Azusa Pacific University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Azusa Pacific University, or APU, was founded by merging three Christian institutions: the Azusa College, Arlington College, and Los Angeles Pacific College. It was established in 1889 as the Training School for Christian Worker. It was renamed to Pacific Bible College in 1939. The college was merged with Los Angeles Pacific College in 1965 and became Azusa Pacific College, or APC. In 1968, APC merged with Arlington College. It gained university status in 1981 and adopted its current name. Presently, the university covers more than 100 acres in Azusa, California. APU is organized into several colleges and schools including:

• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• School of Behavioral and Applied Sciences
• School of Business and Management
• School of Education
• School of Music
• School of Nursing
• School of Theology

APU has a number of on-campus student clubs and organizations including Students for Social Justice, Accounting Honors Society, Japanese Christian Fellowship, Pacific Islanders, Black Men’s Fellowship, Club Social Work, Azusa Film Society, ALEA Student Ministry, International Justice Mission, and many more.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Undenominational religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in education and teaching, religion and philosophy, and music.
• Large number of students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 8,548 in 2009-2010 (8,446 full-time equivalent).

About 35% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 65% of the class.

Undergrads are 51% of enrolled students and graduate students are 49%.

Students under 25 years old represent 56% of the student body. About 13% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Azusa Pacific provides on-campus housing for 2,754 of its 8,446 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Golden State Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 110 male students received the aid (men were 58% of those receiving aid) and 79 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 42% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Azusa Pacific offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Doctoral, Humanities/Social Sciences Dominant.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (26 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (388 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Management Information Systems and Services
• Marketing

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (9 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (781 awarded)

• Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (26 awarded)

• Social Work

LIBERAL ARTS (516 awarded)

• Ancient Near Eastern/Biblical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
• English Language and Literature
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (14 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (97 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MUSIC (52 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (257 awarded)

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (134 awarded)

• Bible/Biblical Studies
• Divinity/Ministry (BD, MDiv)
• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies
• Religious Education
• Theology/Theological Studies

SCIENCE (35 awarded)

• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physical Sciences

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (163 awarded)

• Physical Therapy/Therapist
• Psychology