by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Azusa Pacific University was awarded 99 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general education.
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Azusa Pacific is ranked #143 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Azusa Pacific held the #259 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Azusa Pacific is also ranked #18 out of 161 schools in California.
Because it has a high acceptance rate of 87%, some consider Azusa Pacific to be a safety school. But don't just assume that admittance is in the bag. Make sure to spend enough time on your application so that it is in tip-top shape.
About 10% of students accepted to Azusa Pacific submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 630. Math scores were between 470 and 610.
At Azusa Pacific, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 10 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
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 Azusa Pacific University is 37%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
Azusa Pacific University has a freshmen retention rate of 78%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Azusa Pacific the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 51%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Azusa Pacific University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,498 undergraduates at Azusa Pacific with 3,804 being full-time and 694 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $18,907 | $19,768 | $19,999 | $21,048 | $28,810 |
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 Azusa Pacific, 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 Azusa Pacific, approximately 44% of students took out student loans averaging $6,713 a year. That adds up to $26,852 over four years for those students.
See which majors at Azusa Pacific University make the most money.
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Contact details for Azusa Pacific are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 901 E Alosta, Azusa, CA 91702-7000 |
| Phone: | 626-969-3434 |
| Website: | www.apu.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 889 | $105,521 |
| Business Administration & Management | 212 | $47,681 |
| General Psychology | 171 | $32,435 |
| Other Psychology | 168 | NA |
| Social Work | 120 | $33,089 |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 102 | NA |
| Student Counseling | 93 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 87 | $22,233 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 81 | $35,194 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 64 | 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, 3,455 students took at least one online class at Azusa Pacific University. This is an increase from the 2,764 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,455 | 1,117 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,764 | 913 |
| 2020-2021 | 9,006 | 9,006 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,666 | 2,345 |
Learn more about online learning at Azusa Pacific 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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