Points of Pride
Student success, transformational learning and academic excellence is what we strive for at MidAmerica Nazarene University. We’re not normally ones to toot our own horn, but that doesn’t mean we don’t enjoy the accolades that come our way. Allow us to boast for just a moment.

Highest Achievements
TOP 25
Top 25
College Consensus selected MidAmerica Nazarene University for their 2020 Top 25 Christian Colleges & Universities list.
MORENCLEX-RN Pass Rate
Best Colleges 2021
Best Colleges 2021
U.S. News & World Report selected MidAmerica Nazarene University for their 2021 US News Best Regional University Midwest list.
MOREACADEMIC RECOGNITION
Business Recognition
- 96% of students agree or strongly agree that MNU’s business programs prepared them with the knowledge and skills to enter a career in business and/or pursue graduate school or professional certification.
- Delta Mu Delta, the international honor society in business, has award MNU’s Epsilon Theta Chapter, its STAR award for exceeding the standards the Society has for managing the chapter and its activities in 2017.
- 2017-2018 MBA students’ results on the Peregrine Academic Services Major Field Test for the MBA program, exceeded other local, regional and national ACBSP programs.
Counseling Recognition
- Ranked a Best Value: Most Affordable Accredited Master’s in Counseling Programs by State for the state of Kansas by Human Services Edu.
Education
- 100% of MNU education majors who completed the program passed their Praxis® content exams in 2017-2018.
Nursing
- MNU’s Traditional Bachelor of Science in Nursing graduates consistently pass the NCLEX-RN® exam on the first attempt—at a higher rate than state and national averages.
- Ranked #1 Best 2021 Online RN to BSN Programs in Kansas by RegisteredNursing.org.
- ABSN program ranked #1 Ranked Paramedic to RN Program 2019 by RegisteredNursing .org
- Nursing programs ranked a Best Nursing Colleges for Veterans 2019 by CollegeFactual.com
- Nursing programs ranked a Best Nursing Colleges for Non-Traditional Students 2019 by CollegeFactual.com
- Nursing programs ranked #1 School in Kansas for Non-Traditional Nursing Students 2019 by CollegeFactual.com
- Masters in Nursing Healthcare Management program ranked Top 15 Online Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Master’s Programs 2019 by Healthcare-Management-Degree.net
- Masters in Nursing program ranked 25 Best Affordable Master’s of Nursing Online Degrees 2019 by AffordableSchools.net
- Ranked #5 Nursing Program in Kansas by RegisteredNursing.org.
- Ranked in the Top 5 Nursing Programs in Kansas for both our traditional BSN and our RN-BSN programs by RegisteredNursing.org
- Ranked #1 in Kansas Online student-friendly RN to BSN 2022 by RegisteredNursing .org
Music
- Heritage Choir was selected as a 2018 Kansas Music Educators’ Association In-Service Workshop performer.
- MNU Band was selected as a 2019 Kansas Music Educators’ Association In-Service Workshop performer.
Pre-Professional Programs
- 100% of the class of 2016 pre-professional graduates are attending a graduate school in programs like pharmacy, dentistry and physical therapy.
University Recognition

Bank Rate
selected MidAmerica Nazarene University for its Best Value College 2021 list.

Money Magazine
selected MidAmerica Nazarene University for its 2018-19 Best Colleges list.

U.S. News & World Report
selected MNU for its 2020 US News Best Regional University Midwest list.

College Consensus
recognized MNU in its Best Christian Colleges & Universities and Best Online Christian Colleges and Universities for 2020.

BestColleges.com
recognized MidAmerica Nazarene University in its 2018 Best Online Colleges in Kansas.
Athletic Recognition
The NAIA has recognized MNU Athletics as a Champions of Character® Five-Star Institution Award Winner for 2017-2018.
Accolades listed below are for the last 5 years. MNU Sports compiles a complete list of athletic accolades on their site if you are interesting in learning more.
BASKETBALL (M)NAIA National Championship: 1 (2007) NAIA Sweet 16: 15 (1992, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2016) NAIA All-America: | BASKETBALL (W)NAIA National Championship: 1 (2016) 2016 NAIA D1 National Championship NAIA All-America: |
BASEBALL (M)
NAIA All-America:- 2016: Jordan Eckley (1st), Jason Jones (HM)
- 2015: Clayton Brandt (1st)
- 2014: Jordan Eckley (HM)
FOOTBALL (M)
NAIA All-America:- 2014: Cristian Casillas (1st) – K
SOCCER (M)NAIA National Runner-Up: 1 (2015) NAIA All-America: | SOCCER (W)NAIA All-America: |
TRACK AND FIELD (M)NAIA All-America: | TRACK AND FIELD (W)NAIA All-America: |
VOLLEYBALL (W)
NAIA All-America:
- 2017: Hannah Bettge (HM) – S | Taylor Cowan (HM) – MB
- 2016: Rachel Kater (1st) – S | Gisele Silva (1st) – OH | Taylor Cowan (HM) – MB
- 2015: Rachel Kater (2nd) – S
- 2014: Zoraida Heredia (2nd) – OH | Sofija Berezovska (HM) – OH