were between 17 and 22.

Can I Afford Adams State University?

The overall average net price of Adams State is $26,742. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Adams State, approximately 75% of students took out student loans averaging $5,890 a year. That adds up to $23,560 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Adams State is 5.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Adams State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,902 undergraduate students at Adams State, with 1,264 being full-time and 638 being part-time.

There are also 1,262 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,264 full-time undergraduates at Adams State, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Adams State University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	11
Black or African American	104
Hispanic or Latino	528
White	486
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	122

Geographic Diversity

Colorado students aren't the only ones who study at Adams State University. At this time, 24 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 21 countries are represented at Adams State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are United Kingdom, Canada, and Jamaica.

Online Learning at Adams State University

In 2019-2020, 1,776 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Adams State has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 13th most popular in Colorado for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Adams State

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Adams State University was $9,560 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $21,296. The following table shows how Adams State is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Interior Design Management	#47	#65
General Business/Commerce	#68	#98
General Business/Commerce	#68	#98

Online Growth Rankings of Adams State

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Adams State University was 3.5%. This is the #1,418 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Adams State regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Adams State University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business/Commerce	96	0	96
General Business Administration and Management	0	33	33
Interior Design Management	0	0	0
TOTAL	96	33	129

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Michael Rael under License

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