| Location: | Midwest |
| Setting: | Large Town Setting |
| Type: | Private |
| Affiliation: | Church of the Nazarene |
| Size: | Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad) |
Southern Nazarene University educates students for responsible Christian living within the contexts of the liberal arts, selected professional and graduate studies, a Wesleyan-holiness theological perspective, and a cross-cultural community life. Through its primary relationship to the Church of the Nazarene in the South Central Region of the USA, the University is the church at work in higher education integrating faith, learning, and life.
Southern Nazarene University (also known as SNU and So-Naz) is a Christian liberal arts college located in Bethany, Oklahoma.
SNU's history is one of various mergers and, therefore, one of several differing institutions. While SNU claims its founding date as 1899, that founding date refers to an institution that merged with what is now SNU. The current campus and college date back to 1906.
Texas Holiness University was established in 1899, by one A.M. Hills, at Peniel, a small holiness community outside Greenville, Texas. It was sponsored by the Holiness Association of Texas, but the association disbanded in 1910 after many of its members united with the Nazarenes. The school became a Nazarene institution, supported by the Dallas District. In 1920, Peniel College (as it had been renamed) merged with Oklahoma Nazarene College in Bethany, Oklahoma to form Bethany-Peniel College.
A school founded by Fannie Suddarth opened in Vilonia, Arkansas opened in 1900. It was thought to have a Free Methodist affiliation but became a part of the Eastern Council of the Holiness Church of Christ in 1906. After the Holiness Church of Christ merged with the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene, the school functioned under the Arkansas District. Arkansas Holiness College, as it was called, merged with the college at Bethany in 1931.
Mattie Hoke founded a Bible school in Hutchinson, Kansas in 1905. It was supported by a local holiness congregation, later by the Kansas and Nebraska Districts of the Church of the Nazarene. In 1940, its financial situation overwhelmed it and it merged with the college at Bethany.
Another school was established at Pilot Point, Texas in 1905 by the Holiness Church of Christ. After the Holiness Church of Christ merged with the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene in 1908, the school was renamed Nazarene Bible Institute and became an official institution of the Abilene District. Then, in 1911, it was moved to Hamlin, Texas, and took on the name of a Nazarene school there: Central Nazarene College. Central Nazarene College later merged in 1929 with the Bethany-Peniel College.
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| Percent of Students International: | 0% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 45% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | No |
| Member of: | NAA, NAIA |
| Sports Include: |
Football (Central States Football League) Basketball (Sooner Athletic Conference) Baseball (Sooner Athletic Conference) Track (Sooner Athletic Conference) |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 12,870 | ||
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 768 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 3,297 | 23% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 1,412 | 10% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 3,682 | 100% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 3,624 | 82% | |
Any Aid: |
100% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 100% (Open Admissions) |
| Application Fee: | $ 25.00 |
