Columbia, South Carolina · Private nonprofit · 4-year · Midsize city
Overview
Allen University is a private nonprofit four-year institution in Columbia, South Carolina. The campus sits in a midsize city. It enrolled 610 students in fall 2024, including 576 undergraduates and 34 graduate students. It is a historically Black college or university. Its religious affiliation is African Methodist Episcopal.
Allen University offers associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees across 13 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Business Administration and Management, Sport and Fitness Administration/Management, and Social Sciences, General. It awarded 106 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 3 of its programs can be completed entirely online.
45% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 12 to 1.
Key figures
610
Students enrolled
45%
First-year retention
106
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
13
Programs and majors
12:1
Student-to-faculty ratio
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Delivery modes
CampusOnlineHybrid
Program levels
AssociateBachelorMasterPhD
Programs and majors offered 13
Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.