Samford University in Birmingham was recently ranked No. 2 on the 2015 Best Christian Colleges and Universities list published by College Choice, an online publication dedicated to helping students and their families find the right college.
The list is based exclusively on factors college freshmen said were most important to their college decision. According to the most recent nationwide survey published by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, these factors include academic reputation, financial aid offerings, overall cost and success of graduates in the post-college job market.
Each of these factors were weighted equally in the ranking and data was derived from a variety of publicly available sources, including U.S. News & World Report, the National Center for Education Statistics and PayScale.
Samford was founded in 1841 by the Alabama Baptist State Convention and is the 87th oldest institution for higher learning in the United States. According to its website, Samford aims to nurture persons in their development of intellect, creativity, faith and personhood.
86 percent retention
The university has almost 5,000 enrolled students and offers a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate degrees with a 12 to 1 student/faculty ratio. While 77 percent of applicants are accepted to Samford each year, 86 percent of them choose to return after their freshman year.
U.S. News & World Report ranked Samford No. 3 on its list of Southern Regional Universities for the second year in a row and Forbes, Inc. recognized Samford as the top university in the state in 2014.
Also in the U.S. News & World Report, Samford ranked third in the South for “A Strong Commitment to Teaching,” up one spot from its No. 4 ranking in 2014 in that category. Samford also claimed the No. 12 spot in the South’s “Great Schools at Great Prices” category.
(collegechoice.net, TAB)
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