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School Details

Samford University was founded as Howard College in 1841 and continues today as a private, co-educational institution located in Homewood, Alabama. Samford was originally founded when members of the Siloam Baptist Church acquired land and invited the Alabama Baptist Convention to build a new Baptist School in that location. The school remains to have an affiliation with the Alabama Baptist Convention.

Samford is currently divided into the following degree-granting units:

• Howard College of Arts & Sciences
• Brock School of Business
• Beeson Divinity School
• Beeson School of Education & Professional Studies
• Cumberland School of Law
• Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing
• School of the Arts
• McWhorter School of Pharmacy

There are undergraduate, graduate and professional programs available at SU. The individual colleges at Samford also offer some online programs, generally at the graduate level.