Amridge Fast Facts

Ø      Amridge is accredited with the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.  On December 8, 2005 the university received its ten year renewal and reaffirmation of its accreditation to confer the Associate of Arts degree, Bachelor of Science degrees, Bachelor of arts degrees, Master of Science degrees, Master of Arts degrees, Master of Divinity degrees, Doctor of Ministry degrees, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees—a total of 33 degrees.

Ø      Amridge is a progressive university widely recognized for its quality academic programs, distance learning options, Biblical Christian education programs, and high-technology learning environment that makes its academic programs available around the world.

Ø      Amridge provides a quality research library for its students which consists of 20 million books, 52,639 full text eBooks, and 100,050 electronic journals with 1 million full text articles.  This includes the Montgomery, Alabama campus which has 80,000 books and 1,185 printed journals.

Ø      Amridge is affiliated with the fellowship of the Churches of Christ and is the first university of this affiliation that offers accredited Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). degrees.  Amridge University offers Ph.D. degrees in three areas, they are:  Ph.D. in Biblical Studies and the Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy and Ph. D. in Professional Counseling—all Ph.D. degrees have on campus residency requirements.

Ø      Amridge is a pioneer and leader in distance learning since 1973.  Amridge University was one of the first of 15 colleges and universities that was chosen in 1999 by the US Department of Education to participate in a pilot demonstration program in distance learning.  This demonstration program served as a basis for the recent passage in 2006 of a new law on distance education by the United States Congress.

Ø      Amridge is where “Traditional and Online Education Merge.”  When a course is taught in the traditional format class sessions are videoed and all course materials, course assignments, and test assignments are provided online for a student to study, review and submit course completion assignments—100% of all courses taught each semester at the university are available online.

Ø      Amridge uses an interactive web instruction program, SumitPoint2, which makes possible for the instruction and students seeing, hearing, and collaborating with all class participants in a live web online course.  These students and teachers may be located in any of the 50 United States or in any foreign country that has broad band internet service.  Class sessions are recorded and are made available online for a student’s review.

Ø      Amridge has a total of 98 faculty members.  All faculty meet accreditation credentialing degree requirements and course hour teaching standards for their assigned courses of instruction.  Fifty-seven percent of the total Amridge faculty and all of the graduate faculty members hold doctoral degrees from esteemed institutions across the nation, including Yale University, Duke University, Vanderbilt University, Baylor University, etc.

Ø      Amridge offers Associate of Arts, Bachelors and Masters Degree programs online without requiring a student to set foot on the main campus.

Ø      Amridge offers online business and leadership programs.  These include Bachelors degrees in such subject areas as Information Systems Management, General Business, Information Communication, Management Communication, and Human Resource Leadership.  Masters degrees are offered in Leadership and Management and in Ministerial Leadership.

Ø      Amridge offers online professional counseling and family therapy program Masters, Doctor of Ministry and Ph.D. degrees in such subject areas as Pastoral Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy.

Ø      Amridge offers programs in Public Safety, Criminal Justice and Homeland Security with faculty member’s experiences in law enforcement, the law, and military security. 

Ø      Amridge provides several undergraduate programs that prepare student for career entry and also serve as foundation programs for a wide range of graduate degrees.  These programs include human development, business and liberal studies.

Ø      Amridge is having academic influence in a wide geographical area and in a variety of cultures with students in the 50 United States and in 20 nations.

Ø      Amridge is planning an expansion on its new 185 acre campus that has 1.5 miles of Interstate frontage with scenic lakes.  This campus will serve as the primary location of a well designed campus for its Turner School of Theology of Amridge University.  A new facility will be built to provide new space for the library, administrative staff, classrooms, and living quarters on this new campus.

Ø      Amridge is encouraging its Bible faculty in its involvement in Bible teaching programs in foreign countries.  The university is presently involved in 41 countries which include such countries as:  Bangladesh, Central America, Chili, India, Easter Island, Guyana, Iceland, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, South Africa, South Pacific Islands, Tanzania, and Ukraine.

Ø      Amridge has a student body of men and women from all walks of social and religious life—over 60% of its student body have had no affiliation with the fellowship of the Churches of Christ and many students, as a result of their social heritage, are experiencing their first involvement and contribution in Christian education.

Ø      Amridge students gave their academic experience at Amridge University a high 94% rating with 97% stating that they would recommend the University’s academic programs to their friends.

Ø      Amridge's Turner School of Theology is an associate member of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS).

Ø      Amridge students enrolled in the Doctor of Philosophy in Biblical Studies program are serving in church ministry—80% of the enrolled students are in full time ministry.

Ø      Amridge is licensed to physically teach in the states of Alabama, Arizona, Tennessee, Idaho, Montana and Utah.
 

Ø      Amridge has a foundation that through the leadership of the Board of Regents aggressively seeks private and corporate funding for the benefit of the university and its students.

Ø      Amridge is dedicated to providing programs to foster student development.  The Office of Student Affairs provides services to promote student development, diversity and career services.