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AdventHealth University

Orlando, Florida Private nonprofit 4-year Large city

Overview

AdventHealth University is a private nonprofit four-year institution based in Orlando, Florida. Its campus is in a large city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 1,861, made up of 1,407 undergraduates and 454 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is Seventh Day Adventist.

AdventHealth University offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and professional doctorates across 22 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Registered Nursing, Health, and Physician Assistant. It awarded 535 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 8 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 64% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 6 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
1,861
Students enrolled
64%
First-year retention
535
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
22
Programs and majors
6:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelorMasterProfessional

Programs and majors offered 22

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Health Professions 18
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 2
Theology and Religious Vocations 1
  • Chaplain Master Online option 9 graduates
Science Technologies 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
64%
First-year retention, part-time students
41%
Student-to-faculty ratio
6:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
291
Associate degrees
90
Master's degrees
95
Professional doctorates
49
Certificates under 1 year
6
Postbaccalaureate certificates
4

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
1,861
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,407
Graduate students, fall 2024
454
Full-time, fall 2024
47%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
2,442
Undergraduates, 2024-25
1,859
Graduate students, 2024-25
583
Full-time, 2024-25
41%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
83%
Men
17%
White
32%
Hispanic or Latino
30%
Black or African American
15%
Asian
5%
Two or more races
3%
International (U.S. nonresident)
3%
Race or ethnicity unknown
12%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
8
Programs with a fully online option
1
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
42%
Students taking some online courses
51%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Trimester
Religious affiliation
Seventh Day Adventist
Carnegie classification
Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools
President & CEO
C. Josef Ghosn
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Dedicated veterans contact

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