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Cedarville University Overview

Cedarville University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cedarville, Ohio. Cedarville is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

What Is Cedarville University Known For?

747 Undergraduate Awards
$30,125 Avg Cost After Aid
59% Acceptance Rate
  • The student loan default rate at Cedarville is 2%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
  • The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Cedarville.
  • For the 2019-2020 academic year, 69% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Cedarville makes roughly $49,074 a year. This is 20% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
  • It takes the average Cedarville student 4.2 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

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Cedarville University Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Cedarville has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#83 Best Graduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Cedarville.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#1 Best Value Telecommunications Management Graduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#7 Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#8 Most Popular Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#43 Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#48 Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#50 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#65 Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#67 Best Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#82 Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#82 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Cedarville has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#1 Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Telecommunications Management College Factual
#35 Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Health Professions College Factual
#75 Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing College Factual
#83 Best Graduate Certificate Schools Grad Degree
#221 Best Registered Nursing Schools College Factual
#257 Best Nursing Schools College Factual

Where Is Cedarville University?

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Contact details for Cedarville are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 251 N. Main Street, Cedarville, OH 45314-0601
Phone: 937-766-7700
Website: https://www.cedarville.edu
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cedarville
Twitter: http://twitter.com/cedarville

How Do I Get Into Cedarville?

You can apply to Cedarville online at: https://connect.cedarville.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Cedarville

Submission Required?
High School GPA required
High School Rank recommended
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program recommended
Recommendations required
SAT or ACT Scores considered but not required
TOEFL required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Cedarville?

59% Acceptance Rate
60% Of Accepted Are Women
49% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 59%, Cedarville does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 66%, and the acceptance rate for women is 55%.

Average Test Scores

About 49% of students accepted to Cedarville submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 680. Math scores were between 540 and 670.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Cedarville University  ( 570 to 680 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Cedarville University  ( 540 to 670 )
200
800
Cedarville received ACT scores from 71% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 23 and 33. Math scores were between 22 and 28. Composite scores were between 23 and 30.

ACT English Scores for Cedarville University  ( 23 to 33 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Cedarville University  ( 22 to 28 )
1
36
ACT Composite Scores for Cedarville University  ( 23 to 30 )
1
36

Can I Afford Cedarville University?

$30,125 Net Price
54% Take Out Loans
1.7% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Cedarville is $30,125. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Cedarville, approximately 54% of students took out student loans averaging $8,199 a year. That adds up to $32,796 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Cedarville is 1.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Cedarville University Undergraduate Student Diversity

3,540 Full-Time Undergraduates
54% Women
9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 4,024 undergraduate students at Cedarville, with 3,540 being full-time and 484 being part-time.

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There are also 437 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,540 full-time undergraduates at Cedarville, 46% are male and 54% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Cedarville University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 108
Black or African American 58
Hispanic or Latino 18
White 3,131
International Students 68
Other Races/Ethnicities 157

Geographic Diversity

Ohio students aren't the only ones who study at Cedarville University. At this time, 42 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 32 countries are represented at Cedarville. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, Canada, and China.

Online Learning at Cedarville University

631 Took All Classes Online
1,837 Took At Least One Class Online
13.1% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 1,837 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Cedarville has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 38th most popular in Ohio for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Cedarville

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Cedarville University was $32,564 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Cedarville is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Bioethics/Medical Ethics #8 #8

Online Growth Rankings of Cedarville

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Cedarville University was 13.1%. This is the #1,264 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Cedarville regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Cedarville majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Business Administration & Management 5%
Health Professions 8%
Nursing 9%
Theology & Religious Vocations 5%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Cedarville ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Cedarville.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Bioethics/Medical Ethics #16
General Education #101
Teacher Education Subject Specific #267
Educational Administration #348

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Cedarville University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Nursing 123 44 0 167
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 21 0 45 66
Teacher Education Grade Specific 53 0 0 53
Design & Applied Arts 49 0 0 49
Mechanical Engineering 47 0 0 47
Business Administration & Management 17 21 0 38
Biblical Studies 15 13 0 28
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 24 0 0 24
Marketing 23 0 0 23
General Psychology 21 0 0 21
Finance & Financial Management 20 0 0 20
Communication & Media Studies 18 0 0 18
Computer Science 18 0 0 18
Teacher Education Subject Specific 18 0 0 18
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 17 0 0 17
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 17 0 0 17
Accounting 16 0 0 16
Management Information Systems 15 0 0 15
Electrical Engineering 15 0 0 15
Computer Engineering 13 0 0 13
General Biology 12 0 0 12
Social Work 12 0 0 12
Special Education 11 0 0 11
Political Science & Government 11 0 0 11
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 10 0 0 10
Allied Health Professions 10 0 0 10
History 10 0 0 10
Religious Education 10 0 0 10
Theological & Ministerial Studies 0 10 0 10
Music 10 0 0 10
Writing Studies 9 0 0 9
Mathematics 9 0 0 9
Health & Physical Education 9 0 0 9
General English Literature 8 0 0 8
Drama & Theater Arts 8 0 0 8
International Business 7 0 0 7
International Studies 6 0 0 6
Chemistry 5 0 0 5
Fine & Studio Arts 5 0 0 5
Romance Languages 4 0 0 4
Natural Resources Conservation 4 0 0 4
Business/Managerial Economics 3 0 0 3
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 0 3 0 3
Criminal Justice & Corrections 3 0 0 3
Missionary Studies 3 0 0 3
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries 3 0 0 3
Geological & Earth Sciences 2 0 0 2
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 1 0 0 1
Liberal Arts General Studies 1 0 0 1
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 1 0 0 1
Journalism 0 0 0 0
Educational Administration 0 0 0 0
General Education 0 0 0 0
Area Studies 0 0 0 0
Physics 0 0 0 0
Public Administration 0 0 0 0
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 747 91 45 883

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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