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Spring Arbor University was awarded 28 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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Spring Arbor is ranked #1,100 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.
Out of the 56 colleges in Michigan, Spring Arbor is ranked at #27.
The acceptance rate at Spring Arbor University is a competitive 47%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
About 22% of students accepted to Spring Arbor submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 570. Math scores were between 490 and 565.
The student to faculty ratio at Spring Arbor is an impressive 10 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Spring Arbor University is 25%. This is lower 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 Spring Arbor University is 68%, 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 Spring Arbor for first-time, full-time students is 47%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Spring Arbor University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,350 undergraduates at Spring Arbor with 968 being full-time and 382 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $18,671 | $17,494 | $20,937 | $22,697 | $25,242 |
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 Spring Arbor, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Spring Arbor, approximately 68% of students took out student loans averaging $7,050 a year. That adds up to $28,200 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Spring Arbor are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 106 E. Main St, Spring Arbor, MI 49283-9799 |
| Phone: | 517-750-1200 |
| Website: | https://www.arbor.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 427 | $77,680 |
| Social Work | 177 | $39,071 |
| Health & Physical Education | 112 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 92 | $51,204 |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 57 | NA |
| Special Education | 43 | $41,324 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 43 | NA |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 20 | $42,172 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 16 | $47,121 |
| General Psychology | 13 | $35,492 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 1,672 students took at least one online class at Spring Arbor University. This is a decrease from the 1,964 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,672 | 1,029 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,964 | 1,245 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,165 | 1,540 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,200 | 1,444 |
Learn more about online learning at Spring Arbor University.
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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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