by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege 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 4 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general business administration and management.
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MVNU is ranked #1,406 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.
MVNU also holds the #56 spot on the Best Colleges in Ohio ranking.
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With an acceptance rate of 85%, 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.
About 14% 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 485 and 610. Math scores were between 478 and 618.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at MVNU it is much better at 11 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
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%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Mount Vernon Nazarene University is 70%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
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 55%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,771 undergraduates at MVNU with 1,504 being full-time and 267 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $23,520 | $20,646 | $21,553 | $22,058 | $25,414 |
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.
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 69% of students took out student loans averaging $6,951 a year. That adds up to $27,804 over four years for those students.
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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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 101 | $51,899 |
| Nursing | 39 | $69,303 |
| Special Education | 35 | NA |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 35 | $32,508 |
| Social Work | 31 | $37,979 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 28 | $35,268 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 21 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 17 | NA |
| General Biology | 16 | NA |
| General Psychology | 16 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 1,121 students took at least one online class at Mount Vernon Nazarene University. This is a decrease from the 1,134 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,121 | 676 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,134 | 704 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,766 | 863 |
| 2018-2019 | 699 | 523 |
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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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