Bourbonnais, Illinois · Private nonprofit · 4-year · Small suburb
Overview
Olivet Nazarene University is a private nonprofit four-year institution in Bourbonnais, Illinois. Its campus is in a small suburban area. It enrolled 3,339 students in fall 2024, including 2,711 undergraduates and 628 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is Church of the Nazarene.
Olivet Nazarene University offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees across 105 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Business Administration and Management, Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor, and Registered Nursing. It awarded 852 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 15 of its programs can be completed entirely online.
71% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1.
Key figures
3,339
Students enrolled
71%
First-year retention
852
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
105
Programs and majors
15:1
Student-to-faculty ratio
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Delivery modes
CampusOnlineHybrid
Program levels
CertificateAssociateBachelorMasterPhD
Programs and majors offered 105
Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.
Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.
First-year retention, full-time students
71%
First-year retention, part-time students
0%
Student-to-faculty ratio
15:1
Degrees and certificates awarded
Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.
Bachelor's degrees
555
Associate degrees
1
Master's degrees
217
Doctoral degrees (research)
6
Postbaccalaureate certificates
69
Post-master's certificates
4
Enrollment
Students, fall 2024
3,339
Undergraduates, fall 2024
2,711
Graduate students, fall 2024
628
Full-time, fall 2024
78%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
3,818
Undergraduates, 2024-25
2,895
Graduate students, 2024-25
923
Full-time, 2024-25
73%
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
58%
Men
42%
White
59%
Hispanic or Latino
12%
Black or African American
8%
Asian
3%
Two or more races
3%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
1%
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
15
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
27%
Students taking some online courses
24%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes
Campus and services
Setting
Small suburb
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Church of the Nazarene
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Athletic association
NAIA
Athletic conference
Mid-States Football Association; Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference
President
Gregg A. Chenoweth
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, ROTC, Undergraduate research, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact