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Amberton University

Garland, Texas Private nonprofit 4-year Large suburb

Overview

Amberton University is a private nonprofit four-year institution based in Garland, Texas. Its campus is in a large suburban area. It enrolled 892 students in fall 2024, including 118 undergraduates and 774 graduate students. The school has a religious affiliation.

Amberton University offers bachelor's degrees and master's degrees across 17 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Counseling Psychology, Business Administration and Management, and Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. It awarded 275 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 14 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The student-to-faculty ratio is 12 to 1.

Key figures

892
Students enrolled
275
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
17
Programs and majors
12:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

BachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 17

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

Business, Management and Marketing 11
Psychology 1
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 2
Education 1
Family and Consumer Sciences 1
Health Professions 1

Outcomes

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

Student-to-faculty ratio
12:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
24
Master's degrees
251

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
892
Undergraduates, fall 2024
118
Graduate students, fall 2024
774
Full-time, fall 2024
13%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,336
Undergraduates, 2024-25
216
Graduate students, 2024-25
1,120
Full-time, 2024-25
11%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

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

Women
70%
Men
30%
White
40%
Hispanic or Latino
14%
Black or African American
31%
Asian
8%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
5%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
14
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
67%
Students taking some online courses
31%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Large suburb
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Undenominational
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
President
Carol Palmer
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training

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