The University

Our Mission

To educate students for Christian service and leadership throughout the world.

Our Promise

ACU is a vibrant, innovative, Christ-centered community that engages students in authentic spiritual and intellectual growth, equipping them to make a real difference in the world.

Enrollment/Demographics

Each year, ACU generally attracts students from 51 states and territories, and 45 nations. They are students of high character who value the university’s focus on quality education with a Christ-centered focus. In Fall 2020:

Total Enrollment

Undergraduate Students

International Students

Abilene Campus

ACU Dallas (online)

Ethnic Diversity Percentage of the Student Body

The Choice of Education Experts

U.S. News & World Report and Forbes regularly include Abilene Christian in their “America’s Best Colleges” publications.

For the second consecutive year, ACU is once again the highest-ranking university in Texas in a U.S. News benchmark focused on programs that lead to student success. The publication highlighted the best institutions in the nation, with ACU achieving top 10 status in three of eight areas of emphasis that impact student success:

FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE

(1) Agnes Scott College; (2) Elon; (3) South Carolina; (4) Abilene Christian, Amherst College; (6) Georgia State; (7) Berea College; (8) Appalachian State; (9) Arizona State, Yale

LEARNING COMMUNITIES

(1) Elon; (2) Yale; (3) Agnes Scott College; (4) Princeton; (5) Georgia State; (6) Evergreen State College; (7) Appalachian State, Dartmouth College; (9) Abilene Christian, Michigan State

SERVICE LEARNING

(1) Berea College; (2) Elon; (3) Tulane; (4) Boston College; (5) Portland State, Notre Dame; (7) Georgetown; (8) Duke; (9) Stanford; (10) Abilene Christian

No other Texas university was named in the top 10 of any category. Abilene Christian also ranked #44 nationally in the Undergraduate Research category. ACU is the only Texas institution to be ranked in four of the eight categories.

In the 2021 U.S. News “America’s Best Colleges,” ACU ranked 15th overall among Regional Universities (West), including:

#3

Undergraduate Teaching

#4

Most Innovative

#9

Best Value

#9

Best Colleges for Veterans

For the 11th time in the last 12 years, ACU has been recognized as one of the Great Colleges to Work For by The Chronicle of Higher Education. And for the second time in a decade, ACU is also among 30 four-year institutions named to the “Great Colleges” Honor Roll for achievements in five categories: Facilities, Workspace and Security; Job Satisfaction; Professional/Career Development Programs; Supervisor/Department Chair Relationship; and Work/Life Balance.