Your Faith, Your Future, and the Gifts of an Adventist Higher Education

Association of Adventist Colleges and Universities North American Division Office of Education 9705 Patuxent Woods Drive Columbia, MD 21046 You deserve to find a college that will offer you excellent career preparation and the opportunity to grow personally and spiritually. And an Adventist education can help you do just that. This exclusive guide will help you discover five advantages of attending an Adventist college or university.

CAREER PREPARATION

Adventist students report that their college experience prepared them for a better life and career. We attribute their success to: 1 • Having access to nearly 500 academic programs.

• The personalized academic program advice they receive from our professors.

• Our teaching-oriented faculty, who challenge students academically and then personally help them meet those challenges. STRONG BONDS

An Adventist education could give you several personal advantages over your Adventist peers at public universities. For example, you could be: 2 • Seven times more likely to find friends who attend worship services with you.

• Three times more likely to have positive dating experiences during college.

• Twice as likely to develop lifelong friendships with classmates.

GREAT VALUE

We never want cost to keep a student from experiencing the benefits of an Adventist education. That’s why:

3 • Most Adventist schools offer grants, scholarships, work-study programs and federal loans.

• More than 80% of Adventist graduates say their investment in college was a smart one.

• All Adventist colleges offer on-campus jobs and help students who want to work structure their schedules around their classes. LEADERSHIP SKILLS

In the Adventist faith, service to others is service to God. Our Adventist graduates stand out when compared to their public university peers because they’re: 4 • More likely to participate in campus clubs and hold leadership positions in student government or other campus organizations.

• Five times more likely to experience mission service for a semester or more.

• Three times more likely to work on campus.

SPIRITUAL BALANCE

Compared to their Adventist peers at public institutions, our graduates are:

5 • Twice as likely to be spiritually mentored and/or serve as a spiritual mentor.

• Twice as likely to develop a deeper understanding of the importance of healthy living.

• Encouraged to observe the Sabbath as both a day of worship and as a study break, balancing their work and rest and growing their relationship with God. Adventist University of Health Sciences, Orlando, Fla.

Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Mich.

Burman University, Lacombe, Alberta

Kettering College, Kettering, Ohio

La Sierra University, Riverside, Calif.

Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, Calif.

Oakwood University, Huntsville, Ala.

Pacific Union College, Napa Valley, Calif.

Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, Tenn.

Southwestern Adventist University, Keene, Texas

Union College, Lincoln, Neb.

Walla Walla University, College Place, Wash.

Washington Adventist University, Takoma Park, Md. An Adventist education is more than just earning a degree. It also develops and enhances every part of your life. As you begin an exciting new chapter in your life, we hope you’ll visit our web site to learn more details about our organization, philosophy and member schools, as well as to learn more about visit opportunities.

www.AdventistColleges.org

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