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Mount Vernon Nazarene University Data & Information Overview

33 awards Ranking Badges
Fair Price Value for Your Money
87% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Mount Vernon Nazarene University Ranked?

#1,064 Best Colleges in Nation
#38 Best Colleges in OH
Business, Management & Marketing Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Mount Vernon Nazarene University was awarded 33 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business, management & marketing.

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Overall Quality

College Factual ranked MVNU as #1,064 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.

Out of the 96 colleges in Ohio, MVNU is ranked at #38.

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Is It Hard to Get Into MVNU?

87% Acceptance Rate
59% Of Accepted Are Women
13% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

With an acceptance rate of 87%, MVNU has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.

Average Test Scores

About 13% of students accepted to MVNU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 618. Math scores were between 510 and 600.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Mount Vernon Nazarene University  ( 510 to 618 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Mount Vernon Nazarene University  ( 510 to 600 )
200
800
MVNU received ACT scores from 81% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 19 and 25.

ACT Composite Scores for Mount Vernon Nazarene University  ( 19 to 25 )
1
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Mount Vernon Nazarene University Faculty

13 to 1 Student to Faculty
93% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, Mount Vernon Nazarene University is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Mount Vernon Nazarene University is 93%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  93 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Mount Vernon Nazarene University

78% Freshmen Retention
57% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 78% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Mount Vernon Nazarene University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  78 out of 100
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100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at MVNU for first-time, full-time students is 57%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  57 out of 100
0
100

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Mount Vernon Nazarene University Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,504 Full-Time Undergraduates
9.5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
59.6% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,771 undergraduates at MVNU with 1,504 being full-time and 267 being part-time.

How Much Does Mount Vernon Nazarene University Cost?

$21,089 Net Price
75% Take Out Loans
$28,384 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of MVNU is $21,089. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for MVNU

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$20,032 $19,951 $20,447 $21,320 $24,118

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of MVNU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At MVNU, approximately 75% of students took out student loans averaging $7,096 a year. That adds up to $28,384 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at MVNU is 3.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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How Much Money Do MVNU Graduates Make?

$47,631 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from MVNU make around $47,631 per year during the early years of their employment. That's great news for MVNU students since it is 12% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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Location of Mount Vernon Nazarene University

Ohio State
1,504 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Mount Vernon Nazarene University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Mount Vernon is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

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Contact details for MVNU are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 800 Martinsburg Rd, Mount Vernon, OH 43050-9500
Phone: 740-392-6868
Website: www.mvnu.edu/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thisismvnu
Twitter: http://twitter.com/MVNUNews

Mount Vernon Nazarene University Majors

51 Majors With Completions
462 Undergraduate Degrees
159 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 51 majors graduated from Mount Vernon Nazarene University. Of these students, 462 received undergraduate degrees and 159 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Business Administration & Management 75 $47,131
Social Work 48 $32,843
Nursing 44 $59,834
Teacher Education Grade Specific 41 $30,624
General Biology 27 $26,821
Health & Physical Education 18 NA
Teacher Education Subject Specific 14 NA
General Psychology 12 NA
Finance & Financial Management 12 NA
Health Sciences & Services 10 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Mount Vernon Nazarene University along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at MVNU

55% Take At Least One Class Online
34% Take All Classes Online

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2020-2021, 1,134 students took at least one online class at Mount Vernon Nazarene University. This is a decrease from the 1,766 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 1,134 704
2019-2020 1,766 863
2018-2019 895 731
2017-2018 699 523
2016-2017 842 439

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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