Washington Adventist University Overview

Washington Adventist University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Takoma Park, Maryland. Washington Adventist University is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is Washington Adventist University Known For?

• Although it may not be available for every major, the master's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Washington Adventist University.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 23% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Washington Adventist University with a bachelor's degree make about $42,600 a year. That's 4% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is Washington Adventist University?

Contact details for Washington Adventist University are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	7600 Flower Ave, Takoma Park, MD 20912
Phone:	301-891-4000
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/WashingtonAdventistUniversity?ref=ts
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/waunews

How Do I Get Into Washington Adventist University?

You can apply to Washington Adventist University online at: https://www.wau.edu/future-students/admission/apply/

Admission Requirements for Washington Adventist University

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	recommended
TOEFL	recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Washington Adventist University?

With an acceptance rate of 94%, Washington Adventist University is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 33% of accepted students are men and 67% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 92%, and the acceptance rate for women is 95%.

Can I Afford Washington Adventist University?

The overall average net price of Washington Adventist University is $27,007. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Washington Adventist University, approximately 67% of students took out student loans averaging $9,959 a year. That adds up to $39,836 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Washington Adventist University is 9.0%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Washington Adventist University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 845 undergraduate students at Washington Adventist University, with 624 being full-time and 221 being part-time.

There are also 123 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 624 full-time undergraduates at Washington Adventist University, 31% are male and 69% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	21
Black or African American	323
Hispanic or Latino	134
White	29
International Students	60
Other Races/Ethnicities	57

Geographic Diversity

Maryland students aren't the only ones who study at Washington Adventist University. At this time, 6 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 36 countries are represented at Washington Adventist University. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, India, and Jamaica.

Online Learning at Washington Adventist University

In 2019-2020, 825 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 40th most popular in Maryland for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Washington Adventist University

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Washington Adventist University was 566.1%. This is the #152 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Washington Adventist University regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Washington Adventist University majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Business Administration & Management	18%
Business, Management & Marketing	14%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Washington Adventist University ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Washington Adventist University.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Public Administration	#4
Public Administration & Social Service	#15
Business Administration & Management	#61
Business, Management & Marketing	#76

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%.

Washington Adventist University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Nursing	0	40	5	45
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	36	36
Business Administration & Management	0	12	16	28
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	9	14	23
Allied Health Professions	8	8	0	16
Liberal Arts General Studies	2	13	0	15
Communication & Media Studies	0	13	0	13
General Biology	0	12	0	12
General Psychology	0	12	0	12
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	9	0	9
Computer Science	0	8	0	8
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	6	0	6
Other Health Professions	0	6	0	6
Health & Physical Education	0	5	0	5
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	4	0	4
Political Science & Government	0	3	0	3
Theological & Ministerial Studies	0	2	1	3
Music	0	3	0	3
General English Literature	0	2	0	2
Accounting	0	1	0	1
Information Science	0	1	0	1
Other Education	0	1	0	1
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	0	1	0	1
History	0	1	0	1
Religious Studies	0	1	0	1
Public Administration	0	0	1	1
Business Support & Assistant Services	0	0	0	0
Journalism	0	0	0	0
Communication & Journalism (Other)	0	0	0	0
Computer Information Systems	0	0	0	0
Information Technology	0	0	0	0
Other Computer & Information Sciences	0	0	0	0
Student Counseling	0	0	0	0
General Engineering	0	0	0	0
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	0	0	0	0
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	0	0
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	0	0
Library & Archives Assisting	0	0	0	0
Mathematics	0	0	0	0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	0
Culinary Arts	0	0	0	0
Chemistry	0	0	0	0
Physics	0	0	0	0
Homeland Security	0	0	0	0
Sociology	0	0	0	0
Social Work	0	0	0	0
Religious Education	0	0	0	0
Design & Applied Arts	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	10	173	73	256

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 Farragutful under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.