Employability of Graduates
( Student Outcomes / Student-Right-To-Know-Act )
Employment rate (from Fall, 2021 Alumni Survey of 2018, 2019, 2020 graduates):
My employment status is best described as:
| ANSWER CHOICES |
Bachelor’s N=78 |
Master’s N=47 |
| Full-time employment | 73% | 70% |
| Part-time employment | 6% | 11% |
| Full time graduate student | 3% | 0% |
| Retired | 5% | 6% |
| Stay-at-home parent | 5% | 0% |
| Unemployed, looking for employment | 7% | 9% |
| Unemployed, not looking for employment | 1% | 4% |
Types of Graduate Education in which OCU Graduates Enroll (Source: 2020 Alumni Survey)
- Master of Communication
- Master of Divinity
- Master of Biblical Counseling
- Doctor of Ministry
- Master of Business Administration
- Doctor of Business Administration
- Master of Education
- Doctor of Education—Organizational Leadership
- Ph.D – Leadership
- Master of Leadership
- Master of Counseling
- Master of Clinical Mental Health
- Master of Social Work
Student to Faculty Ratio: 8 to 1
1st to 2nd Year Retention Rate: Fall, 2020 to Fall, 2021
- Circleville Students: 59%
- 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, 2015: 20%
- For baccalaureate students who began their studies as first-time freshmen in Fall, 2015: 42%
- For graduate students who began their studies in Fall, 2018: 49%
- For students receiving Pell Grants (six-year graduation rate for bachelor’s degree): 37%
- For students receiving the Subsidized Direct Loan and no Pell Grants (six-year graduation rate for bachelor degree): 53%
- For students receiving neither the Subsidized Direct Loan nor Pell Grants (six-year graduation rate for bachelor degree): 55%
- For Students beginning a bachelor’s degree in 2015:
|
6 year graduation rate |
|
|
Men |
33 |
|
Women |
48 |
|
Total (men and women) |
41 |
|
Nonresident alien |
N/A |
|
Hispanic/Latino |
N/A |
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
N/A |
|
Asian |
50 |
|
Black or African American |
56 |
|
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander |
N/A |
|
White |
40 |
|
Two or more races |
N/A |
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: 2021 Alumni Survey of Graduates from 2018, 2019, 2020)
|
Doctoral Degree |
4% |
|
Master's Degree |
23% |
|
Additional Graduate Work |
1% |
