Mission Statement

Anderson University is an academic community affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention. It offers undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs to make graduates market-place ready and life-long competitive in knowledge, skill, and ability. It is a biblically-based Christian university that welcomes people from diverse backgrounds to be members of an academic community characterized by uncommon civility and hospitality. Rooted in the liberal arts, wholesome values, and time-honored social and economic principles, we equip graduates to be world citizens who lead productive, impactful and virtuous lives.