Mount Vernon Nazarene University acceptance rate and admissions profile

Mount Vernon Nazarene University, a private college in Ohio, reports a 84% acceptance rate and sits in the accessible band. In practice that means it admits most qualified applicants, so a strong application is judged against an applicant pool that is already self-selected.

Use this page to see what Mount Vernon Nazarene University weighs, where it ranks among Ohio schools, and how a profile like yours is likely to land. Admitted students post a 75th-percentile SAT around 1160, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

The factors that carry the most weight at Mount Vernon Nazarene University are rigor of secondary school record, academic GPA, and standardized test scores. Solid grades in a challenging schedule do most of the work here, with the rest of the application providing context. These ratings come from Mount Vernon Nazarene University's reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

Among the 45 Ohio schools we track, Mount Vernon Nazarene University ranks #35 most selective by acceptance rate. Schools like Denison University (17%) and Kenyon College (31%) sit nearby, which makes Ohio a useful frame for calibrating a balanced list.

Applicants targeting Mount Vernon Nazarene University often weigh Duquesne University, Houston Christian University, and Dominican University (CA), which sit at a similar level. Running the same profile against each one in the free calculator is the fastest way to see where you are a reach, a match, or a likely.

Acceptance rate and admitted test ranges reflect publicly reported data (U.S. Department of Education / NCES IPEDS / Common Data Sets). Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.