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Grove City College

Grove City, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit 4-year Town

Overview

Located in Grove City, Pennsylvania, Grove City College is a private nonprofit four-year institution. The campus sits in a town setting. It enrolled 2,383 students in fall 2024, including 2,341 undergraduates and 42 graduate students. The school has a religious affiliation.

Grove City College offers bachelor's degrees and master's degrees across 58 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Mechanical Engineering, Business Administration and Management, and Early Childhood Education and Teaching. It awarded 579 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 2 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

88% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 13 to 1.

Key figures

2,383
Students enrolled
88%
First-year retention
579
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
58
Programs and majors
13:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

BachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 58

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

Business, Management and Marketing 10
Education 13
Engineering 3
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 4
Communication and Journalism 1
Computer and Information Sciences 2
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 1
Health Professions 2
English Language and Literature 1
Philosophy and Religious Studies 2
Social Sciences 3
Psychology 1
Visual and Performing Arts 5
History 1
Public Administration and Social Services 1
Theology and Religious Vocations 1
Physical Sciences 2
Mathematics and Statistics 2
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 2
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1

Outcomes

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

First-year retention, full-time students
88%
Student-to-faculty ratio
13:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
565
Master's degrees
14

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
2,383
Undergraduates, fall 2024
2,341
Graduate students, fall 2024
42
Full-time, fall 2024
93%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
2,528
Undergraduates, 2024-25
2,480
Graduate students, 2024-25
48
Full-time, 2024-25
89%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

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

Women
47%
Men
53%
White
89%
Hispanic or Latino
1%
Black or African American
1%
Asian
2%
Two or more races
6%
International (U.S. nonresident)
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
1%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
2
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
9%
Students taking some online courses
53%

Campus and services

Setting
Town
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Undenominational
Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Presidents' Athletic Conference
President
Bradley J. Lingo
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit

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