Samford University Healthcare Programs

Located in Birmingham, Alabama, Samford University is a private not-for-profit institution. Samford is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

Where Is Samford University?

Contact details for Samford are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham, AL 35229-2240
Phone:	205-726-2011
Website:	www.samford.edu

How Do I Get Into Samford?

You can apply to Samford online at: www.samford.edu/admission/apply

Admission Requirements for Samford

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Samford?

Samford has an acceptance rate of 83%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 32% of accepted students are men and 68% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 79%, and the acceptance rate for women is 85%.

Average Test Scores

About 26% of students accepted to Samford submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 650. Math scores were between 530 and 620.

Samford received ACT scores from 64% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 31. Math scores were between 20 and 0. Composite scores were between 23 and 29.

Can I Afford Samford University?

The overall average net price of Samford is $35,631. 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 Samford, approximately 33% of students took out student loans averaging $7,815 a year. That adds up to $31,260 over four years for those students.

Samford University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,576 undergraduate students at Samford, with 3,501 being full-time and 75 being part-time.

There are also 2,153 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,501 full-time undergraduates at Samford, 32% are male and 68% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	37
Black or African American	185
Hispanic or Latino	134
White	3,013
International Students	39
Other Races/Ethnicities	93

Geographic Diversity

Alabama students aren't the only ones who study at Samford University. At this time, 31 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 40 countries are represented at Samford. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Brazil, and South Korea.

Samford University Healthcare Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Pharmacy	0	0	0	117	117
Registered Nursing	105	0	0	0	105
Pharmaceutical Sciences	66	0	0	0	66
General Public Health	7	0	30	12	49
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	0	0	39	6	45
Nursing Administration	0	0	0	44	44
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	41	0	0	0	41
Physical Therapy/Therapist	0	0	0	37	37
Physician Assistant	0	0	35	0	35
Nurse Anesthetist	0	0	0	32	32
Pre-Physical Therapy Studies	25	0	0	0	25
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	0	0	20	0	20
General Communication Sciences & Disorders	17	0	0	0	17
Dietetics/Dietitian	0	15	0	0	15
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies	14	0	0	0	14
Nursing Practice	0	0	0	13	13
Health Care Management	6	0	4	0	10
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing	0	1	5	3	9
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	0	1	3	5	9
Medical Informatics	0	0	6	0	6
Health Information Management	1	0	0	0	1
Athletic Training	0	0	0	0	0
Audiology/Audiologist	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	282	17	142	269	710

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 Sweetmoose6 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.