Washington Adventist University Business Programs

Located in Takoma Park, Maryland, Washington Adventist University is a private not-for-profit institution. Takoma Park is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Where Is Washington Adventist University?

Contact details for Washington Adventist University are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	7600 Flower Ave, Takoma Park, MD 20912
Phone:	301-891-4000
Website:	www.wau.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/WashingtonAdventistUniversity?ref=ts
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/waunews

How Do I Get Into Washington Adventist University?

You can apply to Washington Adventist University online at: https://www.wau.edu/future-students/admission/apply/

Admission Requirements for Washington Adventist University

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Washington Adventist University?

Since Washington Adventist University has an acceptance rate of 94%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 33% of accepted students are men and 67% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 92%, and the acceptance rate for women is 95%.

Can I Afford Washington Adventist University?

The overall average net price of Washington Adventist University is $27,007. 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 Washington Adventist University, approximately 67% of students took out student loans averaging $9,959 a year. That adds up to $39,836 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Washington Adventist University is 7.9%. 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.

Washington Adventist University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 845 undergraduate students at Washington Adventist University, with 624 being full-time and 221 being part-time.

There are also 123 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 624 full-time undergraduates at Washington Adventist University, 31% are male and 69% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	21
Black or African American	323
Hispanic or Latino	134
White	29
International Students	60
Other Races/Ethnicities	57

Geographic Diversity

Maryland students aren't the only ones who study at Washington Adventist University. At this time, 6 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 36 countries are represented at Washington Adventist University. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, India, and Jamaica.

Online Learning at Washington Adventist University

In 2019-2020, 825 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of Washington Adventist University

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Washington Adventist University was 566.1%. This is the #120 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Washington Adventist University regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Washington Adventist University 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 Washington Adventist University.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
General Business Administration and Management	#52
Business Administration & Management	#61

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%.

Washington 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	0	17	8	25
Accounting	0	4	0	4
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	1	0	0	1
Office Administration	0	0	0	0
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1	21	8	30

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 Farragutful under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.