Profile & Rankings
Since 1846, Taylor University—a coeducational, non-denominational Christian liberal arts college—has stood by its belief that education and living should be built on faith. We challenge our students, faculty, and staff to fulfill Taylor’s mission of developing servant leaders marked with a passion to minister Christ’s redemptive love and truth to a world in need.
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Location
Taylor University is located on a 952-acre campus in Upland, Indiana—50 miles south of Fort Wayne and 70 miles north of Indianapolis. Click here for a map to campus.
Students
Traditional Undergraduate Enrollment
- 1,786 students from 41 states and 25 foreign countries
- 44% from Indiana
- 55% female, 45% male
- 16% minority students
- 3% international students
- 91% age 21 or under
- 99% under age 25
Freshman Admissions
- 3.87 average high school GPA
- SAT Math 589 average
- SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 602 average
- ACT Composite 25 average
- 30% in top 10% of high school class
- 70% of 2,177 students applying were accepted
Distance Learning Enrollment
- 290 students, unduplicated count
Graduate Program Enrollment
Academics
Programs
126 degree programs at the undergraduate level
Popular Fields
Currently, 37% of undergraduate students major in Business & Sport Management, Art, Film & Media, and Education. Another 16% major in Biology, Environmental Science, Public Health and Sustainable Development and in History, Global, and Political Studies and Orphans and Vulnerable Children.
Academic Calendar: 4-1-4
Class Sizes
Student/Faculty Ratio: 13:1
- 65% with fewer than 20 students
- 31% with 20-49 students
Faculty
Full-Time Instructional Faculty: 132
- 100% report a meaningful relationship with God
- 91% of full-time ranked faculty have earned the highest degree in their field
- 53% of ranked faculty are tenured
- 8% minority faculty
Global Engagement
Last year, 388 students earned credit while participating in 31 programs in 34 countries. Students also earned credit as short-term missionaries to U.S. cities.
Student Life Experience
Launched in 1972, Taylor’s Lighthouse program is in its 50th year of sending students abroad to learn and build their faith through global service.
Taylor is home to the first campus chapter of MuKappa, a collegiate organization for students who have grown up in a cross-cultural setting. MuKappa is now in its 37th year.
Athletics Program
Alumni and Parents
According to the most recent NSSE Student Survey, 91% of seniors and 93% of first year students would attend Taylor again.
According to the latest NSSE, 81% report weekly participation in church-related activities.
17% of living alumni contributed financially in 2019-2020.
According to the 2020 Parent Survey, 97% would support their student’s choice to attend Taylor again.
Rankings, Achievements & Awards
Our dedication to excellence in and out of the classroom has led to national recognition by publications like U.S. News & World Report, Washington Monthly, and Forbes. Taylor students regularly earn awards and recognition for research, creative projects, and academic work. Below are a few of the most recent additions to the long list.
- Ten Taylor student athletes were named CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, helping Taylor rank first in the NAIA and fifth in the nation across all collegiate levels.
- Six Taylor student-produced documentaries were nominated for regional Emmy awards, and two of them won, adding to Film & Media’s 400+ awards since 2006.
- Four Taylor University films were winners in the 2020 National Student Production Awards, hosted by College Broadcasters Inc., including first place in the Short Film - Fiction and Short Film - Nonfiction categories. CBI is one of three organizations that recognize the best in college media nationally.
- Mitchell Mays (’17) presented his research entitled “Feature Selection for Malware Classification” to security researchers at Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Technology labs.
- Taylor Theatre’s production of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Rabbit Hole received ten national honors after appearing at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.
- Taylor’s endowment teams competed against more than 400 entrants in the annual QGAME competition in New York City, and won.
- In February 2021, two satellites built by Taylor University Computer Science and Engineering students and faculty launched into space aboard the NG-15 Cygnus spacecraft and Antares rocket that lifted off from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The rocket was named for NASA’s Katherine Johnson, featured in the film Hidden Figures. This marks twenty years since the satellite program started at Taylor in 2001.
In addition to the numerous awards and recognitions Taylor students have received, Taylor itself has earned a number of honors. These include:
