Xavier University Overview

Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, Xavier University is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Xavier University Known For?

• Students at Xavier have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 3%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The highest award offered at Xavier is the doctor's degree.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 48% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Xavier makes roughly $51,600 a year. This is 26% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• The average Xavier student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Xavier University Rankings

Xavier is ranked #351 out of 2,587 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2022 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. It is also ranked #11 out of 108 schools in Ohio.

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.

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#117	Best Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#20	Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#26	Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#26	Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#26	Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#29	Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#29	Best Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#61	Best Allied Health Professions Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#90	Best Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#140	Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#154	Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#49	Best Liberal Arts Schools	College Factual
#62	Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools	College Factual
#62	Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	College Factual
#96	Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Schools	College Factual
#128	Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools	College Factual
#279	Best Business Schools	Business Degree Central

Where Is Xavier University?

Contact details for Xavier are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	3800 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45207-1092
Phone:	513-745-3000
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/xavieruniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/xavieruniv

How Do I Get Into Xavier?

You can apply to Xavier online at: https://www.xavier.edu/admission/apply.cfm

Admission Requirements for Xavier

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	neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Xavier?

With an acceptance rate of 81%, Xavier may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 43% of accepted students are men and 57% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 82%, and the acceptance rate for women is 81%.

Average Test Scores

About 33% of students accepted to Xavier submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 630. Math scores were between 520 and 620.

Xavier received ACT scores from 67% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 29. Math scores were between 21 and 27. Composite scores were between 22 and 28.

Can I Afford Xavier University?

The overall average net price of Xavier is $41,101. 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 Xavier, approximately 57% of students took out student loans averaging $9,820 a year. That adds up to $39,280 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Xavier is 2.7%. 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.

Xavier University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,272 undergraduate students at Xavier, with 5,055 being full-time and 217 being part-time.

There are also 1,789 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,055 full-time undergraduates at Xavier, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	162
Black or African American	481
Hispanic or Latino	283
White	3,822
International Students	51
Other Races/Ethnicities	256

Geographic Diversity

Ohio students aren't the only ones who study at Xavier University. At this time, 41 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 59 countries are represented at Xavier. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, China, and India.

Online Learning at Xavier University

In 2019-2020, 2,240 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 20th 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 Xavier

The following table shows how Xavier 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
Business/Managerial Economics	#1	#1
Entrepreneurial Studies	#18	#18
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	#25	#25
Medical Illustration & Informatics	#46	#46
International Business	#57	#57
Management Information Systems	#69	#69

Online Growth Rankings of Xavier

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Xavier University was 31.5%. This is the #859 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Xavier regardless of major.

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

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Criminal Justice & Corrections	5%
Health Professions	5%
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	5%
Nursing	14%
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	13%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Xavier 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 Xavier.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Other Health Professions	#20
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	#22
Teacher Education Subject Specific	#142
Criminal Justice & Corrections	#290
Nursing	#336
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	#372

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%.

Xavier University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Nursing	0	0	312	11	51	0	374
General Business/Commerce	0	0	23	0	128	0	151
Finance & Financial Management	0	0	69	0	30	0	99
Marketing	0	0	87	0	12	0	99
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	26	0	61	0	87
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	4	83	0	0	0	87
Health & Physical Education	0	0	49	0	28	0	77
General Biology	0	0	65	0	0	0	65
General Psychology	0	0	46	0	19	0	65
Political Science & Government	0	0	60	0	0	0	60
Accounting	0	0	40	0	9	0	49
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	7	0	35	0	42
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	0	23	0	18	0	41
Special Education	0	0	9	0	31	0	40
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	0	0	39	0	39
Other Health Professions	0	0	34	0	0	3	37
Public Relations & Advertising	0	0	36	0	0	0	36
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	0	0	33	0	33
Data Analytics	0	0	26	0	6	0	32
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	0	7	0	21	0	28
Computer Science	1	0	27	0	0	0	28
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	0	8	17	25
Communication & Media Studies	0	0	23	0	0	0	23
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	0	8	0	14	0	22
General English Literature	0	0	21	0	1	0	22
Business Administration & Management	0	0	4	0	17	0	21
Human Resource Management	0	0	6	0	14	0	20
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	0	0	20	0	0	0	20
Educational Administration	0	0	0	0	19	0	19
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	0	0	19	0	19
Business/Managerial Economics	0	0	11	0	7	0	18
History	0	0	18	0	0	0	18
International Business	0	0	10	0	4	0	14
Chemistry	0	0	14	0	0	0	14
Social Work	0	0	14	0	0	0	14
Other Education	0	0	0	0	0	13	13
Fine & Studio Arts	0	0	12	0	0	0	12
Student Counseling	0	0	0	0	11	0	11
Allied Health Professions	0	9	0	0	2	0	11
Economics	0	0	11	0	0	0	11
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	0	10	0	0	0	10
Romance Languages	0	0	10	0	0	0	10
Classical Languages & Literature	0	0	9	0	0	0	9
Drama & Theater Arts	0	0	9	0	0	0	9
Management Information Systems	0	0	8	0	0	0	8
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	0	0	0	0	8	0	8
Sustainability Science	0	0	7	0	0	0	7
Philosophy	0	0	4	0	3	0	7
Second Language Learning	1	0	0	0	4	0	5
Mathematics	0	0	5	0	0	0	5
Natural Resources Conservation	0	0	5	0	0	0	5
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
Urban Studies	0	0	0	0	4	0	4
Theological & Ministerial Studies	0	0	2	0	2	0	4
Design & Applied Arts	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
Engineering Physics	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
Music	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
Ethnic Studies	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Germanic Languages	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Natural Sciences	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Agricultural Production	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Medical Illustration & Informatics	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Physics	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Sociology	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Chemical Engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Health/Medical Prep Programs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Natural Resource Management	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Physical Science	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2	13	1,297	11	659	33	2,015

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Brendan Riley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.