{{Short description|Seventh-day Adventist college in Orlando, Florida, US}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox university | name = AdventHealth University | image = Seal-of-AdventHealth-University.svg | image_upright = 0.7 | caption = Seal of AdventHealth University | former_names = Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences (1992–2012)<br>Adventist University of Health Sciences (2012–2019) | type = Private | established = {{Start date and age|1992}} | accreditation = SACS, AOTA | affiliation = AdventHealth | academic_affiliations = NAICU • ICUF | religious_affiliation = Seventh-day Adventist Church | endowment = $11.2 million USD (2023) | president = C. Josef Ghosn<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2023/04/24/adventhealth-university-names-new-president.html|title=AdventHealth University names Josef Ghosen its new president|last=Lynch|first=Ryan|date=April 24, 2023|newspaper=Orlando Business Journal|url-access=subscription|access-date=July 31, 2024}}</ref> | provost = Karen Benn Marshall<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ahu.edu/about-ahu/university-leadership|title=University Leadership|access-date=July 24, 2024}}</ref> | academic_staff = 296 (fall 2023)<ref name="NCES">[https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=133872 AdventHealth University]. National Center for Education Statistics (College Navigator). Retrieved July 5, 2025.</ref> | students = 1,692 (spring 2025)<ref name=statistics/> | undergrad = 1,221 (spring 2025)<ref name=statistics/> | postgrad = 471 (spring 2025)<ref name=statistics/> | city = Orlando | state = Florida | country = United States | coordinates = {{coord|28|34|35|N|81|22|3|W|type:edu|display=inline,title}} | campus_type = Large city<ref name="NCES" /> | campus_size = {{Convert|9|acre|ha}} | free_label = Other campuses | free = {{hlist|Tampa|Denver}} | colors = Dark blue, light blue, dark green, and light green<br>{{color box|#006298}} {{color box|#00A0DD}} {{color box|#01625D}} {{color box|#7FBE41}} | website = {{URL|ahu.edu}} | logo = Logo-of-AdventHealth-University.png | logo_size = 250px | mapframe = yes }} {{Seventh-day Adventism}} '''AdventHealth University''' ('''AHU''') is a private health sciences university in Orlando, Florida, United States. It is affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the AdventHealth hospital system, a network of faith-based healthcare facilities. The university also operates campuses in Tampa and Denver. AHU offers more than 20 programs at the associate, bachelor's, master's, professional's and doctoral degrees, including online and certificate options.<ref name=ahu>{{Cite web|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school?133872-AdventHealth|title=AdventHealth University|website=College Scorecard|access-date=October 8, 2025}}</ref> AHU has published 209 scientific papers on many different subjects.<ref name=statistics>{{Cite web|url=https://edurank.org/uni/adventhealth-university/|title=AdventHealth University: Statistics|date=March 2, 2025|website=EduRank|access-date=October 8, 2025}}</ref>
In 2022, AdventHealth University was designated by the United States Department of Education a Hispanic-Serving Institution.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wftv.com/news/local/orange-county/adventhealth-university-designated-hispanic-serving-institution/XJA2PFULVVBSPF65DAHZQWKRGI|title=AdventHealth University designated as 'Hispanic Serving Institution'|last=Wilson|first=Sarah|date=April 2, 2022|website=WFTV|access-date=October 6, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hispanicoutlook.com/articles/committed-health-care|title=Committed to Health Care|last=Stern|first=Gary|date=July 2022|website=The Hispanic Outlook on Education Magazine|access-date=October 6, 2025}}</ref>
==Early history== AHU traces its origins to a nursing program started in 1913 at Florida Sanitarium (now AdventHealth Orlando). In 1983, a two-year associate degree in nursing began under the sponsorship of Southern College (now Southern Adventist University).<ref>{{cite web|title=School of Nursing: About Us|url=http://www1.southern.edu/academics/academic-sites/nursing/aboutus.html|publisher=southern.edu|access-date=2015-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523125423/http://www1.southern.edu/academics/academic-sites/nursing/aboutus.html|archive-date=2015-05-23|url-status=dead}}</ref> Plans to establish a standalone institution began in 1990, led by hospital chaplain David Greenlaw, who became the founding president.<ref>Esser, Lisa Marie (August 17, 2020). "[https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/article?id=A8U5 AdventHealth University]." ''Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists''. Accessed July 11, 2025.</ref>
==1992–2019== In 1992, Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences was founded.<ref name=founded>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biospace.com/adventist-university-of-health-sciences-to-rebrand-as-adventhealth-university|title=Adventist University of Health Sciences to Rebrand as AdventHealth University|date=August 15, 2018|website=BioSpace|access-date=October 3, 2025}}</ref> On November 10, 1995, FHCHS became accrediated by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology.<ref name=accrediation>{{Cite web|url=https://www.collegeraptor.com/colleges/academics/AdventHealth-University-FL--133872|title=AdventHealth University (no-board)|website=College Raptor|access-date=October 8, 2025}}</ref> On January 1, 1996, it became accrediated by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.<ref name=accrediation/> On September 22, 1997, it became accrediated by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing<ref name=accrediation/> On October 10, 2003, it became accrediated by the Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine.<ref name=accrediation/> On October 11, 2007, it became accrediated by the Council on Accrediation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs.<ref name=accrediation/> In 2012, Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences changed its name to Adventist University of Health Sciences. On April 27, 2013, AUHS became accrediated by American Occupational Therapy Association and the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education.<ref name=accrediation/> On January 2, 2019, Adventist University of Health Sciences rebranded to AdventHealth University.<ref name=founded/>
==2022–present== In October 2022, it partnered with Full Sail University to open a technology laboratory for healthcare education.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soderstrom |first=Alex |date=October 13, 2022 |title=Exclusive: First look at Orlando health tech lab opened by Full Sail, AdventHealth University |newspaper=Orlando Business Journal|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2022/10/13/florida-orlando-health-tech-adventhealth-school.html|url-access=subscription|access-date=December 22, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wftv.com/news/local/orange-county/adventhealth-university-full-sail-university-open-health-care-technology-lab/HKMSQDXQ65DBTKHBV6JAXE5RI4/|title=AdventHealth University, Full Sail University open health care technology lab|last=Caldwell|first=Brittney|date=October 16, 2022|website=WFTV|access-date=October 7, 2025}}</ref> In December 2023, AdventHealth partnered with Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine to train physicians to keep them in the Orlando metropolitan area. Students from the new college will be able to work at AdventHealth hospitals; AdventHealth employees and AHU students will be able to take courses at OCOM. And when OCOM opened in 2024, many of its faculty were physicians from AdventHealth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2023/12/12/orlando-college-osteopathic-medicine-adventhealth.html|title=AdventHealth University, new osteopathic college partner to meet region's need for doctors|last=Lynch|first=Ryan|date=December 12, 2023|newspaper=Orlando Business Journal|url-access=subscription|access-date=October 7, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.orangeobserver.com/news/2023/dec/19/ocom-adventhealth-university-partner-to-develop-physicians/|title=OCOM, AdventHealth University partner to develop physicians|last=Sikes|first=Annabelle|date=December 19, 2023|newspaper=Southwest Orange Observer|access-date=October 7, 2025}}</ref> In 2024, AHU opened a Welcome Center in Orlando and broke ground on a new simulation center, scheduled to open in 2026.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.growthspotter.com/2024/04/21/adventhealth-university-to-break-ground-on-new-classroom-building-at-downtown-campus/|title=AdventHealth University to break ground on new classroom building at downtown campus|last=Kinsley|first=Laura|date=April 21, 2024|website=GrowthSpotter|access-date=October 3, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2024/06/07/adventhealth-university-new-construction-florida.html|title=AdventHealth University to begin trio of new construction projects|last=Lynch|first=Ryan|date=June 7, 2024|newspaper=Orlando Business Journal|url-access=subscription|access-date=October 3, 2025}}</ref>
In late October 2024, the university began to offer certificates to high school students.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/adventhealth-university-offers-certificates-for-high-schoolers-5-things-to-know/|title=AdventHealth University offers certicates for high schoolers: 5 things to know|last=Kuchno|first=Kristin|date=October 24, 2024|magazine=Becker's Hospital Review|access-date=October 6, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wusf.org/health-news-florida/2024-10-27/adventhealth-university-offers-certifications-for-high-schoolers|title=AdventHealth University offers health care certifications for high schoolers|last=Prieur|first=Danielle|date=October 27, 2024|website=WUSF|access-date=October 6, 2025}}</ref> The following month, AdventHealth University Tampa opened.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.floridatrend.com/article/41608/nurses-the-next-generation/|title= Nurses: The Next Generation|last=Alexander|first=Aimee|date=November 14, 2024|magazine=Florida Trend| access-date=July 11, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/adventhealth-university-opens-nursing-school-5-things-to-know/|title=AdventHealth University opens nursing school: 5 things to know|last=Kuchno|first=Kristin|date=November 14, 2024|magazine=Becker's Hospital Review|access-date=October 3, 2025}}</ref> In 2025, Howell Construction expanded AdventHealth University Denver in Greenwood Village, Colorado for $5 million. The Colorado campus is in the same building as AdventHealth Rocky Mountain Region.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2025/02/13/small-health-care-university-near-denver-expands.html|title=Health care university expands Denver-area campus|last=Romano|first=Analisa|date=February 13, 2025|newspaper=Denver Business Journal|url-access=subscription|access-date=October 3, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://milehighcre.com/howell-completes-adventhealth-university-denver-expansion/|title=Howell Completes AdventHealth University Denver Expansion|date=October 1, 2025|website=Mile High CRE|access-date=October 3, 2025}}</ref>
==Statistics== ===Ranking=== By EduRank in March 2025, the university is #6,459 of 14,131 on earth; #1,785 of 2,597 in North America; #1,698 of 2496 in the United States; #69 of 109 in Florida; #3 of 6 in Orlando and #4,706 of 4,826 for surgery.<ref name=statistics/>
===Money=== At the four year university the average annual cost is $31,885, and the median earnings of former students is $72,282.<ref name=ahu/>
===Ratio=== The acceptance rate at the university is 100%.<ref name=statistics/><ref name=ahu/> The graduation rate at the university is 55%, and the student loan rate is 55%.<ref name=ahu/> 40% of the students are full-time, and 60% of the students are part-time.<ref name=ahu/> The student ratio at the university is: 37% Hispanics, 31% Whites, 17% Blacks, 4% Asians, 3% nonresident alien, 3% two or more races, 1% Hawaiians or other Pacific Islander.<ref name=ahu/> While the faculty ratio is: 64% White, 15% Black, 12% Hispanic, 5% Asian and 5% two or more races.<ref name=ahu/> The geographic ratio of students is: 87.8% from Florida, 12.22% from another state and 2.17% from another country. The majority of the international students come from Brazil, Jamaica and Bermuda.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://collegefactual.com/colleges/adventist-university-of-health-sciences/student-life/diversity/|title=AHU Demographics & Diversity Report|website=college factual|access-date=October 9, 2025}}</ref> In 2025, the majority of the students are female with 81% and males are only 19%.<ref name=statistics/>
==See also== * List of Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities * List of Seventh-day Adventist hospitals
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==Further reading== *{{Cite web|url=https://www.wftv.com/news/local/growing-demand-womens-health-care-services-prompts-new-program-adventhealth-university/42I7X5GT3BAMJKCII6RICNCEVQ/|title=Growing demand for women's health care services prompts new program at AdventHealth University|last=Martello|first=Sam|last2=Tutten|first2=James|date=February 5, 2025|website=WFTV|access-date=October 7, 2025|ref=none}} *{{Cite web|url=https://centralfloridahealthnews.com/warner-university-adventhealth-university-partner-to-create-new-healthcare-career-pathways|title=Warner University & AdventHealth University Partner to Create New Healthcare Career Pathways|last=Pierce|first=Rebekah|date=May 22, 2025|website=Central Florida Health News|access-date=October 7, 2025|ref=none}} *{{Cite web|url=https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/youre-not-selling-anymore-adventhealth-university-leaders-key-to-workforce-development/|title='You're not selling anymore': AdventHealth University leader's key to workforce development|last=Gooch|first=Kelly|date=July 7, 2025|magazine=Becker's Hospital Review|access-date=October 7, 2025|ref=none}}
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