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Samford University is Alabama’s top-ranked private university with nationally ranked academic programs rooted in the university’s Christian mission. Located in suburban Birmingham, Samford was founded in 1841 and is the 87th oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. It enrolls 5,509 students from 47 states and 29 countries in 10 academic units: arts, arts and sciences, bus...iness, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health.
In 2017, U.S. News and World Report ranked Samford 3rd among regional universities in the South. Samford also has been nationally ranked for academic programs, value and affordability by such prestigious publications and rankings as Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, The Princeton Review and Colleges of Distinction, among others.
Samford offers 30 undergraduate and graduate/professional degrees. There are 166 undergraduate majors, minors and concentrations. Graduate/professional degrees are offered in business, divinity, design studies, education, health professions, environmental management, law, music, nursing, pharmacy and public health. The university’s College of Health Sciences is adding many new undergraduate and graduate/professional programs in the next few years.
The faculty-to-student ratio is 1:12, and no classes are taught by teaching assistants. Among Samford’s 49,000-plus alumni are more than 60 U.S. congressmen, seven state governors, two U.S. Supreme Court justices, four Rhodes Scholars, multiple Emmy and Grammy award-winning artists, two national championship football coaches, and recipients of the Pulitzer and Nobel Peace prizes.The university fields 17 varsity sports—eight men’s and nine women’s—that participate at the NCAA Division I level in the Southern Conference.
The mission of Samford University is to nurture persons in their development of intellect, creativity, faith and personhood. As a Christian university, the community fosters academic, career and ethical competency while encouraging social and civic responsibility and service to others.
Anchored in Christian understanding, Samford University will be a diverse community, stressing vigorous learning and personal faith, in the Baptist tradition. Within that commonality, the community will be innovative in teaching, learning and research; sensitive to global issues; aggressive in self-assessment and continuous improvement. Faithful to its mission, Samford will be known and acknowledged worldwide by holding to its core values. The world will be better for it.
Samford has been consistently ranked among the top colleges and universities in our peer group for three decades. We are the highest Forbes-ranked university in Alabama and U.S. News & World Report ranked us third in the South for Regional Universities and undergraduate teaching. We are also nationally ranked by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance and The Princeton Review.
Our faculty members are preeminent scholars with real-world experience. They have the credentials to lead a company, research hospital or school system. However, their passion is to mentor you as the next generation of leaders.
Classes at Samford are intentionally kept small (average size is 21) because professors want to know you, invest in you and advocate for you. Samford professors connect you with internships, recommend you for jobs and become lifelong support systems.
Intellectually curious students plus faculty advisers equals creative solutions to complex problems. Samford students get hands-on experience with field-specific experts to uncover 2,000-year-old civilizations in Israel, decode critical strands of DNA or conduct interviews with survivors of the civil war in Bosnia.
Samford University strives to achieve excellence through the development and delivery of quality programs for professionals by coordinating the joined resources of the university with the expertise of our community’s professionals to advance the skills and development of attorneys, nurses and pharmacists.
Samford University provided access to more than $125 million in financial assistance during the 2016–2017 academic year.During the fall 2016 semester, more than 90% of undergraduate students and 80% of graduate students accessed financial aid resources available through Samford. We are pleased to provide these funds as an investment in your success while a member of our vibrant educational community.
Technology Services at Samford University provides technologies to support students, faculty and staff. Services include classroom technology, wireless, administrative systems, email and support.
The University Library supports Samford by acquiring, organizing, and preserving a broad, well-balanced spectrum of information and by providing access to that information through personal and technological services.
Samford University’s nationally respected tradition of academic excellence is accessible to contemporary learners in an innovative and community centered online or blended learning environment. Samford Online students can expect an educational experience anchored in Christian understanding, world class faculty, and a commitment to ensuring quality online content and delivery.
The Samford University Office of Research is committed to the highest standards of integrity in fulfilling its mission to expand human knowledge and benefit society through research. This is accomplished by providing a range of services in support of all research activities undertaken by faculty, staff, and students at Samford University.
Chartered as Howard College in 1841, the school survived two fires, the Civil War, a century of financial turmoil and two relocations to become one of the region"s top universities. From its meager beginnings in Marion, Alabama, with only 31 students, Samford is now home to more than 5,000 students on a beautiful Georgian-Colonial style campus in Homewood, Alabama.