by our College Data Analytics Team
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.
Xavier University was awarded 445 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts.
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Xavier is ranked #316 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation.
Xavier is also ranked #12 out of 96 schools in Ohio.
Xavier University has an acceptance rate of 84%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 16% of students accepted to Xavier submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 650. Math scores were between 540 and 630.
The student to faculty ratio at Xavier is an impressive 11 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
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 Xavier University is 51%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Xavier University has a freshmen retention rate of 83%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Xavier for first-time, full-time students is 67%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,272 undergraduates at Xavier with 5,055 being full-time and 217 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $29,961 | $29,359 | $34,481 | $36,086 | $35,737 |
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 Xavier, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 Xavier, approximately 59% of students took out student loans averaging $9,239 a year. That adds up to $36,956 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Xavier is 3.1%. 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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Contact details for Xavier are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3800 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45207-1092 |
| Phone: | 513-745-3000 |
| Website: | https://www.xavier.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/xavieruniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/xavieruniv |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 367 | $58,980 |
| Marketing | 95 | $45,386 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 74 | $53,018 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 68 | $41,790 |
| Health & Physical Education | 53 | $33,502 |
| General Biology | 49 | $25,531 |
| General Psychology | 48 | $29,996 |
| Political Science & Government | 46 | $32,491 |
| Business Administration & Management | 43 | $49,529 |
| Accounting | 43 | $54,403 |
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, 2,998 students took at least one online class at Xavier University. This is an increase from the 2,240 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,998 | 606 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,240 | 633 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,169 | 646 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,107 | 823 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,583 | 510 |
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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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