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.

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

34 graduate students
11% minority students
51% female, 49% male
137 Transition to Teaching & Mild Intervention licensure students

Academics

Programs

126 degree programs at the undergraduate level

51 majors in the Bachelor of Arts
67 majors in the Bachelor of Science
3 majors in the Bachelor of Music
1 major in the Bachelor of Fine Arts
4 majors in Associate of Arts
Master of Arts in Higher Education and Student Development
Master of Arts in Ministry

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

Taylor is ranked #1 in the Midwest for Freshmen Retention Rate by US News and World Report.

Launched in 1972, Taylor’s Lighthouse program is in its 49th 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 36th year.

Athletics Program

Member of the NAIA
16 men’s and women’s sports
45% of all undergraduate students participated in at least one intramural sport last year.

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:

Christian Colleges of Distinction: Taylor University was named a “Christian College of Distinction” for 2019-2020, being cited as excelling, “at the Four Distinctions: Engaged Students, Great Teaching, Vibrant Communities, and Successful Outcomes.”
Forbes America’s Top Colleges: Taylor University appeared as Forbes’ number 225 overall college in America, placing Taylor well within the top 10% of the nation’s colleges.
Princeton Review: Taylor University is one of the best colleges in the Midwest according to the Princeton Review, which included Taylor in its annual compilation of the best colleges according to region.
U.S. News & World Report: Taylor University recently placed number two in the U.S. News & World Report, marking the 24th consecutive year Taylor has appeared in the region’s top three.