Shorter University Teaching Programs
Shorter University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Rome, Georgia. The location of Shorter is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.
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Where Is Shorter University?
Contact details for Shorter are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | 315 Shorter Ave, Rome, GA 30165 |
Phone: | 706-291-2121 |
Website: | www.shorter.edu |
How Do I Get Into Shorter?
You can apply to Shorter online at: https://apply.shorter.edu/
Admission Requirements for Shorter
Submission | Required? |
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High School GPA | Required |
High School Rank | Recommended |
High School Transcript | Required |
College Prep Program | Recommended |
Recommendations | Recommended |
SAT or ACT Scores | Considered but not required |
TOEFL | Recommended |
How Hard Is It To Get Into Shorter?
Approximately 49% of accepted students are men and 51% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 74%, and the acceptance rate for women is 89%.
Average Test Scores
About 12% of students accepted to Shorter submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 600. Math scores were between 460 and 590.
Can I Afford Shorter University?
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 Shorter, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $6,373 a year. That adds up to $25,492 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Shorter is 3.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
Shorter University Undergraduate Student Diversity
There are also 128 graduate students at the school.
Gender Diversity
Of the 1,113 full-time undergraduates at Shorter, 45% are male and 55% are female.
Racial-Ethnic Diversity
The racial-ethnic breakdown of Shorter University students is as follows.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 12 |
Black or African American | 206 |
Hispanic or Latino | 81 |
White | 723 |
International Students | 29 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 62 |
Geographic Diversity
Georgia students aren't the only ones who study at Shorter University. At this time, 13 states are represented by the student population at the school.
Over 29 countries are represented at Shorter. The most popular countries sending students to the school are France, Brazil, and Italy.
Online Learning at Shorter University
The following chart shows how the online learning population at Shorter has changed over the last few years.
Online Growth Rankings of Shorter
The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Shorter University was -3.9%. This is the #1,325 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Shorter regardless of major.
When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.
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 Thomson200 under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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