In addition Shorter operates the Robert H. Ledbetter College of Business and the School of Nursing at off-campus facilities in the Rome area.

[1] Fielding athletic teams known as the Shorter Hawks, the university is a member of NCAA Division II and Conference Carolinas.

[2] Shorter was located in Victorian-style buildings on Shelton Hill near downtown Rome and educated young women at primary, preparatory and collegiate levels.

[2] Classes were held Tuesdays through Saturdays and early curriculum included science, music, art, drama and literary works.

[2] Through the years of the college struggled with financial problems during the 1930s with the Great Depression and World War II in the 1940s, Led by President Paul M. Cousins faculty took cuts in salary in the periods of crisis.

The university also began intercollegiate athletics program in the NAIA and initiated new clubs organizations and fraternities.

[2] The university dedicated the Winthrop-King Centre and created the Fitton Student Union when it converted the old gym into the facility.

[5] The Georgia Supreme Court, however, ruled that Shorter's board didn't have the authority to sever ties with the convention.

[12] The university was granted an exception to Title IX in 2016, allowing the school to legally discriminate against LGBT students for religious reasons.

[14] with the exception of track & field, which they compete as an associate member of the Peach Belt Conference (PBC).

[16] Shorter competes in 22 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, tennis and track & field (indoor and outdoor); while women's sports include basketball, cheerleading, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field (indoor and outdoor) and volleyball.

2 final ranking is a culmination of a journey to the top of the NAIA that began to build momentum five years ago.

11 in 2009–10, finishing for the first time ahead of perennial power and rival Lee University to end the year as the top rated member of the Southern States Athletic Conference.

[17] The Hawks placed third in 2010–11 on the shoulders of men's indoor and outdoor track and field national championships and 11th in 2009–10.