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Spring Arbor University Reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(73 total reviews)

Dr. Brant Ellis

84% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Spring Arbor University has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 73 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Spring Arbor University employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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73 reviews
1.0
1 Jan 2024
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Pros

There are many students who are committed to grow their faith in Christ and motivated to learn. Staff are talented, and very supportive. Most faculty are deeply invested in mentoring, training, and discipling students.

Cons

Unfortunately, the university is in a sad state under the current administration. This president brought in peers from his former university in TX, and none (especially the provost, who is somehow still in place after receiving a faculty vote of no confidence 3 years ago) seem to have a true concern for the traditions and commitment to faith for which God has blessed SAU these last 150 years. They have largely replaced our commitment to Christ with a focus on athletics, the sense of community is now extremely fractured, and many folks are leaving or being let go. Many folks have expressed concerns the current administration might even run the place right out of business. The Board of Trustees remains oblivious or unresponsive. I would recommend not joining SAU until a new administration is in place.

2.0
12 Mar 2009
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Pros

Friendly atmosphere and a collegial environment. Students can be very good to work with sometimes. Disagreements are well tolerated in most cases, but it does depend on the nature of those disagreements. The Christian confession of the school is taken quite seriously and that makes for an excellent faith community that is very tightly bonded together. The faculty and staff are a pretty compassionate and caring bunch and they are, for the most part, a joy to work with. There is also an exercise facility on campus that faculty and staff can use at their leisure. The administration tries to be fair.

Cons

The pay is lousy. There is no other way to say this. The health benefits were quite good at one time, but now have degenerated into an plan that covers very little and leaves paying for lots of things out of pocket. Some of the students are a pain. They expect much in the way of grades for virtually no investment by them. Academic achievement is very underrated and funds for research are scant. There is a grant officer who works very hard, but she has little to work with. Previous administrators have expressed little respect for the work done by faculty.

3.0
21 Mar 2025
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Pros

Got to live on campus full time in housing Offered health benefits

Cons

President made over $300,000 while my wife and I starved Absolute war between administration and faculty Everything's broken with no budget Growth opportunities are a lie

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