Southern Adventist University was founded in 1892 as Graysville Academy, a small school located in Graysville, Tennessee. It was established by the Seventh-day Adventist Church to provide educational opportunities for students living in the Southern United States. The school began with just seven students and three faculty members. In 1907, the school was renamed Southern Junior College and moved to its current location in Collegedale, Tennessee. Over the next several decades, the college grew to become a four-year university offering both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Today, Southern Adventist University is one of the largest Seventh-day Adventist universities in North America with more than 3,000 students from over 40 countries enrolled each year. The university offers over 100 majors and concentrations in a wide range of subjects including business administration, nursing, education and religion. Students have access to numerous resources including a library containing more than 400,000 volumes of books and journals as well as state-of-the-art facilities such as an observatory and planetarium. Through its academic excellence, spiritual atmosphere and commitment to service learning programs and mission trips around the world, Southern Adventist University continues to be an institution of higher learning dedicated to preparing students for lives of service both locally and globally. See topschoolsintheusa for high school codes in New Jersey.

Southern Adventist University, as one of the top colleges ranked by major educational institutions, has impressed us by its high selectivity and student friendly application process during admissions. The following tables detail 2018 class profile, including total applications received, average high school GPA, SAT scores/ACT scores, and acceptance rates of Southern Adventist University. To learn more about GPA, SAT and ACT scores information, please follow the links below. If you want to find even more about Southern Adventist University, such as tuition fees and scholarships, you can click the link after tables to visit the school’s official website.

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Admissions Stats

Southern Adventist University is a private, co-educational university located in Collegedale, Tennessee. The university was founded in 1892 and offers a wide range of undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs. The student body consists of approximately 3,500 students from all over the world. According to the university’s website, the student to faculty ratio is 14:1 and the average class size is 15 students. In terms of admissions statistics, the acceptance rate is around 64% and the average GPA of accepted students is 3.5. Approximately 80% of accepted students submit SAT scores while 20% submit ACT scores. The average SAT score for incoming freshmen is 1180 while the average ACT score is 24. About 85% of accepted students receive some type of financial aid, with an average award amount of approximately $21,000 per year.

Fall 2022 Selectivity

Selectivity	selective
Fall 2022 acceptance rate	80%
Early decision acceptance rate	N/A
Early action acceptance rate	N/A
Acceptance rate (excluding early action and early decision students)	80%

Fall 2022 Applications, Acceptances & Enrollments

Applicants	1,452
Female applicants	844
Male applicants	608
Applicants accepted	1,167
Female applicants accepted	695
Male applicants accepted	472
Freshman enrollment	630
Female freshman enrollment	344
Male freshman enrollment	286
Early decision applicants	N/A
Early decision applicants accepted	N/A
Early decision applicants enrolled	N/A
Early action applicants	N/A
Early action applicants accepted	N/A
Early action applicants enrolled	N/A
Total enrolled incoming freshmen who were accepted under early acceptance or early action	N/A

Fall 2022 Wait List

School has a wait list	No
Applicants placed on wait list	N/A
Students accepting place on wait list	N/A
Students accepted from wait list	N/A

Fall 2022 High School GPA

Freshman students submitting high school GPA	99%
Average high school GPA	3.4
High school GPA 25th-75th percentile range	3-3.8

Fall 2022 Freshman SAT Scores

Freshman students submitting SAT scores	42%
SAT Critical Reading average score	N/A
SAT Critical Reading 25th-75th percentile range	460-580
SAT Math average score	N/A
SAT Math 25th-75th percentile range:	430-560
SAT Writing average score	N/A
SAT Writing 25th-75th percentile range	N/A
SAT Essay 25th-75th percentile range	N/A

Fall 2022 Freshman ACT Scores

Freshman students submitting ACT scores	76%
Average ACT Composite score	22
ACT Composite 25th-75th percentile range	19-25
ACT English 25th-75th percentile range	19-26
ACT Math 25th-75th percentile range	17-24