Jessup University

What it reported doing in 2024

Traditional & degree completion: jessup enrolls nearly 1,000 students in its undergraduate and degree completion programs with an integrated biblical foundation in each program. Each undergraduate program is founded on a solid liberal arts core and intentionally designed to foster a student's spiritual development. With 28 traditional and degree completion programs, jessup has a variety of concentrations and specializations from which students may choose. Jessup's degree completion programs are customized to serve working adult students in a course of study that is convenient, flexible, and relevant to their personal and professional goals. (continued on schedule o)accelerated courses are offered remotely in a synchronous format. The degree completion pedagogy is built to serve high-context adult learners who bring a wide range of work and life skills, gifts, and abilities into the classroom. Experiential and co-curricular learning opportunities are a hallmark of the traditional undergraduate programs as our internship opportunities and work preparedness courses assist students in school-to-work transitions. Majors include business, child develpment, psychology, criminal justice, leadership, english, history, music, theater, digital communication, art & design, liberal studies & credentialing, political science, biblical studies, biology, biochemistry, kinesiology, math, aviation, accountancy, nursing, exercise science, and computer science. Jessup also offers three associate degrees. Jessup provides a holistic educational experience for its residential and commuter students. The university learning commons provides entry level and continuing educational support services for special needs and at-risk students through a team of academic specialists, success coaches, and tutors. Expert faculty who are selected and appointed for their academic expertise, professional experience, missional fit, and ability to teach in an accelerated adult classroom, capitalize on the adult learner's training and experience to help them grow in their expert knowledge of the subject matter as well as the ability to think, write, read, and speak well. The adc educational experience seeks to bring the world of work into the classroom and take the knowledge and experience of the classroom back into their respective work situations. Fostering a student's passion for knowledge, professional growth and development, and matters of personal faith and spiritual formation reflects the spirit of jessup's adult degree completion programs in business administration, psychology, and leadership.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 86.2%; rating input score 86
• Fundraising efficiency: $3.65 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -38.1%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.52; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.83; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 1.7%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings