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Brescia University

Owensboro, Kentucky Private nonprofit 4-year Small city

Overview

Located in Owensboro, Kentucky, Brescia University is a private nonprofit four-year institution. The campus sits in a small city. It enrolled 690 students in fall 2024, including 560 undergraduates and 130 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is Roman Catholic.

Brescia University offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 37 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Social Work, Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist, and Psychology, General. It awarded 175 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 13 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

67% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 13 to 1.

Key figures

690
Students enrolled
67%
First-year retention
175
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
37
Programs and majors
13:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 37

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Public Administration and Social Services 2
Business, Management and Marketing 4
Health Professions 3
Psychology 1
Education 8
Liberal Arts and General Studies 2
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 2
Computer and Information Sciences 1
English Language and Literature 1
Mathematics and Statistics 2
Theology and Religious Vocations 1
  • Theology CertificateBachelor Online option 2 graduates
Engineering Technologies 1
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 1
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 1
History 1
Physical Sciences 1
Social Sciences 2
Visual and Performing Arts 3

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
67%
First-year retention, part-time students
0%
Student-to-faculty ratio
13:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
101
Associate degrees
6
Master's degrees
66
Postbaccalaureate certificates
2

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
690
Undergraduates, fall 2024
560
Graduate students, fall 2024
130
Full-time, fall 2024
84%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
829
Undergraduates, 2024-25
686
Graduate students, 2024-25
143
Full-time, 2024-25
78%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
63%
Men
37%
White
52%
Hispanic or Latino
5%
Black or African American
10%
Asian
3%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
8%
Race or ethnicity unknown
21%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
13
Programs with a fully online option
1
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
34%
Students taking some online courses
30%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Small city
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Roman Catholic
Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
Athletic association
NAIA
Athletic conference
River States
President
Madison Silvert, JD
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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