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:

Scrolling maybe necessary  
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%