Ave Maria University Business Programs

Ave Maria University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Ave Maria, Florida. The rural area surrounding the school is great for students who prefer living in a country setting.

Where Is Ave Maria University?

Contact details for AMU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	5050 Ave Maria Blvd, Ave Maria, FL 34142-9505
Phone:	239-280-2500
Website:	www.avemaria.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/AveMariaUniv
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/avemariauniv

How Do I Get Into AMU?

You can apply to AMU online at: https://www.avemaria.edu/apply-now/

Admission Requirements for AMU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into AMU?

With an acceptance rate of 92%, AMU is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 44% of accepted students are men and 56% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 88%, and the acceptance rate for women is 95%.

Average Test Scores

About 55% of students accepted to AMU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 518 and 630. Math scores were between 500 and 610.

AMU received ACT scores from 46% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 29. Math scores were between 19 and 26. Composite scores were between 21 and 28.

Can I Afford Ave Maria University?

The overall average net price of AMU is $23,210. 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 AMU, approximately 57% of students took out student loans averaging $6,611 a year. That adds up to $26,444 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at AMU is 4.2%. 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.

Ave Maria University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,071 undergraduate students at AMU, with 1,048 being full-time and 23 being part-time.

There are also 37 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,048 full-time undergraduates at AMU, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Ave Maria University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	40
Black or African American	58
Hispanic or Latino	152
White	711
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	87

Geographic Diversity

Florida students aren't the only ones who study at Ave Maria University. At this time, 33 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 21 countries are represented at AMU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Colombia, and Ecuador.

Online Learning at Ave Maria University

In 2019-2020, 14 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 54th most popular in Florida for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of AMU

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Ave Maria University was $23,188 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how AMU 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
General Economics	#37	#13
International Business	#40	#37
International Business/Trade/Commerce	#40	#37

Online Growth Rankings of AMU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Ave Maria University was 348.9%. This is the #158 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at AMU regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at AMU ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at AMU.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
General Business Administration and Management	#65
Business Administration & Management	#74

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%.

Ave Maria University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	45	3	48
Accounting	19	0	19
General Economics	13	0	13
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	12	0	12
International Business/Trade/Commerce	7	0	7
Business Economics	6	0	6
Finance	6	0	6
TOTAL	108	3	111

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 Lucy Li under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.