Southern Adventist University Business Programs

Southern Adventist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Collegedale, Tennessee. Southern Adventist is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Southern Adventist has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#9	Best Value Colleges for Other Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual
#9	Best Value Colleges for Business Management & Marketing	College Factual

Where Is Southern Adventist University?

Contact details for Southern Adventist are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	4881 Taylor Cir, Collegedale, TN 37315-0370
Phone:	423-236-2000
Website:	www.southern.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/SouthernAdventistUniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/SouthernNews

How Do I Get Into Southern Adventist?

You can apply to Southern Adventist online at: www.southern.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Southern Adventist

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Southern Adventist?

The acceptance rate at Southern Adventist University is 74%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 73%, and the acceptance rate for women is 75%.

Average Test Scores

About 40% of students accepted to Southern Adventist submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 630. Math scores were between 470 and 620.

Southern Adventist received ACT scores from 71% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 28. Math scores were between 17 and 26. Composite scores were between 19 and 27.

Can I Afford Southern Adventist University?

The overall average net price of Southern Adventist is $27,092. 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 Southern Adventist, approximately 53% of students took out student loans averaging $8,898 a year. That adds up to $35,592 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Southern Adventist is 4.5%. 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.

Southern Adventist University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,384 undergraduate students at Southern Adventist, with 2,103 being full-time and 281 being part-time.

There are also 346 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,103 full-time undergraduates at Southern Adventist, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	280
Black or African American	165
Hispanic or Latino	531
White	835
International Students	130
Other Races/Ethnicities	162

Geographic Diversity

Tennessee students aren't the only ones who study at Southern Adventist University. At this time, 39 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 48 countries are represented at Southern Adventist. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, Canada, and Bermuda.

Online Learning at Southern Adventist University

In 2019-2020, 1,179 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Affordability Rankings of Southern Adventist

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Southern Adventist University was $22,930 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Southern Adventist 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
Banking and Financial Support Services	#4	#4
Business Management & Marketing	#19	#16
Entrepreneurial Studies	#19	#10
Entrepreneurship	#19	#10
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#19	#16
Finance	#31	#25
Finance & Financial Management	#42	#39
Interior Design Management	#58	#49

Online Growth Rankings of Southern Adventist

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Southern Adventist University was -0.6%. This is the #1,601 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Southern Adventist 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%.

Southern Adventist University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	5	20	0	25
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	14	1	15
Accounting	2	7	0	9
Finance	0	9	0	9
Entrepreneurship	0	0	8	8
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	4	0	4
Business Management & Marketing	0	0	2	2
Construction Management	0	2	0	2
General Management Information Systems	0	2	0	2
General Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	0	2	0	2
Management Science	0	1	0	1
Advertising	0	1	0	1
Public Relations	0	1	0	1
Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	0	1	0	1
Interior Design Management	0	0	0	0
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	0	0	0	0
Office Administration	0	0	0	0
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	0	0	0	0
Banking and Financial Support Services	0	0	0	0
Other Human Resources Management and Services	0	0	0	0
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	7	64	11	82

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 Absecon 49 under License

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