Seventh-day Adventist education

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Seventh-day Adventist educational system

Type	Religious/Non-Profit
Location	Silver Spring, Maryland, US
Region served	Worldwide
Parent organization	General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Website	education.adventist.org

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The Seventh-day Adventist educational system, part of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, is overseen by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists located in Silver Spring, Maryland. It is considered as the largest Protestant educational system and second largest Christian educational system in the world. The educational system is a Christian school-based system.^[1][2]

In 2023, the Seventh-day Adventist Church has associations with a total of 9,845 educational institutions operating in over 100 countries around the world with over 2,177,933 million students worldwide.

The denominationally-based school system began in the 1870s.^[3]

In 2023, the Seventh-day Adventist Church has associations with a total of 9,845 educational institutions operating in over 100 countries around the world with over 2,177,933 million students worldwide.^[4][5]

There are 6,897 Primary Schools with 1,403,901 students.^[4]

There are 2,793 Secondary Schools with 615,171 students.^[4]

There are 116 Tertiary Institutions with 148,775 students.^[4] The Adventist Church, usually through Union-level administrative units, is associated with post secondary educational institutions around the world, including training institutes, junior colleges and four-year universities, and medical schools, including those associated with Adventist hospitals.

The North American Division Office of Education coordinates with 1,049 schools with 65,000 students in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda.

• List of Seventh-day Adventist secondary schools
• List of Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities

• Byrd, Alita (Spring 2009). "The Changing Landscape of Adventist Higher Education in North America". Spectrum. 37: 37–50.
• Steve Daily, "My Dream for Adventist Higher Education". Adventist Today 8 (Jan–Feb 2000), p18–19

• Seventh-day Adventist Church Department of Education
• North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists Office of Education
• A Statement on Theological and Academic Freedom and Accountability, voted in 1987
• Kido, Elissa (15 November 2010). "For real education reform, take a cue from the Adventists". The Christian Science Monitor.