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Southeastern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lakeland, Florida. The location of SEU is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

209 Undergraduate Degrees
64 Graduate Degrees
$36,325 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
43% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Southeastern University?

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Contact details for SEU are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1000 Longfellow Blvd, Lakeland, FL 33801-6034
Phone: 863-667-5000
Website: www.seu.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/seuniversity
Twitter: https://twitter.com/seuniversity

How Do I Get Into SEU?

You can apply to SEU online at: www.seu.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for SEU

Submission Required?
High School GPA required
High School Rank recommended
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program recommended
Recommendations required
SAT or ACT Scores considered but not required
TOEFL required

How Hard Is It To Get Into SEU?

43% Acceptance Rate
61% Of Accepted Are Women
45% Submit SAT Scores
SEU has a fairly low acceptance rate of 43%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 46%, and the acceptance rate for women is 41%.

Average Test Scores

About 45% of students accepted to SEU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 600. Math scores were between 470 and 570.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Southeastern University  ( 490 to 600 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Southeastern University  ( 470 to 570 )
200
800
SEU received ACT scores from 30% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 25. Math scores were between 17 and 24. Composite scores were between 19 and 24.

ACT English Scores for Southeastern University  ( 18 to 25 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Southeastern University  ( 17 to 24 )
1
36
ACT Composite Scores for Southeastern University  ( 19 to 24 )
1
36

Can I Afford Southeastern University?

$36,325 Net Price
63% Take Out Loans
8.2% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of SEU is $36,325. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At SEU, approximately 63% of students took out student loans averaging $6,277 a year. That adds up to $25,108 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SEU is 8.2%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Southeastern University Undergraduate Student Diversity

4,804 Full-Time Undergraduates
59% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 8,312 undergraduate students at SEU, with 4,804 being full-time and 3,508 being part-time.

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There are also 1,234 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,804 full-time undergraduates at SEU, 41% are male and 59% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 78
Black or African American 569
Hispanic or Latino 1,058
White 2,781
International Students 67
Other Races/Ethnicities 251

Geographic Diversity

Florida students aren't the only ones who study at Southeastern University. At this time, 45 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 39 countries are represented at SEU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Brazil, Bahamas, and Colombia.

Online Learning at Southeastern University

1,677 Took All Classes Online
5,051 Took At Least One Class Online
11.1% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 5,051 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the 47th 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 SEU

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Southeastern University was $27,520 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how SEU 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
Organizational Leadership #50 #47

Online Growth Rankings of SEU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Southeastern University was 11.1%. This is the #1,191 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SEU regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at SEU 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 SEU.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Organizational Leadership #211

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%.

Southeastern University Business Concentrations

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

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s TOTAL
Organizational Leadership 105 4 6 115
General Business Administration and Management 50 0 54 104
Finance 14 0 0 14
Accounting 13 0 0 13
Marketing/Marketing Management, General 11 0 0 11
International Business/Trade/Commerce 9 0 0 9
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication 5 0 0 5
General Business/Commerce 1 0 0 1
General Hospitality Administration/Management 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 209 4 60 273

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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