[2] The college offers no undergraduate majors, but follows a single, integrated classical liberal arts curriculum from a Christian worldview in its associate's and bachelor's degree programs.

In August 2006, New Saint Andrews was named by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute as one of the top 50 schools for "conservatives, old-fashioned liberals, and people of faith.

[9][10] A 2020 recruitment advertisement published online by the college led the town's mayor to state that the video "conveys a message of intolerance to anyone who does not fit traditional male-female gender identities" and was not reflective of the city's positions on gender identity;[11] according to The Guardian, the advertisement was "seen as transphobic by many in Moscow".

[12] The college's classical Christian program of studies follows the Trivium and Quadrivium in its single, integrated undergraduate curriculum in liberal arts and culture.

Rather than using textbooks, the college requires reading of primary works in the classical and Christian literature of Western civilization.

The college uses "Oxford-style" small group recitations, in which six to eight students meet with individual faculty members to discuss the assigned readings.

[14] New Saint Andrews College does not participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), but does offer a variety of intramural sports, namely men's rugby, women's volleyball, and track and field.