Employability of Graduates

( Student Outcomes / Student-Right-To-Know-Act )

Employment rate (from Fall, 2023 Alumni Survey of 2020 and 2022 graduates):

My employment status is best described as:

Scrolling maybe necessary  
Answer Choices Bachelor's   N=119 Master's   N=37
Full-time employment 75% 70%
Part-time employment 9% 3%
Full time graduate student 2% 0%
Retired 2% 12%
Stay-at-home caregiver 2% 5%
Unemployed, looking for employment 6% 8%
Unemployed, not looking for employment 1% 2%

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, 2022 to Fall, 2023

  • Circleville Students: 51%
  • Online Students: 33%

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, 2017:  27%
  • For baccalaureate students who began their studies as first-time freshmen in Fall, 2017: 48%
  • For graduate students who began their studies in Fall, 2019:  49%
  • For students receiving Pell Grants (six-year graduation rate for bachelor’s degree): 36%
  • For students receiving the Subsidized Direct Loan and no Pell Grants (six-year graduation rate for bachelor degree): 47%
  • For students receiving neither the Subsidized Direct Loan nor Pell Grants (six-year graduation rate for bachelor degree): 76%
  • For Students beginning a bachelor’s degree in 2017:
 

6 year graduation rate

Men 

40

Women 

57

Total (men and women)

48

Nonresident alien

N/A

Hispanic/Latino

N/A

American Indian or Alaska Native

N/A

Asian

100

Black or African American

21

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

N/A

White

54

Two or more races

33

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:  2023 Alumni Survey of Graduates from  2020, and 2022)

Doctoral Degree 

6%

Master's Degree

26%

Additional Graduate Work

1%

Teacher Education Ohio Licensure Pass Rates

2022 (15 test takers) 

89%

2021 (18 test takers)

94%

2020 (6 test takers)

95%