Azusa Pacific University 2020-21 Fact Sheet
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Azusa Pacific University 2020-21 Fact Sheet Mission Number of states represented (including the Azusa Pacific University is an evangelical Christian community of disciples and scholars who seek to advance District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the work of God in the world through academic excellence in liberal arts and professional programs of higher and the Armed Forces Europe) ............49 education that encourage students to develop a Christian perspective of truth and life. Number of countries represented .............63 Freshman Admission Profile University History Number applied .........................5,446 What began in 1899 as the Training School for Christian Workers has grown into a comprehensive Christian university Number entering (first time, full time) ..........624 offering 68 bachelor’s degrees, 47 master’s degrees, 18 certificates, 9 credentials, and 9 doctoral programs to a Average high school GPA ..................3.75 total enrollment of 9,006 students. Azusa Pacific remains a vibrant faith and learning community, preparing difference Average combined SAT score ..............1161 makers through Christ-centered academic excellence to serve and influence the world for Christ. Average SAT Math .......................579 General Information Average SAT Reading and Writing ...........582 Freshmen retention (fall 2019-20) ..........75.9% Azusa Pacific University is located in the San Gabriel Valley city of Azusa, 26 miles northeast of Los Angeles. The university also maintains seven off-site regional locations throughout Southern California, including in the Undergraduate Financial Aid (2019-20) High Desert, Inland Empire, Los Angeles, Monrovia, Murrieta, Orange County, and San Diego. Scholarships/grants Federal (with military) ..............$14,561,708 Federal (without military) .........$10,883,660 University Degrees and Programs Total teaching faculty .....................978 Military (GI Bill and ROTC) .........$3,678,048 Degrees awarded (2019-20) ...............3,024 Full time ............................450 State ..........................$10,322,988 Doctoral degrees .....................132 Part time ............................. 26 Other external scholarships/grants Master’s degrees ....................1,198 Adjunct .............................502 administered by college ..........$2,050,119 Bachelor’s degrees ...................1,694 Student-to-faculty ratio ....................12:1 Institutional ......................$77,220,414 Post-baccalaureate and post-master’s Percent with doctorate, first professional, Institutional (excluding waivers and certificates and credentials ..............189 or other terminal degree (based on full-time athletic awards) ................$68,316,764 teaching faculty) ..................... 88% Accreditation Self Help Institutional: Western Association of Schools and Staff Student loans ....................$31,253,113 Colleges Senior College and University Total staff ..............................935 Parent loans .....................$17,266,156 Commission (WSCUC) Full time ............................828 Tuition waivers ....................$3,283,729 Specialized: 13 professional/specialized accreditations Part time ............................107 Athletic awards ....................$5,619,921 Percent of undergraduate students receiving Library Resources Students (Fall 2020) any form of: APU’s three libraries contain 239,135 books, Total students enrolled. 9,006 Grant or scholarship financial aid .......94.7% 169,137 ebooks, 170 databases, 15,773 media Men ............................. 30% Institutional financial aid ..............83.3% items, 2,003 serials, and 74,836 e-serials. Women ........................... 70% Need-based financial aid ..............63.9% Traditional Undergraduate. 3,592 Faculty Professional Undergraduate .............906 Finances APU professors serve as expert resources, coming Graduate ..........................4,508 Budget (2019-20) ................$295,904,579 alongside students’ academic endeavors while Full-time Equivalent ...................7,734 Endowment (2019-20) .............$76,922,937 pursuing their own professional development and Graduate FTE ....................3,657 Total donations (2019-20) ...........$16,404,502 lifelong learning. APU students benefit from small Undergraduate FTE ................4,077 Full-time undergraduate tuition (2020-21)* ..$40,830 classes and personal interaction with faculty Undergraduate ethnic minority students .....66.5% *See apu.edu for graduate and professional program tuition costs. members who often take time to mentor students Graduate ethnic minority students .........69.2% and host small study groups. Number of denominations represented .........52 Azusa Pacific University 901 E. Alosta Ave., PO Box 7000, Azusa, CA 91702-7000 (626) 969-3434 • apu.edu APU Launches Renewal, the teaching about civic virtue, the responsibilities and This prestigious distinction recognizes universities University’s Strategic Plan blessings of citizenship, and the leadership skills with a high level of commitment to community service In fall 2020, Azusa Pacific University essential to a free people. and service-learning. Each year, approximately 65 President Paul W. Ferguson, Ph.D., percent of APU students participate in more than APU Secures $1.2 Million DABT, announced the launch 180 service-learning courses across 24 undergraduate for COVID-19 Testing Center of the university’s Strategic Plan, titled Renewal: departments through the Center for Academic Foundational to the university’s Return Strengthening our Capacity for Cultivating Service-Learning. to Campus plan, the Advancement Christ-Centered Scholars and Leaders. As team secured $1.2 million from Through Community designed and implemented, Renewal advances generous donors and friends to fund the development Partnerships APU as a university of impactful Christian scholars and implementation of a COVID-19 Testing and Committed to college accessibility and leaders characterized by best practices of the Monitoring Center. Testing is available on APU’s Azusa and affordability for local students highest quality. Renewal sets out a bold seven-year campus and at four of the university’s regional locations and their families, APU maintains a strategic plan for how APU will flourish within this in the High Desert, Inland Empire, Monrovia, and San memorandum of understanding (MOU) with 25 local higher education landscape, with aspirations to Diego. The testing center is part of a university-wide school districts and 17 private schools. Azusa Pacific be the premier Christian university of choice for strategy to reduce the spread of COVID-19 on APU guarantees admittance and a minimum of $10,000 in our culture and times. The plan encompasses three campuses and ensure compliance with health agency institutional aid to students from partner schools who phases: Refocus, Rebuild, and Renew; and five guidelines and directives. meet a set of minimum academic requirements. Grand Initiatives: A Model Christian University, A Thriving University of Choice, A Transformational APU’s Department of Social Azusa Pacific University and and Collaborative Organization, A Recognized Work Awarded $2.7 Million Pasadena City College announced Leader in Technology and Data Management, APU’s Department of Social Work a new partnership that will extend and A Sustainable Financial Enterprise. received a $2.7 million, five-year access to nursing education for APU Names New Provost federal grant from the Health residents of the San Gabriel Valley Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to region and help alleviate the chronic nursing Rukshan Fernando, Ph.D., became provide Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students. shortage statewide. This collaboration enables provost and chief academic officer This grant enables the university to fund 10, $30,000 nursing students to concurrently enroll at PCC and in July 2020, following a six-month scholarships for full-time Master of Social Work Azusa Pacific, earning credits and clinical experience nationwide search. Fernando’s students a year ($60,000 over two years) to those through both institutions. In just six semesters of total expertise lies in leadership identity, higher education students qualifying as disadvantaged per HRSA program study, PCC’s Associate Degree in Nursing administration, and inclusive excellence. As APU’s criteria. Students must have financial need and (ADN) students will graduate from Azusa Pacific chief academic officer, Fernando leads and meet one of the following additional criteria: have a with their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). advocates for APU’s academic mission, overseeing family income below the federal poverty guidelines, 11 schools and colleges, a seminary, and 3 libraries. be the first in their family to attend college, or have Through Athletics Fernando provides strategic leadership and oversight graduated from an underperforming high school. More than 450 student-athletes of academics and broad university initiatives. Approximately 75 percent of APU’s social work compete for the university’s 18-sport Excellence in Scholarship students report being the first in their family to intercollegiate athletics program. attend college, with a majority of students also For four of the past five years, Academic Reputation meeting financial need. Azusa Pacific has finished in the Top 20 of the U.S. News & World Report’s Learfield IMG Directors’ Cup, which ranks all NCAA America’s Best Colleges 2021 edition Making