The Seventh-day Adventist educational system, part of the

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, is overseen by the

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located in

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. It is considered as the largest Protestant educational system and second largest Christian educational system in the world. The educational system is a

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–based system. 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.Education
on the church's official website

Statistics

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.

Primary

There are 6,897 Primary Schools with 1,403,901 students.

Secondary

There are 2,793 Secondary Schools with 615,171 students.

Tertiary

There are 116 Tertiary Institutions with 148,775 students. 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.

Education by area

North America

The North American Division Office of Education coordinates with 1,049 schools with 65,000 students in the

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, and

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References

Sources

* * Steve Daily,
My Dream for Adventist Higher Education
. ''Adventist Today'' 8 (Jan–Feb 2000), p18–19

External links

Seventh-day Adventist Church Department of Education

North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists Office of Education

voted in 1987 * {{Adventist Colleges and Universities History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church Christian International college and university associations