While answering the questions on a routine form late last fall, one of our December graduates offered a few additional comments.  Describing herself as a “non-traditional student” who chose to come here because “Harry Brock was my CEO and was always promoting Samford,” she said that she had been enrolled at Samford “off and on for 20 years.”  “Attending Samford University has been the most challenging event in my life, as well as the most wonderful and memorable,” she said, adding “I’ll always have a place in my heart for Samford University . . .”  

 

The world is better because of non-traditional students who pursue their dreams, regardless of how long it takes to attain them.

 
Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 5,791 students from 49 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks 6th nationally for its Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.