About Southern Adventist University

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Southern Adventist University is a private Seventh-day Adventist scholastic in Collegedale, Tennessee. It is owned and operated by the Southern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. It was founded in 1892 in Graysville, Tennessee, as Graysville Academy and was the first Adventist literary in the southern U.S.. Due to the compulsion for other space for build up the studious relocated in 1916 and was renamed Southern Junior College. In 1944, Southern began awarding baccalaureate degrees and was renamed Southern Missionary College. In 1996 the institution started conferring master’s degrees and adopted its current name.

Southern offers associate, baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral degrees. It is accredited by combined organizations including the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Its Institute of Archaeology offers an undergraduate degree in biblical archaeology; Southern is one of lonely two schools which have the funds for the degree. It is known for its emphasis on Adventist beliefs and conservative religious and social practices, and is considered the most conservative of the Seventh-day Adventist schools in North America. The university operates a radio station (WSMC-FM), a health food stock and a wellness center. Enrollment was 3,053 students in 2010, its highest level to date.

Collegedale is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 8,282 at the 2010 census and 11,492 in a 2018 estimate. Collegedale is a suburb of Chattanooga and is allocation of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Collegedale is home to Southern Adventist University. The median household income is one of the highest in Hamilton County. It has been ranked as one of the best and safest places to breathing in Tennessee. The unincorporated community of Ooltewah is an enclave in Collegedale.