Mount Vernon Nazarene University

Private · Moderately Selective · OH

School data & stats

TypePrivate

LocationOH · Midwest

SettingRural

Undergrads1,358

Student:faculty13:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate56.2%

6-yr grad rate68.1%

Drop-out rate20.6%

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$37k

Out-of-state tuition$37k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity21%

Gender diversity59.2%

International0.3%

IdentityChurch of the Nazarene

Overview

Mount Vernon Nazarene University is a Christian university in central Ohio affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene, combining a traditional residential undergraduate program with accelerated degree-completion options aimed at working adults. That dual structure — a residential campus and adult-learner programs operating side by side — shapes the institution as much as any single academic strength does.

Academics

Education, business, nursing, and ministry are the core undergraduate programs, each carrying a practical, career- or vocation-oriented endpoint. The accelerated adult programs run on a different schedule and format from the traditional residential curriculum, functioning almost as a parallel track within the same institution.

Campus & student life

The residential campus carries an active Christian community culture, with chapel and faith-based programming woven into student life, distinct from the more transactional experience of the adult-completion programs.

Getting in

Admission to the traditional program is holistic and accessible, considering fit with the university's Nazarene Christian mission; the adult-completion programs use a separate, more streamlined admissions process.

After graduation

Education, nursing, and business graduates find steady regional Ohio placement, and ministry graduates move into Nazarene and other evangelical church roles.

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Admissions

Acceptance rate84.2%

Enrolled mid-50%SAT 1046–1315 · ACT 18–25

Test policyoptional

Rec letters0

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

AdmissionRolling

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