About

For over 125 years, Southwestern Adventist University has offered Christian education through Knowledge, Faith and Service. A small comprehensive university, the beautiful campus is located in Keene, Texas, about 20 minutes south of Fort Worth, Texas. 
 
SWAU offers personable professors, diverse undergraduate and graduate programs and countless ways for students to get involved on campus, in the community and abroad.
 
With more than 90 percent of students receiving financial aid, SWAU is highly ranked in affordability and awards more than $4 million in financial aid every year.
 
U.S. News and World Report ranks the University No. 11 overall in its 2021 Regional Colleges West rankings as well as No. 2 for Social Mobility. Niche ranks SWAU as one of Texas’ safest colleges.  
 
Featuring a diverse campus that includes students from nearly three dozen states and several dozen countries as well as an average student/teacher ratio of 11:1, SWAU offers a uniquely diverse and personal college experience.
 
Departments include biology, business administration, communications, computer science, education, English, history and social sciences, kinesiology, mathematics and physical sciences, music, nursing, psychology and religion.   
 
SWAU is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventists Schools, Colleges, and Universities, International Accreditation Council for Business Education, Texas Board of Nursing and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.   

For information, call 800-433-2240 or visit swau.edu.