Southeastern University Overview

Southeastern University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Lakeland, Florida. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Southeastern University Known For?

• The student loan default rate at SEU is 3%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The highest award offered at SEU is the doctor's degree.
• In <nil>, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from SEU with a bachelor's degree make about $42,006 a year. That's 3% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is Southeastern University?

Contact details for SEU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1000 Longfellow Blvd, Lakeland, FL 33801-6034
Phone:	863-667-5000
Website:	www.seu.edu

How Do I Get Into SEU?

You can apply to SEU online at: https://www.seu.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for SEU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into SEU?

SEU has a fairly low acceptance rate of 45%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 48%, and the acceptance rate for women is 43%.

Average Test Scores

About 4% of students accepted to SEU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 610. Math scores were between 460 and 573.

SEU received ACT scores from 24% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 26. Math scores were between 17 and 24. Composite scores were between 19 and 25.

Can I Afford Southeastern University?

The overall average net price of SEU is $36,325. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At SEU, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $6,406 a year. That adds up to $25,624 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SEU is 2.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Southeastern University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 8,118 undergraduate students at SEU, with 4,589 being full-time and 3,529 being part-time.

There are also 1,247 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,589 full-time undergraduates at SEU, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Southeastern University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	70
Black or African American	515
Hispanic or Latino	1,068
White	2,613
International Students	76
Other Races/Ethnicities	247

Geographic Diversity

Florida students aren't the only ones who study at Southeastern University. At this time, 45 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 39 countries are represented at SEU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Brazil, Bahamas, and Colombia.

Online Learning at Southeastern University

There are 6 bachelor’s degree and 12 master’s degree programs available online at SEU. In 2020-2021, 4,185 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at SEU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 32nd most popular in Florida for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of SEU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Southeastern University was 11.1%. This is the #1,347 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SEU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By FireKnight1935 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.