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Cedarville University

Cedarville, Ohio Private nonprofit 4-year Rural area

Overview

Located in Cedarville, Ohio, Cedarville University is a private nonprofit four-year institution. Its campus is in a rural area. It enrolled 6,318 students in fall 2024, including 5,790 undergraduates and 528 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is Baptist.

Cedarville University offers certificates, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and professional doctorates across 80 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Registered Nursing, Finance, and Bible. It awarded 935 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 13 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

90% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1.

Key figures

6,318
Students enrolled
90%
First-year retention
935
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
80
Programs and majors
14:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateBachelorMasterProfessional

Programs and majors offered 80

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

Health Professions 11
Business, Management and Marketing 12
Theology and Religious Vocations 5
Engineering 4
Education 13
Visual and Performing Arts 8
Communication and Journalism 2
Psychology 1
Computer and Information Sciences 1
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 2
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 2
English Language and Literature 2
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Public Administration and Social Services 1
Military Technologies 1
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 2
Social Sciences 1
Physical Sciences 3
History 1
Natural Resources and Conservation 1
Mathematics and Statistics 1
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 2
Legal Professions and Studies 1
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1

Outcomes

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

First-year retention, full-time students
90%
Student-to-faculty ratio
14:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
788
Master's degrees
99
Professional doctorates
35
Certificates under 1 year
3
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
1
Postbaccalaureate certificates
8
Post-master's certificates
1

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
6,318
Undergraduates, fall 2024
5,790
Graduate students, fall 2024
528
Full-time, fall 2024
67%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
7,106
Undergraduates, 2024-25
6,423
Graduate students, 2024-25
683
Full-time, 2024-25
61%
Size category
5,000 to 9,999 students

Student body

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

Women
55%
Men
45%
White
76%
Hispanic or Latino
3%
Black or African American
2%
Asian
3%
Two or more races
3%
International (U.S. nonresident)
2%
Race or ethnicity unknown
11%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
13
Programs with a fully online option
6
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
36%
Students taking some online courses
36%

Campus and services

Setting
Rural area
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Baptist
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Athletic association
NCAA, NCCAA
Athletic conference
Great Midwest Athletic Conference
President
Dr. Thomas White
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, ROTC, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Dedicated veterans contact

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