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Thiel College

Greenville, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit 4-year Town

Overview

Thiel College is a private nonprofit four-year institution based in Greenville, Pennsylvania. Its campus is in a town setting. It enrolled 950 students in fall 2024, including 833 undergraduates and 117 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Thiel College offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 50 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Business Administration and Management, Physician Assistant, and Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist. It awarded 257 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

73% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 12 to 1.

Key figures

950
Students enrolled
73%
First-year retention
257
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
50
Programs and majors
12:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 50

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 5
Health Professions 7
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 4
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 1
Education 6
English Language and Literature 3
Psychology 1
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 1
Communication and Journalism 2
Philosophy and Religious Studies 3
Social Sciences 2
Engineering Technologies 1
Visual and Performing Arts 1
Computer and Information Sciences 2
Natural Resources and Conservation 1
Physical Sciences 2
History 1
Liberal Arts and General Studies 2
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 2
Theology and Religious Vocations 1
Mathematics and Statistics 1
Science Technologies 1

Outcomes

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

First-year retention, full-time students
73%
Student-to-faculty ratio
12:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
167
Associate degrees
2
Master's degrees
64
Certificates under 1 year
24

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
950
Undergraduates, fall 2024
833
Graduate students, fall 2024
117
Full-time, fall 2024
95%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,027
Undergraduates, 2024-25
860
Graduate students, 2024-25
167
Full-time, 2024-25
95%
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
52%
Men
48%
White
77%
Hispanic or Latino
4%
Black or African American
10%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
4%
International (U.S. nonresident)
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
2%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
1%
Students taking some online courses
62%

Campus and services

Setting
Town
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Presidents' Athletic Conference
President
Susan Traverso, Ph. D.
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, Undergraduate research, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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