Mount Vernon Nazarene University
Mount Vernon, OH · Private · Town (distant) · MVNU
Private institution in Mount Vernon, OH · 1,346 undergraduates · 84% acceptance rate · $49,555 median earnings 10 years after entry.
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $21,8121,252nd cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $35,5241,494th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $35,5241,442nd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $48,9751,447th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $25,0001,238th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $49,5551,091st highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $43,0461,021st highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 63.6%636th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 79.9%679th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 84.3%1,038th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- 1119617th highest of 1,022 reporting
- Median ACT
- 22604th highest of 952 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1,3461,186th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 12.0:1782nd smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 28.9%1,262nd highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 135 mi (DTW)
On 1 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Applying
- RDJul 30
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- $25
- Personal essay
- Optional / not required
- Writing supplement
- No
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Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 51 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professions | bachelors | $56,133 | $56,210 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | $49,084 | $46,478 |
| Social WorkPublic Administration | bachelors | $34,298 | $34,847 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsEducation | bachelors | $31,996 | $29,685 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasEducation | bachelors | $30,409 | $30,228 |
| Religion/Religious StudiesPhilosophy & Religious Studies | bachelors | $29,685 | — |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Bible/Biblical StudiesTheology | bachelors | — | — |
| Biology, GeneralBiological Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
| Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Business/Commerce, GeneralBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| ChemistryPhysical Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
- Religious affiliation: Church of the Nazarenesource
- Founded in 1968source
- School colors: #006940 and #00457Asource
- Athletic nickname: "Cougars"source
- Mascot: Casey the Cougarsource
- Motto: ""To Seek to Learn is to Seek to Serve""source
- Campus size: about 327 acressource
- Formerly known as "Zone A College" (1964–1968)source
- Formerly known as "Mount Vernon Nazarene College" (1968–2002)source
- Athletic conference: NAIAsource
Athletics — 11 sports
NAIA Division I · NAIA
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $1,978,382 (M $1,013,816 · W $916,328 · Coed $48,238)
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Bowling
- Golf
- Lacrosse
- Other Sports
- Soccer
- Softball
- Tennis
- Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
- Volleyball
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Mount Vernon Nazarene University’s 1,346 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In OH
- Walsh UniversityNorth Canton, OH · 1,294 undergrads
- Muskingum UniversityNew Concord, OH · 1,407 undergrads
- Wittenberg UniversitySpringfield, OH · 1,269 undergrads
- Ohio Wesleyan UniversityDelaware, OH · 1,450 undergrads
- North Central State CollegeMansfield, OH · 1,187 undergrads
- Mount St. Joseph UniversityCincinnati, OH · 1,100 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr, PA · 1,346 undergrads
- Centre CollegeDanville, KY · 1,346 undergrads
- Albion CollegeAlbion, MI · 1,347 undergrads
- Atlanta Metropolitan State CollegeAtlanta, GA · 1,348 undergrads
- Lenoir-Rhyne UniversityHickory, NC · 1,348 undergrads
- Southwest Baptist UniversityBolivar, MO · 1,339 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitemvnu.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 204194)
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- Compare with Walsh UniversitySide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Mount Vernon Nazarene University vs Walsh UniversityHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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