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Shorter University

Rome, Georgia Private nonprofit 4-year Small city

Overview

Located in Rome, Georgia, Shorter University is a private nonprofit four-year institution. The campus sits in a small city. It enrolled 1,318 students in fall 2024, including 1,203 undergraduates and 115 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is Baptist.

Shorter University offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 40 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Business Administration and Management, Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other, and Sport and Fitness Administration/Management. It awarded 346 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

61% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1.

Key figures

1,318
Students enrolled
61%
First-year retention
346
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
40
Programs and majors
14:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 40

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

Outcomes

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

First-year retention, full-time students
61%
First-year retention, part-time students
50%
Student-to-faculty ratio
14:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
222
Associate degrees
11
Master's degrees
112
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
1

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
1,318
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,203
Graduate students, fall 2024
115
Full-time, fall 2024
81%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,492
Undergraduates, 2024-25
1,323
Graduate students, 2024-25
169
Full-time, 2024-25
77%
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
52%
Men
48%
White
57%
Hispanic or Latino
9%
Black or African American
21%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
3%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
2%
Race or ethnicity unknown
7%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs with a fully online option
26
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
29%
Students taking some online courses
29%

Campus and services

Setting
Small city
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Baptist
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Gulf South Conference
President
Donald V. Dowless
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, Dedicated veterans contact

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