This fall semester, on its Berrien Springs, Michigan, campus, Andrews University is celebrating a strong round of national rankings as well as a modest increase in student enrollment following nationwide enrollment challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the 2024 U.S. News Best Colleges rankings, released in September 2023, Andrews University continues to be the only Adventist university listed among 439 national universities identified in the ranking of nearly 1,500 colleges and universities. This national university status, based on the Carnegie Classification system, reflects Andrews’ full range of undergraduate majors as well as master’s and doctoral degrees and a strong emphasis on research.

In this year’s U.S. News rankings, Andrews University was again ranked the #1 most ethnically diverse national university, tying with the University of San Francisco. Andrews University was also tied for #7 (with Columbia University and Florida Institute of Technology) among national universities for most international students, with more than 100 countries represented in the current student body. The main campus student body also has students from all but four of the 50 states in the U.S.

Andrews University also did well in Niche.com’s 2024 Best Colleges in America rankings, where it was included in the top 15 Christian colleges in the U.S. out of more than 300. Niche identified Andrews University as the top private university in Michigan as well as the top Christian college in the state. Niche also ranked Andrews in the top 15 percent of all colleges and universities in the nation for best academics. In addition to academic quality, Niche awarded Andrews high marks in overall value, campus diversity, quality of food, and campus safety.

Andrews University was also named to the “America’s Best Colleges 2024” list by the Wall Street Journal/College Pulse. Andrews was one of three Christian universities in Michigan and the only Adventist university in the nation that was included in the list of the nation’s top 400 universities. In these Wall Street Journal rankings, Andrews also received the top ranking among all universities in Michigan in the category of Student Experience, which takes into account student satisfaction with campus facilities, sense of community, mental health support, and a number of other factors, including the quality of positive interactions within the ethnically and socioeconomically diverse student body. The WSJ analysis also reported that the value added by an Andrews undergraduate degree works out to be an average increase of more than $25,000 in annual salary, compared to high school graduates in Michigan.

Amy Rebok Rosenthal, associate provost for undergraduate education and dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, adds, “Andrews University’s commitment extends to assuring quality and success in the current studies and life of each one of our students, including their overall student experience while they earn an Andrews degree. It also seeks to assure significant and measurable success in our students’ graduate studies and careers beyond our campus as each one seeks to ‘Change the World,’ one of the core goals of our Andrews University mission statement.”