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Discover & Develop Your Divine Design

At a glance · fall 2026

Board of Trustees

  • Dr. Doug Witherup Chairman
  • Dr. M. Wayne Blackburn Vice Chairman
  • Rev. John Jordan Secretary
  • Dr. Kent Ingle President
  • Rev. Tommy Barnett Chancellor
  • Rev. Abner Adorno
  • Rev. Roger Archer
  • Rev. Luke Barnett
  • Dr. Mark Batterson
  • Rev. Mark Jakelsky
  • Dr. Steve Mason
  • Rev. Ricardo Orsini
  • Dr. Jeffery Portmann
  • Mr. Matthew Potter
  • Rev. Nate Puccini
  • Dr. Terry Raburn
  • Rev. Judy Rachels
  • Rev. Ray Rachels
  • Dr. Terrell Roberts
  • Dr. Gabriel Salguero
  • Rev. Robert Sandler
  • Rev. Alex Seeley
  • Dr. Scott Williams

About SEU

Southeastern University is a Christ-centered institution of higher learning. We are committed to equipping the next generation of leaders so that they can go into the world as influential servant leaders in their careers and their communities.

Our Core Values

  1. A university absolutely committed to Christ-like formation
  2. A university of educational breadth and depth
  3. A university of faculty distinction
  4. A university that thinks globally
  5. A university committed to serving human needs in our community and in communities around the world
  6. A university characterized as a community of grace
  7. A university that is student-focused at all times

Our Five-Year Plan

To create a university of curricular, co-curricular and experiential excellence with a faculty of distinction, diverse student population, strong financial base, and a culture of high performance and quality.

View the University Strategic Plan (employee access required).

History of SEU

Since our founding in 1935, Southeastern University’s global impact has been marked by a deep commitment to the integration of faith, learning and service. Each student’s divine design is nurtured and unleashed through the investment of faculty and staff, relationships within the community, the rigor of scholarship, diverse learning experiences, and the discipline of spiritual formation, which propels students into a lifetime of serving the world in the Spirit of Christ.

Learn More about SEU's History

Black-and-white group photo of Southeastern students from the 1960s

SEU News

Missions

Through SEU Missions, we have created space for students to step into the domestic and international mission fields. See our latest stats and stories from recent trips.

Where SEU Missions Has Gone

2026-2027 Planned Trips

Dates and details for each trip are at seumissions.com/trips.

International (39)
  • Argentina
  • Asia Minor
  • Asia Pioneering
  • Baltics
  • Brazil
  • Bulgaria
  • Cambodia
  • Central Asia
  • Colombia
  • Czech Republic
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Ghana
  • Guatemala
  • Himalayas
  • Honduras
  • Ireland
  • Jamaica
  • Japan
  • Madagascar
  • Mexico
  • Mozambique
  • Nicaragua
  • North Africa
  • Norway Spring Break
  • Norway Summer
  • Romania
  • Sahara Desert
  • Silk Road
  • South Africa
  • South Asia
  • Southeast Asia
  • Spring Break Mystery Trip
  • Summer Mystery Trip
  • Taiwan
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zanzibar
Domestic (6)
  • Alaska
  • Appalachian Trail
  • Brooklyn, NY
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Puerto Rico
  • Short Creek, UT

2025-2026 Mission Trip Locations

The 2025–26 trips as reported by SEU Missions in October 2026. The 2025–26 Fact Book listed the trips planned for that year, so its list differs.

International (34)
  • Asia Islands
  • Asia Minor
  • Asia Pioneering
  • Brazil
  • Bulgaria
  • Cambodia
  • Cuba
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Ghana
  • Greece
  • Guatemala
  • Himalayas
  • Italy
  • Jamaica
  • Madagascar
  • Mexico
  • Middle East
  • Mozambique
  • Nicaragua
  • North Africa
  • Norway
  • Norway Summer
  • Romania
  • Sahara Desert
  • Silk Road
  • South Africa
  • South Asia
  • South Korea
  • Southeast Asia
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • Zambia
  • Zanzibar
Domestic (6)
  • Alaska
  • Brooklyn, NY
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Miami, FL
  • Puerto Rico
  • Short Creek, UT

The SEU Missions page may show different totals. Colombia and Uganda trips were planned for 2025-2026 but redirected, so they are not listed here.

2024-2025 Mission Trip Locations

International (30)
  • Amsterdam
  • Asia Islands
  • Bahamas
  • Bulgaria
  • Cambodia
  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
  • Cuba
  • Greece
  • Guatemala
  • Himalayas
  • Ireland
  • Jamaica
  • Jungle Mystery
  • Madagascar
  • Mexico
  • Middle East
  • Nicaragua
  • North Africa
  • Norway
  • Paris
  • Philippines
  • Silk Road
  • South Africa
  • South Asia
  • Southeast Asia
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zanzibar
Domestic (6)
  • Alaska
  • Brooklyn, NY
  • Chicago, IL
  • Miami, FL
  • Puerto Rico
  • West Coast Road Trip (Los Angeles, CA and Short Creek, UT)

Points of Excellence

There’s always something new and exciting happening at SEU! Here are a few notable highlights from the past year. Discover more at SEU.edu/news.

Enrollment Statistics

SEU was once again ranked in the top 1% of the fastest-growing private doctoral institutions in the nation by The Chronicle of Higher Education (2026–27 Almanac; SEU news release). We welcome students from across the country and around the world.

Enrollment Over Time

2026 Fall New Undergraduate Enrollment By Classification

  • 1,785 First-time undergraduates
  • 711 Transfer students
  • 4,756 New dual-enrolled students
  • 69.6% First-year retention, fall 2025 cohort
Two bar charts. New undergraduates by location and entry type: Lakeland UG 1,173; Sites UG 941; Online UG 505; Partnerships 142. The largest group is 925 first-time students at Lakeland UG. New and returning students by location: 8,105 new and 7,031 returning across all locations. Continuing, changed program: current SEU students who changed program, division or location this fall; not first-time or transfer entrants. Not shown in the entry panel: 6 new undergraduates at Partnerships (post-secondary division); 1 new undergraduate at Pre-Collegiate Studies (location not shown). The lower panel's Partnerships bar includes 56 graduate-division new students that the upper undergraduate panel excludes.

New and returning are as the census records them. New dual-enrolled students have a dual-enrollment application for this year, so some took SEU courses in an earlier term.

Continuing students who changed program are in the upper chart’s totals and count as new students in the lower chart. The lower chart counts every new student: its Partnerships bar adds graduate and post-secondary students, and its Pre-Collegiate Studies bar can include a student who is not dual-enrolled.

New undergraduates by location and entry type, and new and returning students by location, fall 2026
LocationPanelGroupCount
Lakeland UGNew undergraduatesContinuing, changed program15
Lakeland UGNew undergraduatesFirst-time925
Lakeland UGNew undergraduatesNon-degree1
Lakeland UGNew undergraduatesRe-applicant8
Lakeland UGNew undergraduatesTransfer224
Online UGNew undergraduatesContinuing, changed program91
Online UGNew undergraduatesFirst-time224
Online UGNew undergraduatesNon-degree4
Online UGNew undergraduatesRe-applicant22
Online UGNew undergraduatesTransfer164
PartnershipsNew undergraduatesContinuing, changed program5
PartnershipsNew undergraduatesFirst-time58
PartnershipsNew undergraduatesNon-degree53
PartnershipsNew undergraduatesRe-applicant6
PartnershipsNew undergraduatesTransfer20
Sites UGNew undergraduatesContinuing, changed program35
Sites UGNew undergraduatesFirst-time578
Sites UGNew undergraduatesRe-applicant25
Sites UGNew undergraduatesTransfer303
Divinity subscriptionNew and returning students by locationNew Student76
Divinity subscriptionNew and returning students by locationReturning Student128
GraduateNew and returning students by locationNew Student449
GraduateNew and returning students by locationReturning Student784
Lakeland UGNew and returning students by locationNew Student1,173
Lakeland UGNew and returning students by locationReturning Student1,325
Online UGNew and returning students by locationNew Student505
Online UGNew and returning students by locationReturning Student501
PartnershipsNew and returning students by locationNew Student204
PartnershipsNew and returning students by locationReturning Student516
Pre-Collegiate StudiesNew and returning students by locationNew Student4,757
Pre-Collegiate StudiesNew and returning students by locationReturning Student2,494
Sites UGNew and returning students by locationNew Student941
Sites UGNew and returning students by locationReturning Student1,283

Enrollment By Major

Ethnic Minority Percentage

Line chart of the ethnic minority share of fall students, excluding U.S. nonresidents and students of unknown race, 2016 to 2026: 35.5% rising to 44.7%; the high was 44.7% in 2026.

Ethnic minority means Hispanic or Latino of any race, Black or African American, Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, or two or more races. U.S. nonresidents and students of unknown race are left out of the total.

Few students were recorded as two or more races before 2018, so part of the rise from 2017 to 2019 (up to about 3 points) reflects that change in recording.

2016 to 2023 are the printed figures; 2016 and 2017 were figured another way and would be 37.8% and 36.2% on this basis. The 2024–25 and 2025–26 books showed 35.3% for 2016; 35.5% is the 2020–21 to 2023–24 printed value (2,062 of 5,804).

From 2024 the share is computed from the same race counts as Enrollment Over Time, whose Other or unknown row combines groups that count as minority with groups that do not, so it cannot be rebuilt from that chart’s groups alone. The 2024–25 and 2025–26 fact books showed 38.3% for 2024 and 39.4% for 2025, counting every student in the total (2024 also used an older race coding).

Ethnic minority share of fall students, excluding U.S. nonresidents and students of unknown race
YearPercent
201635.5
201737.1
201839.5
201942.4
202041.9
202143.3
202242.0
202344.4
202444.5
202543.9
202644.7

Enrollment By State/ U.S. Territory and International Enrollment

On-Campus Enrollment

Stacked column chart of Lakeland campus students by fall, 2016 to 2026, residents and commuters. In 2026 there were 2,508 students on campus: 1,821 residents and 687 commuters.

Falls 2016 to 2023 are as printed in the earlier fact books, except where noted; later falls are counted from the census. Fall 2022 commuters are 650, as printed in the 2022–23 and 2023–24 Fact Books; the 2024–25 and 2025–26 editions showed 620.

Fall 2026’s 2,508 counts students at the Lakeland traditional campus, so it differs slightly from the 2,498 Lakeland UG in Enrollment Over Time.

Lakeland campus students by fall, residents and commuters
YearResidentsCommuters
20161,792995
20171,6371,111
20181,7211,133
20191,615806
20201,4641,333
20211,577743
20221,609650
20231,584627
20241,555688
20251,562661
20261,821687

Academics

Academic Programs

SEU offers more than 120 degree programs at the associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels.

School of Honors

The SEU School of Honors is designed for students with a record of academic success who would like to be challenged in preparation for their careers or continued graduate studies.

  • 543 Honors graduates In the 18 years since the School of Honors began

Learn More about the School of Honors

Yearly School of Honors Enrollment

Column chart of School of Honors fall enrollment, 2016 to 2026. Enrollment grew from 183 students in 2016 to a high of 248 in 2024, and was 210 in 2026. Average GPA ran from 3.70 to 3.83; 2025: 3.76. The average is the mean cumulative GPA of each fall's honors students; students with no GPA yet or a GPA below 2.0 are not included. The 2026 GPA is added once that year's grades have posted.

Enrollment counts students with the School of Honors flag who registered for a fall course, as earlier fact books did, so it includes students who completed honors as undergraduates and are now in SEU graduate programs.

Average GPA is taken as of when the figure was compiled. Students with no GPA yet or a GPA below 2.0 are left out, so the group can differ from the enrollment count.

School of Honors fall enrollment and average GPA
YearEnrollmentGPA
20161833.76
20171953.82
20182073.80
20192173.80
20202043.83
20212143.80
20222323.70
20232373.79
20242483.80
20252263.76
2026210

Recent Honors Projects

Honors graduates complete a thesis, a creative project or a portfolio. Three recent theses, chosen by the School of Honors to show its interdisciplinary range:

Browse honors theses on Fire Scholars

Faculty

Our SEU faculty are Christian educators who lead by example, providing not only academic knowledge but also spiritual support and mentorship to students.

Faculty Listing

Faculty Rank

Bar chart of full-time faculty by academic rank: Professor 49; Associate Professor 37; Assistant Professor 33; Instructor 2; Lecturer 1. 122 in all. 7 of 129 faculty have no academic rank on record and are not shown.
Full-time faculty by academic rank
RankCount
Professor49
Associate Professor37
Assistant Professor33
Instructor2
Lecturer1

Employees

Bar chart of faculty and staff by category, fall 2026: Adjuncts 691; Teaching Faculty 191; Faculty 129; Professional 259; Executive 100; Technical 72; Clerical 38. 1,480 in all. Active employees in Paycom, not counting student workers, graduate assistants or other temporary staff. Adjuncts Paycom lists as Temporary are counted. Adjuncts are split by the credit hours they taught as lead instructor in 2025–26 and are counted whether or not they teach this fall.

Faculty are the employees HR classifies as full-time instructional staff, the group SEU reports to IPEDS Human Resources. They include the teachers at SEU's secondary school, Pathways School of Excellence; deans and other staff who also teach are counted in their own categories.

Adjuncts include those Paycom lists as Temporary, which the 2025–26 edition left out.

Faculty and staff by category
CategoryCount
Adjuncts691
Teaching Faculty191
Faculty129
Professional259
Executive100
Technical72
Clerical38

Instructional Faculty Demographics

Stacked bar chart of full-time instructional faculty by race and ethnicity within gender. Female (70 faculty): White 70%, Hispanic or Latino 16%, Black or African American 7%, Asian 3%, Other or unknown 4%. Male (58 faculty): White 81%, Hispanic or Latino 7%, Black or African American 10%, Asian 2%. 1 of 129 faculty has no gender on record and is not shown.

Race and ethnicity come from Paycom. The 2025–26 chart showed American Indian or Alaska Native separately.

Full-time instructional faculty by race and ethnicity within gender
GenderEthnicityCountShare
FemaleAsian23%
FemaleBlack or African American57%
FemaleHispanic or Latino1116%
FemaleOther or unknown34%
FemaleWhite4970%
MaleAsian12%
MaleBlack or African American610%
MaleHispanic or Latino47%
MaleWhite4781%

Class Size

Alumni

Alumni Relations

The influence of Southeastern University’s alumni spans the globe. See what our graduates have accomplished since their time with SEU.

Alumni Stories

  • 25,410 Graduates
  • 28,063 Degrees & certificates awarded

Outcomes

Retention and graduation follow each entering class of first-time, full-time freshmen. Of the students who started in fall 2025, 69.6% returned the next fall. Of those who started in fall 2020, 48.8% earned an SEU undergraduate degree or certificate within six years.

SEU Network

  • 41 States & territories
  • 217 Partner Sites
  • 12 Regional Campuses
  • 11 International Partners

Partner Sites

SEU has 229 sites across the United States: regional campuses and partner sites.
Learn More about partner sites

U.S. Locations

International Partnerships

Students in other countries study with SEU online, some through its 11 international partners:

  • Abundant Life International School (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
  • Beddington Pentecostal Church (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
  • Community Fellowship Centre
  • Experience Church (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
  • Instituto Universitario Franco Inglés de México (Mexico)
  • Kyoto International University (Kyoto, Japan)
  • Oasis City Church (North Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada)
  • Okinawa Christian School International (Okinawa, Japan)
  • Universitatea Moldo-Americană (Chisinau, Moldova)
  • Urban Tribes (uMhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
  • Watoto Christian Hall (Kampala, Uganda)

High Impact Sites/Partnerships

  • Bayside Community Church, Bradenton, FL
  • Calvary Christian Center, Ormond Beach, FL
  • Celebration Church, Jacksonville, FL
  • Christ Fellowship, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
  • Christian Life Center, Ft Lauderdale, FL
  • Classical Conversations Plus, Southern Pines, NC
  • Countryside Christian Center, Clearwater, FL
  • Dream City Church, Phoenix, AZ
  • Elevation Church, Matthews, NC
  • Emmanuel Christian Center, Spring Lake Park, MN
  • Faith Assembly of God, Orlando, FL
  • Grace Church, Houston, TX
  • Grace City Church, Lakeland, FL
  • Journey Church, Kenosha, WI
  • Meadowbrook Church, Ocala, FL
  • Motion Church, Puyallup, WA
  • Multiply Church, Concord, NC
  • New Life Church, Conway, AR
  • Ohio Ministry Network, Columbus, OH
  • OneHope, Pompano Beach, FL
  • People's Church, Oklahoma City, OK
  • The Belonging Co. Church, Inc, Franklin, TN
  • The Church at Chapelhill, Douglasville, GA
  • Thriving Churches, Int'l, Roseville, CA
  • Valley Creek Church, Flower Mound, TX
  • Vous Church, Miami, FL

Pre-Collegiate Studies

Pre-Collegiate Studies brings SEU courses to high school students through dual enrollment. Its 7,251 students in fall 2026 were 47.9% of SEU’s fall enrollment.

  • 7,251 Students, fall 2026
  • 4,756 New dual-enrolled students
  • 162 Partner schools & programs
  • 18 States with partners

Enrollment Over Time

Column chart of Pre-Collegiate Studies fall enrollment, 2018 to 2026: 2,105 students in 2018, 3,112 in 2019, 2,962 in 2020, 2,816 in 2021, 3,899 in 2022, 4,464 in 2023, 5,387 in 2024, 6,626 in 2025 and 7,251 in 2026. Every fall is counted on the census's current definition.

Fall census headcount, counting each student once. Since fall 2024 Pre-Collegiate Studies counts every dual-enrolled high school student. Earlier falls are restated to that definition, so they are higher than in Enrollment Over Time, which keeps the counts made at the time, when many dual-enrolled students were counted under other locations.

Pre-Collegiate Studies students by fall, 2018 to 2026
YearStudents
20182,105
20193,112
20202,962
20212,816
20223,899
20234,464
20245,387
20256,626
20267,251

Where Students Study

Bar chart of where Pre-Collegiate Studies students studied in fall 2026: Dual-enrollment partner schools 3,182; Partner programs 2,484; Online 1,130; Lakeland campus 136; SEU Network sites 303; Outside the United States 16. 7,251 students in all.

Each student is counted once, at the location the fall census records. Dual-enrollment partner schools are high schools that partner with SEU; partner programs are partnerships such as Classical Conversations Plus. SEU Network sites are regional campuses and partner sites that also host Pre-Collegiate Studies students.

Where Pre-Collegiate Studies students studied, fall 2026
SettingStudents
Dual-enrollment partner schools3,182
Partner programs2,484
Online1,130
Lakeland campus136
SEU Network sites303
Outside the United States16

Partner Schools & Programs

5,666 students studied at 162 partners in 18 states: 119 dual-enrollment partner schools and 43 partner programs.

U.S. Partner Locations

Financials

Financial Aid

Financial Aid Highlights

  • 99% of on-campus undergraduate students receive financial aid.
  • $23,856 average award amount
  • $37.7M in financial aid awarded in 2025-26

Tuition & Fees

2026-2027

Cost of Attendance Comparison

See how SEU’s estimated yearly cost of attendance for a full-time, first-time undergraduate living on campus compares with other private universities in 2024–25. Cost of attendance, as reported to IPEDS, includes tuition and fees, food and housing, books and supplies, and other expenses. The University of Valley Forge, shown for that year, ended instruction at the end of summer 2026.

Bar chart comparing annual cost of attendance for 12 private universities, 2024–25: Southeastern University $53,480 ranks 4 of 12; highest Florida Southern College $63,200; lowest Lee University $39,460. Assemblies of God schools are marked AG.
Annual cost of attendance, SEU and other private universities, 2024–25
SchoolAssemblies of GodAnnual cost
Florida Southern College$63,200
Palm Beach Atlantic University$62,342
Vanguard UniversityYes$60,445
Southeastern UniversityYes$53,480
Oral Roberts University$51,850
Northwest UniversityYes$51,367
University of Valley ForgeYes$47,032
North Central UniversityYes$46,710
Liberty University$44,489
Nelson UniversityYes$42,412
Evangel UniversityYes$42,190
Lee University$39,460

Main Campus Information

Fire Athletics

Southeastern University is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and competes in The Sun Conference, with wrestling in the Southern States Athletic Conference. Below are just some of the many highlights from the 2025–2026 year.

Fuel the Fire

Campus Housing & Capacity

SEU students who live on our Lakeland campus enjoy a wide variety of amenities, as well as continual support from residence life staff and opportunities to connect with the campus community.

View Housing & Dining Information

Stacked column chart of Lakeland campus students by fall, 2016 to 2026, residents and commuters, with a line for housing capacity. In 2026 there were 1,821 residents and 687 commuters; housing capacity was 1,877, 97% occupied.

Falls 2016 to 2023 are as printed in the earlier fact books, except where noted; later falls are counted from the census. Fall 2022 commuters are 650, as printed in the 2022–23 and 2023–24 Fact Books; the 2024–25 and 2025–26 editions showed 620.

Lakeland campus residents and commuters by fall, with housing capacity
YearResidentsCommutersCapacityOccupancy
20161,7929951,84397%
20171,6371,1111,84289%
20181,7211,1331,83694%
20191,6158061,83488%
20201,4641,3331,69986%
20211,5777431,69993%
20221,6096501,79190%
20231,5846271,76490%
20241,5556881,81886%
20251,5626611,73490%
20261,8216871,87797%

Clubs & Organizations

SEU offers students multiple ways to get involved, connect with the community, and build skills.

Learn More about getting involved

Library & Computer Resources

Resources are accessible on-campus within the Steelman Library; many are also available online.

Books (print)
78,465
Videos
2,536
eBooks
306,324
Online videos
65,603
eNewspapers
9,247
Other
2,485
Total resources
464,660
Computers for students
100
Students talking outside the Steelman Library

Student Support

SEU provides students with a wide variety of support services, making it easy to find the help they want and the resources they need.

Learn More about the Center for Student Success