Shorter University Business Programs

Shorter University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Rome, Georgia. The location of Shorter is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Shorter University Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Shorter.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#70	Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Shorter University?

Contact details for Shorter are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	315 Shorter Ave, Rome, GA 30165
Phone:	706-291-2121
Website:	su.shorter.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/shorteru
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/shorteruniv

How Do I Get Into Shorter?

You can apply to Shorter online at: https://apply.shorter.edu/

Admission Requirements for Shorter

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Shorter?

Shorter has an acceptance rate of 71%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 47% of accepted students are men and 53% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 73%, and the acceptance rate for women is 69%.

Average Test Scores

About 46% of students accepted to Shorter submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 590. Math scores were between 470 and 570.

Shorter received ACT scores from 52% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 16 and 23. Math scores were between 17 and 23. Composite scores were between 18 and 24.

Can I Afford Shorter University?

The overall average net price of Shorter is $23,562. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Shorter, approximately 70% of students took out student loans averaging $6,899 a year. That adds up to $27,596 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Shorter is 9.7%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Shorter University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,306 undergraduate students at Shorter, with 1,077 being full-time and 229 being part-time.

There are also 104 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,077 full-time undergraduates at Shorter, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	12
Black or African American	241
Hispanic or Latino	74
White	658
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	68

Geographic Diversity

Georgia students aren't the only ones who study at Shorter University. At this time, 13 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 29 countries are represented at Shorter. The most popular countries sending students to the school are France, Brazil, and Italy.

Online Learning at Shorter University

In 2019-2020, 613 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 16th most popular in Georgia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Shorter

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Shorter University was $22,810 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Shorter 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
Business Economics	#10	#10
Business/Managerial Economics	#16	#16

Online Growth Rankings of Shorter

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Shorter University was -3.9%. This is the #1,648 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Shorter 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%.

Shorter 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	49	55	104
Accounting	4	11	15
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	2	0	2
Business Economics	0	0	0
General Management Information Systems	0	0	0
TOTAL	55	66	121

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 Thomson200 under License

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