Adventist Education North America

The Seventh-day Adventists operate the second largest privately owned education network in the United States with over 1,700 schools. Of these, 14 are institutes of higher learning, including colleges, universities and medical/healthcare centers. Highlights of the American network include:

• 5 universities ranked in the top 100 US schools in their categories (US News & World Report, 2007)
• one of the lowest national student/teacher ratios (13/1)
• one of the most established school networks (average date of establishment: 1895)
• one of the most spacious national campus networks (2,300 square feet per student)
• highly selective acceptance standards (only 54% of applicants are admitted)
• high graduation rates (68% of all first year students graduate)

Individual schools boast numerous national leadership positions:

• one of the most internationally diverse campuses (#5 out of 1,500)
• one of the highest medical school acceptance rates (100%)
• one of the highest nursing school acceptance rates (99%)
• one of the highest employment rates for engineering graduates (100%)