- The Inkwell
- Ohio
- Mount Vernon Nazarene University
Mount Vernon, OHTown: distantZIP 43050Founded 1968
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1968
- Carnegie class
- Master's: medium programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1967
- Website
- mvnu.edu
OhioReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Mount Vernon Nazarene University
Mount Vernon Nazarene University is a private nonprofit university in Mount Vernon, Ohio, with 1,358 undergraduates. It admits 84% of applicants, graduates 63% within six years and costs $21,193 a year after aid.
63%graduate
Admission rate84%
Retention79%
4-year graduation55%
Pell Grant share34%
Federal loans48%
$21,193net price / year
84%admission rate
1131average SAT
63%graduate in 6 years
$52,001median earnings, 10 yrs
$23,625median debt
#1,172 of 1,704 for earnings#964 of 1,739 for lowest net price#562 of 1,738 for graduation rate#990 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $53,940tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $38,274
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $38,274
- Average net price
- $21,193national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$19,670
$30,001–48,000$18,394
$48,001–75,000$17,782
$75,001–110,000$22,304
$110,001+$23,610
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 84%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1131
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 528–645
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 518–670
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 18–25
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college84%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college79%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college63%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college34%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 63%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 55%
- First-year retention
- 79%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 68%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $46,051
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $52,001middle 50%: $37,713–$73,460
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,625
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$73,460
Median, Mount Vernon Nazarene University$52,001
Lower quarter$37,713
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,358
- Part-time
- 0.7%
- Women / men
- 59% / 41%
- Average age at entry
- 24.2
- First-generation students
- 38%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 34%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 13 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 96%
- Average faculty salary
- $5,687 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $7,665
- Endowment, end of year
- $29,891,845
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White79%
Hispanic3.9%
Black1.9%
Asian1.2%
Two or more races2.6%
U.S. nonresident0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Unknown11%
18 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management25%
Education16%
Health professions9.9%
Biological & biomedical sciences8.2%
Liberal arts & humanities6.8%
Public administration & social service5.1%
Engineering4.1%
Parks, recreation & fitness4.1%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 204194. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q6924393.