Pursuing Knowledge Transformed by Faith

What are you looking for in your college experience? Is the most important factor in your decision the academics and career preparation? Or do you focus more on community beliefs and physical location?

As you navigate the challenging task of choosing a college, we want to make your decision easier—read more below about what makes Covenant unique.

The Covenant Experience
Picture yourself on top of Lookout Mountain standing next to our castle in the clouds and our beautiful chapel building pointing to the sky. Before you is a breathtaking view of the mountains, and surrounding you are people who strive to live in a Christ-centered community. These are people who truly want to know you, support you, challenge you, pray for you, love you, and equip you to pursue a successful life and career with a godly purpose. This is the Covenant experience.

ACADEMIC EXPLORATION

You will be equipped with rigorous liberal arts academics while exploring modern-day issues that will challenge your mind, develop your perspective, and enhance your ability to communicate and create for Christ. Our professors instruct from a faith-based perspective and maintain student-faculty mentorships. With over 90 different areas of study—majors, concentrations, pre-professional pathways, and minors, we provide a variety of academic options.

SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION

We believe that true spiritual growth comes from encountering Jesus in and alongside a community. From chapel to classroom, from dorms to athletic fields, you will discover transformative spiritual enrichment as faculty, staff, and peers grow in faith together, learning to be faithful image-bearers.

CAREER PREPARATION

You will be prepared to pursue meaningful work as we help you understand your calling, apply your talents, build a network, and develop professional skills. Our faculty and staff will not only help you explore your discipline, but will guide you to learn what it means to impact culture and community for Christ.

How might the Covenant experience change each year?

DISCOVERY | YEAR 1
As you progress through your first year at Covenant, discover who you want to become spiritually, academically, and professionally. Create life-giving habits, and build relationships with friends and faculty who will walk with you and guide you. Invest in hall life and a local church community, and make Covenant College your home.

CLARITY | YEAR 2
In your second year, discern God's calling for you as you consider your major, certificate programs, and extracurricular pursuits. Use the Center for Calling & Career to gain clarity on your career path, engage with faculty as you dive deeper into academics, and continue to grow in relationship with the Lord and the Covenant community.

FOCUS | YEAR 3
As you approach your life and career after Covenant, learn from internships and work on your Capstone Project with increased clarity and focus.

LAUNCH | YEAR 4
Complete your Capstone Project and graduate from Covenant, taking your relationships, knowledge, and trust in the Lord with you into your life and career.

LIFE & CAREER
The distinctly Christian liberal arts education and life preparation of The Covenant Ascent helps clarify your calling in God's world. It prepares you to succeed in future academic endeavors, to grow in relationship with the Lord throughout your entire life, and to thrive in whatever career the Lord calls you to.

Whether you enter the laboratory, the classroom, the courtroom, whether you rear children or serve as an accountant, you go into your work not as a distraction from your faith but as a vital expression of it.

Dr. Kelly M. Kapic

Professor of Theological Studies

Community at Covenant

Grounded in tradition and a time-tested theological heritage, the Covenant community extends far beyond your classmates. It includes faculty, staff, alumni, and board members who are eager to help you succeed. This thriving, joyful community shares core beliefs and a unifying love that stems from the gospel.

Attending Covenant means living in a Christ-centered, fun-loving, intentional community. Hear from our Student Development staff about residence life here on the mountain, and catch a glimpse of some of the fun events around campus.

Life & Career Outcomes

What happens when your time at Covenant is over? Prepared with the tools necessary to succeed in grad school or the workforce, you’ll launch into your career and the rest of your life. Check out the ways our alumni live out their calling after they graduate, and imagine where The Covenant Ascent could take you.

Alumni Outcomes

Kiaira Cooper '14

“I am proud of my journey and thankful for where I am today, knowing where I started and where I came from."

Todd Fleming '12

"Covenant developed in me the versatile skill of learning. I took a lot of core classes that I thought were pointless at the time, but now I realize that the exposure was instilling in me academic confidence and creative thinking."

Kathryn Mizelle '09

"I credit the rigorous academics at Covenant College for preparing me for law school and my career, and I'm incredibly thankful for the many professors and friends who encouraged me along the way."

Ready to take the next step?

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