800 Martinsburg Road
Mount Vernon, Ohio 43050

Mount Vernon Nazarene University is a co-educational, liberal arts university, established in 1968 by the Church of the Nazarene, serving those in the east central region. The university has a solid Evangelical Christian foundation in its educational approach, and offers liberal arts, professional, and graduate studies at its main campus as well as its multiple regional campuses.

Mount Vernon Nazarene University students can pursue an assortment of study areas through its six academic schools, which include Arts and Humanities, business, Education and Professional Studies, Natural and Social Sciences, nursing and health Sciences, and Theology and Philosophy. The university confers associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees.

Quick Facts

In fall 2007, Mount Vernon Nazarene University's new student enrollment was 877 and total enrollment was 2,675. The student represents 27 states and six foreign countries/U.S. territories including Argentina, Canada, Jamaica, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, and Republic of South Korea.

During the 2006-2007 academic year, 96 percent of students received $28,777,153 in financial assistance, including work study. The average financial aid award was $13,574 per undergraduate. Eighty-three percent of graduate students received $3,901,571 in aid, with an average award of $9,031 per graduate student.

Seventy-eight percent of Mount Vernon Nazarene University students live on campus.

Fifty-one percent of females and 91 percent of males participate in intramural sports on campus.

The Mount Vernon Nazarene University athletic teams are affiliated with the NAIA and NCCAA, and the American Midwest Conference. Students can participate in varsity soccer, volleyball, cross country, basketball, baseball, softball, and golf. Athletic facilities available for sports include the Gym/PE Center, Donoho Recreation Center, and the Cougar Field

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Mount Vernon Nazarene University alumni reside in several states, which include Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, and Michigan, and 15 percent in other states. There are 14,161 living alumni.

In fall 2007, the 10 most popular baccalaureate majors were business, early childhood education, nursing, biology, communication, Christian education, religion, social work, middle childhood education, and psychology.

There are 138 full-time faculty, including three administrators with part-time teaching, and 139 part-time faculty including adjuncts. Sixty percent of the full-time faculty holds terminal degrees. The student-faculty ratio is 16 to 1.

In 2007, 15 associate, 457 bachelor's, 73 Master of Arts in Education, five Master of Ministry, and 56 Master of Science in Management degrees were awarded.

Mount Vernon Nazarene University's library has more than 100,000 volumes, over 3,000 microfiche, approximately 574 periodicals, over 6,000 non-print materials, and 396 electronic books. Ohiolink provides access to 7,100 electronic journals, 20,896 electronic books and 46 million library items.

Mount Vernon Nazarene University was ranked America's Best College 2008 in the U.S. News & World Report.

The university was named a 2007 Best College in the Midwestern region by The Princeton Review.

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