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Regent University was awarded 157 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is other education.
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Regent is ranked #716 out of 2,198 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Regent held the #818 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 61 colleges in Virginia, Regent is ranked at #18.
If you're applying to Regent University you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 32%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 10% of students accepted to Regent submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 650. Math scores were between 490 and 600.
At Regent University, the student to faculty ratio is 21 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Regent University is 78%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Regent University is 70%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Regent for first-time, full-time students is 50%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,533 undergraduates at Regent with 2,376 being full-time and 2,157 being part-time.
$0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
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$16,086 | $16,583 | $16,483 | $18,677 | $19,956 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Regent, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Regent, approximately 51% of students took out student loans averaging $6,386 a year. That adds up to $25,544 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Regent are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | 1000 Regent University Dr, Virginia Beach, VA 23464 |
Phone: | 757-352-4127 |
Website: | https://www.regent.edu/ |
Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
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Theological & Ministerial Studies | 220 | NA |
Other Education | 217 | NA |
Human Resource Management | 196 | NA |
Legal Professions (Other) | 176 | NA |
General Psychology | 169 | NA |
Business Administration & Management | 144 | NA |
Mental & Social Health Services | 105 | NA |
Communication & Media Studies | 101 | NA |
Student Counseling | 101 | NA |
Law | 100 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 9,609 students took at least one online class at Regent University. This is an increase from the 9,569 students who took online classes the previous year.
Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
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2022-2023 | 9,609 | 8,451 |
2021-2022 | 9,569 | 8,499 |
2020-2021 | 9,795 | 8,713 |
2018-2019 | 8,965 | 7,682 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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