[9] In 2004, U.S. News & World Report ranked the school as the eighth best in the western United States for comprehensive colleges, and ninth the following year.

[14] In 2013, U.S. News Best Colleges listed Corban in its Top 10 for the West for the 13th year in a row.

Students are required to provide testimony of their relationship with Jesus Christ in their application to Corban.

[18] All Corban undergraduate students, regardless of major, take a minimum of 12-semester units of Bible and theology classes.

[21] The building also houses practice rooms and classrooms for performing arts majors.

Additionally, the library houses the Prewitt-Allen Archaeological Museum, with over 900 artifacts and replicas from the Middle East and Greece.

The university holds most administrative offices in Schimmel Hall, a three-story building built in the late 19th century.

[23] The building also contains the campus' fitness center, a classroom, and coach and athletic trainer offices.

The Outdoor Athletic Complex, which was to be completed in Spring of 2022, is the new home of the university's track, cross country, soccer, and lacrosse teams.

The $4 million project, raised entirely from donations, features a state-of-the-art track and field complex, lighting, and drainage for future expansions.

The university is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) since the 1993–94 academic year.

Corban competes in 16 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, track & field and wrestling; while women's sports include basketball, beach volleyball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, track & field and volleyball.