Regent University is a private not-for-profit institution established in the year 1978 by Dr M.G. Pat Robertson. The university is located in a 70 acres area in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The university serves as a centre of Christian thought having core values which include Excellence, Innovation & Integrity. This university is one of the nation’s leading academic centres for Christian thought and action.
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The acceptance rate at Regent is 81% which means, 81 students, get admitted to the university per 100 students who apply there.
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The student-faculty ratio is 41:1.
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It has a retention ratio of 78% for full-time courses and 18% for part-time courses.
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The total graduation rate is 30%.
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Regent has 165 full-time and 465 part-time faculty members, who are graduates of Yale, Harvard, Oxford, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, Baylor, and others, five of whom are Fullbright Scholars. Several members are drawn from high levels of government. Former U.S. Attorney under the Bush administration, John Ashcroft, was named Distinguished Professor in 2005 teaching a two-week course each semester in the Robertson School of Government and lecturing on national security law. Some of the notable alumni from Regent University are Jay Sekulow, Tony Hale, and Charles Martin.
Regent University’s campus spans over 70 acres and has historicist neo-Georgian architecture, and is located in the coastal city of Virginia Beach. The university was listed among 30 most beautiful colleges in the South. The university has state-of-the-art infrastructure. The Student Centre comprises a bookstore, student organization offices, dining hall, computer lab, and student lounge. The Communication & Performing Arts Center, home for the School of Communication & the Arts, is a 135,000-square-foot (12,500 m2) building with two theatres, a production studio, sound stage, screening theatres, and a backlot. The Chapel and Divinity Building are the most recent additions to the campus.
Regent University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associate, baccalaureate, masters, and doctorate degrees. Regent University's Office of Career Services maintains a job board which contains student- assistant postings as well as off-campus positions. Regent University also believes in the power and impact of sports. The university believes in providing a unique athletic experience through its Athletics program. The university is also a Division I South Region member in the NCCAA. Regent’s Men’s Basketball Team, nicknamed the Royals also finished the 2019-20 season with a win.
Regent University’s address is 1000 Regent University Dr, Virginia Beach, VA 23464, United States. You can contact the university via email or phone number which is +1 757-352-4127.
Regent University, which is located in Virginia Beach, VA is a private university. Regent University was founded in the year 1977. The motto of the Regent University is Christian Leadership to Change the World and its official colors are blue and green. In addition to over 4,408 undergraduate students, RU also boasts of over 5,957 students in its postgraduate courses, taking the total enrollment to over 8,630. The school has a total of 138 (Full-time) and 48 (Part-time) academic staff. These faculty teach different courses to the students. Around 61% of the students are 25 and over at Regent University. At RU around 55% are white, 26% are Black or African American, and 9% belong to Hispanic ethnicity. And, when it comes to gender distribution at the varsity, around 61% of the students are females and 39% are males. The college has produced several notable alumni including Bob McDonnell (Businessperson, Politician), Corey J. Hodges (Entrepreneur, Musician), Tony Hale (Television producer, Actor), and Winsome Sears (Politician) in its 43 years of existence. The school believes in the all-round growth of the students and therefore, encourages students to take part in several sporting activities, conducted inside the campus. At RU, 250 undergraduate and graduate-level programs, including both residential and online, are offered to the students. The university also has a long list of accreditations. It has been accredited by ABA (American Bar Association), ACBSP (Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs), APA (American Psychological Association), and ATS (Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada). $186 million is the total value of endowment of the Regent University.
