2022 Rankings Overview for Andrews University
Tied for Top Diverse National University and Ranked as Top Private, Christian and Small University in the State of Michigan
Top Stats:
- #1 Campus Ethnic Diversity (Tied with the University of Hawaii at Hilo)1
- #1 Adventist University in America2
- #1 Private University in the State of Michigan2
- #1 Christian College in the State of Michigan2
- #3 Colleges with the Best Academics in Michigan2
- #4 Best Colleges in Michigan2
- #5 Best College Food in Michigan2
- Top 10 Most International Students1
- #11 Christian University in America2
- 9:1 Best Student-Faculty Ratio of National Universities in Michigan1
1 2022–23 U.S. News Best Colleges
2 2023 Niche Best Colleges
As is the case each fall semester on its Berrien Springs campus, Andrews University is once again reviewing and celebrating some of its remarkable recent national (and Michigan) university rankings. Each fall, a wide array of university and college rankings is released.
In the 2022–2023 U.S. News Best Colleges rankings released this September, Andrews University continues to be the only Adventist university included in the rankings of nearly 400 national universities (overall, there are nearly 4,000 degree-granting universities and colleges in America; U.S. News lists nearly 1,500 of those institutions in its annual rankings).
U.S. News Best Colleges does its rankings based on academic quality and places emphasis on outcome measures—including graduation rates, retention rates, graduate indebtedness and social mobility. It also surveys peer institutions for each category (in other words, other national universities rank Andrews University each year).
The “national university” category is used for universities with a full range of undergraduate majors as well as offering master’s and doctoral degrees, which draw students from across the U.S. and which benefit from a strong focus on research and low student/faculty ratios.
In this year’s U.S. News rankings, Andrews University was tied (with University of Hawaii-Hilo) for the nation’s #1 most diverse national university campus. Andrews University was also included in the Top Ten rankings among national universities for the number of international students.
Also, in the 2022–2023 U.S. News Best Colleges rankings, Andrews is one of only two private national universities in Michigan and is one of only 41 national universities with a student/faculty ratio of less than 10 to 1. Andrews University also has the lowest student/faculty ratio of any national university in Michigan.
Although the U.S. News Best Colleges is the best-known university rankings report, Andrews also did well in Niche.com’s 2023 Best Colleges in America rankings. Niche has been ranking universities over the last 20 years since the ranking’s 2002 introduction. Its rankings are based on rigorous analysis of academic, admissions, financial and student life data from the U.S. Department of Education along with reviews from students and alumni. More than 1,500 institutions were included in this year’s list.
Niche’s Best Colleges in America 2023 rankings presented a particularly favorable picture, ranking Andrews University as the top private, Christian and small college in Michigan.
Niche.com ranked the University as the 11th top Christian university in America, the only Adventist University to be ranked in the top 100 Christian universities, and ranked Andrews highly in several other categories (including #2 most diverse colleges in America and top 10 percent for best college food).
Andrews University also ranked in the top 15 percent of all colleges overall (1,555 ranked) and private universities (954 ranked).
Andrews also did well in the 2023 College Factual Best College rankings, which highlight colleges and universities that meet high standards and provide quality outcomes to students. The factors that make up College Factual’s annual rankings include assessment of student to faculty ratios, graduation rates, student loan default rates and other quality metrics.
In those 2023 Best Colleges rankings, Andrews University moved up nearly 400 spots to #454 out of 2,241 ranked institutions, or the top 20 percent of all schools ranked. This ranking also included Andrews as #11 out of 57 Michigan colleges, in the top 20 percent of all institutions ranked for the state of Michigan.
In one other significant ranking report, the National Science Foundation’s Survey of Earned Doctorates found Andrews to be in the top 100 universities for the highest percentage of undergraduates to go on to earn a doctorate in education (#18) and the arts & humanities (#77).
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