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"My professors' commitment to following Jesus and their willingness to facilitate the success of their students has influenced how I want to live my life."
 

- Sarah, Southern Adventist University


Why Choose a Faith-Based School

Picking the right college or university to attain your degree is a big decision. Here’s an option: a faith-based school.

Why would you choose a faith-based school over a community college or four-year state university? Lots of reasons, but here are a few:

  1. A faith-based school offers you a community of believers. Many students headed away from home for the first time find it comforting to enroll in an environment of like-minded peers. If you want to have a circle of friends who share your values, then a faith-based school is a natural step.
  2. A faith-based school puts importance on personal integrity. As a student, your level of personal integrity might be tested by social or behavioral guidelines that do not fit within your belief system. Attending a faith-based school can give you advantages like quieter and more orderly dorms, more open involvement of school officials, and higher levels of personal acountability.
  3. A faith-based school emphasizes quality over quantity. These schools are typically smaller than state universities, with all that implies: closer interaction with faculty, more opportunity for extracurricular involvement, smaller class sizes, and increased face-to-face interaction at all campus levels.
  4. A faith-based school embraces outreach. Want to serve others in campus ministries, worship services, school-based mission trips or through activism in your community? At a faith-based school, ‘getting involved’ is the rule, not the exception.
  5. A faith-based school can be surprisingly affordable. Even though usually privately funded, most faith-based schools offer grants and scholarships, provide work-study opportunities, and participate in federal Title IV funding guidelines along with repayment plans. The cost-to-benefit ratio can be the ultimate bonus of choosing a faith-based school.

When you consider these advantages, a faith-based school might give you just the well-rounded education you are hoping to find. One such choice might be an Adventist college or university. There are 15 accredited colleges and universities in locations across the U.S. and one location in Canada that offer a Christ-centered academic experience.

On an Adventist college or university campus, you can connect mentally, socially and spiritually with like-minded fellow students, while enjoying a culturally diverse student body and a versatile education based on a Christian worldview.

Adventist colleges and universities offer nearly 500 different academic majors, programs, and degrees, including campuses that focus on well-respected medical arts programs. Some of these faith-based schools are also top-tier ranked by both U.S. News & World Report and the Princeton Review.

The Adventist colleges and universities are a part of one of the largest Protestant educational systems in the world – yet another plus if you are interested in pursuing a faith-based education.