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Anderson University

Anderson, Indiana Private nonprofit 4-year Small city

Overview

Located in Anderson, Indiana, Anderson University is a private nonprofit four-year institution. The campus sits in a small city. It enrolled 1,228 students in fall 2024, including 1,092 undergraduates and 136 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is Church of God.

Anderson University offers associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees across 73 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Business Administration and Management, Registered Nursing, and Psychology, General. It awarded 269 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 3 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

60% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 10 to 1.

Key figures

1,228
Students enrolled
60%
First-year retention
269
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
73
Programs and majors
10:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

AssociateBachelorMasterPhD

Programs and majors offered 73

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 9
Education 7
Health Professions 3
Psychology 1
Visual and Performing Arts 10
Engineering 6
Theology and Religious Vocations 5
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 2
Computer and Information Sciences 3
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 2
History 2
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Social Sciences 3
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 1
Communication and Journalism 2
Engineering Technologies 1
Public Administration and Social Services 1
English Language and Literature 2
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 3
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 1
Physical Sciences 2
Family and Consumer Sciences 1
Mathematics and Statistics 4
Philosophy and Religious Studies 1

Outcomes

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

First-year retention, full-time students
60%
First-year retention, part-time students
33%
Student-to-faculty ratio
10:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
222
Associate degrees
1
Master's degrees
46

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
1,228
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,092
Graduate students, fall 2024
136
Full-time, fall 2024
85%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,403
Undergraduates, 2024-25
1,213
Graduate students, 2024-25
190
Full-time, 2024-25
68%
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
48%
Men
52%
White
69%
Hispanic or Latino
7%
Black or African American
11%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
5%
International (U.S. nonresident)
3%
Race or ethnicity unknown
3%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
3
Programs with a fully online option
7
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
10%
Students taking some online courses
54%

Campus and services

Setting
Small city
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Church of God
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
President
Scott Moats
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training

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