Employability of Graduates
( Student Outcomes / Student-Right-To-Know-Act )
Employment rate (from Fall, 2022 Alumni Survey of 2019 and 2021 graduates):
My employment status is best described as:
| ANSWER CHOICES |
Bachelor’s N=119 |
Master’s N=37 |
| Full-time employment | 63% | 81% |
| Part-time employment | 7% | 3% |
| Full time graduate student | 3% | 0% |
| Retired | 5% | 3% |
| Stay-at-home caregiver | 9% | 0% |
| Unemployed, looking for employment | 14% | 8% |
| Unemployed, not looking for employment | 2% | 5% |
Types of Graduate Education in which OCU Graduates Enroll (Source: 2022 Alumni Survey)
- Masters of Divinity
- Masters of Theology
- Doctor of Ministry
- Masters of Business Administration
- Doctor of Business Administration
- Masters of Education
- Doctor of Education
- Masters of Leadership
- Masters of Pastoral Care and Counseling
- Masters of Clinical Mental Health
- Masters of Social Work
- Masters of Industrial and Organizational Psychology
- Masters of English
- Masters of Mental Health and Clinical Counseling
Student to Faculty Ratio: 9 to 1
1st to 2nd Year Retention Rate: Fall, 2021 to Fall, 2022
- Circleville Students: 63%
- Online Students: 29%
Retention rate measures the percentage of first-time students who are seeking bachelor's degrees who return to the institution to continue their studies the following fall.
Graduation Rates:
- For associate students who began their studies as first-time freshmen in Fall, 2016: 20%
- For baccalaureate students who began their studies as first-time freshmen in Fall, 2016: 43%
- For graduate students who began their studies in Fall, 2019: 49%
- For students receiving Pell Grants (six-year graduation rate for bachelor’s degree): 41%
- For students receiving the Subsidized Direct Loan and no Pell Grants (six-year graduation rate for bachelor degree): 60%
- For students receiving neither the Subsidized Direct Loan nor Pell Grants (six-year graduation rate for bachelor degree): 51%
- For Students beginning a bachelor’s degree in 2016:
|
6 year graduation rate |
|
|
Men |
32 |
|
Women |
51 |
|
Total (men and women) |
43 |
|
Nonresident alien |
N/A |
|
Hispanic/Latino |
50 |
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
N/A |
|
Asian |
50 |
|
Black or African American |
13 |
|
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander |
N/A |
|
White |
49 |
|
Two or more races |
25 |
Retention Rates of First-Time Full-Time Students from First to Second Year :
|
Associate Degree |
Bachelor Degree |
Master Degree |
|
| Face-to-face | 50.00% | 63.72% | n/a |
| Online | 33.33% | 50.00% | 72.41% |
| Combined | 33.77% | 63.03% | 72.41% |
Post Graduate Degrees Pursued By Alumni Completing Their Bachelor Degree
(Source: 2022 Alumni Survey of Graduates from 2019, and 2021)
|
Doctoral Degree |
3% |
|
Master's Degree |
25% |
|
Additional Graduate Work |
2% |
