Samford University Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Academics== {{Infobox US university ranking | Forbes = 169 | THE_WSJ = 170 | USNWR_NU = 143 }} [[File:Samford University Beeson Divinity School.JPG|thumb|225px|right|[[Beeson Divinity School]]]] Samford, a [[Christian university]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2014/11/how_birminghams_samford_univer.html |title=How Birmingham's Samford University is growing and going strong |date=8 November 2014 |publisher=AL.com |access-date=2016-09-15}}</ref> offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs, with 170 undergraduate majors, minors and concentrations.<ref name="report">{{cite web|url=https://www.samford.edu/news/2020/09/Record-Enrollment-12th-Consecutive-Year#:~:text=University%20officials%20confirmed%20a%20record,of%20Columbia%2C%20and%2030%20countries.|title = Despite Pandemic, Samford Announces Record Enrollment for 12th Consecutive Year}}</ref> The university is divided into the School of the Arts, Howard College of Arts and Sciences, Brock School of Business, [[Beeson Divinity School]], Orlean Beeson School of Education, [[Cumberland School of Law]], Moffett & Sanders School of Nursing, [[McWhorter School of Pharmacy]], School of Health Professions, and School of Public Health. The faculty-to-student ratio at Samford University is 1:13.<ref name="usnews">{{cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/samford-university-1036|title=Samford University|access-date=December 31, 2014|archive-date=January 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103063734/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/samford-university-1036|url-status=dead}}</ref> Approximately two-thirds of the university's classes have fewer than 20 students.<ref name=report/><ref name=usnews/> ===Admissions=== In 2023, the college accepted 83.3% of applicants, with those admitted having an average 3.8 [[Academic grading in the United States#Grade conversion|GPA]] and an average 1160 [[SAT]] score or average 26 [[ACT (test)|ACT]] score.<ref>{{cite web |title= Samford University Requirements for Admission |url= https://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/colleges/Samford-University-admission-requirements#:~:text=The%20acceptance%20rate%20at%20Samford,get%20an%20offer%20of%20admission. |website=prepscholar.com|publisher= PrepScholar |access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page