·Private (Jesuit Catholic)·Est. 1831
“A private Jesuit Catholic university in Cincinnati with a 190-year liberal arts tradition, strong business and health sciences, and Big East basketball culture.”
Xavier University is a private Jesuit Catholic university in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1831 and today recognized as the sixth-oldest Catholic and fourth-oldest Jesuit university in the United States. Situated on a 190-acre residential campus three miles north of downtown Cincinnati in the Evanston and Norwood neighborhoods, Xavier enrolls roughly 5,600 students — about 4,000 undergraduates — across three colleges: the College of Arts and Sciences, the Williams College of Business, and the College of Professional Sciences (which houses nursing, occupational therapy, education, sport management, and criminal justice). The university offers 90+ undergraduate majors, 55 minors, and 19 graduate programs, and is particularly known for its Williams College of Business (with a strong focus on consulting and analytics), its nationally respected occupational therapy, nursing, and MBA programs, and its long-standing pre-medical track into the Lindner Family Physician Assistant Program. The Xavier experience is shaped by the Jesuit tradition of cura personalis — care for the whole person — with a curriculum that intentionally weaves philosophy, theology, ethics, and community service through every major. Class sizes average 20 students, the student-faculty ratio is 11:1, and more than 90% of students participate in some form of service-learning or experiential education. Xavier is also a Big East basketball school with one of the most spirited campus atmospheres in the country on game days at Cintas Center, and is complemented by an active Greek life, 100+ student organizations, and traditions like the All For One Shop, Manresa orientation, and the annual Christmas at Xavier mass. For international students, the combination of Cincinnati's low cost of living, a welcoming mid-sized campus, the Center for International Education's dedicated advising, and STEM-designated graduate programs (in business analytics, computer science, and several health-sciences tracks) makes Xavier an accessible private university option in the Midwest.
Visa, OPT, H-1B alumni outcomes, and acceptance rates by country — sourced from FOIA, USCIS H-1B Hub, and DHS SEVIS.
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Tuition & Fees (All Students)
$52,000 – $53,000
/yr
Beyond the sticker price — every named scholarship, the financial aid policy, need-aware notes, and a personalized net-cost estimate.
How life on campus actually feels — clubs, sports, traditions, housing realities, and how the school integrates with its city.
Xavier's largest and oldest college, housing humanities, natural and social sciences, modern languages, fine arts, and the required Jesuit core curriculum that shapes every undergraduate degree.
AACSB-accredited business college offering undergraduate majors in accounting, finance, management, marketing, business analytics, economics, and entrepreneurship; home to Xavier's nationally recognized MBA and STEM-designated MS Business Analytics.
Houses Xavier's applied and pre-professional programs in health sciences, education, and public service, including nursing, occupational therapy, athletic training, sport management, criminal justice, and the Physician Assistant program.
4 years
One of the most competitive programs at Xavier, with clinical rotations at Cincinnati's major hospital systems (TriHealth, Cincinnati Children's, UC Health) and strong NCLEX-RN pass rates above 90%.
1 years
STEM-designated graduate degree eligible for 36 months of OPT, emphasising data visualization, predictive analytics, and hands-on consulting projects with Cincinnati-area employers like Procter & Gamble, Kroger, and Fifth Third Bank.
3 years
ACOTE-accredited clinical doctorate with strong fieldwork placements across the Cincinnati/Dayton healthcare network and a reputation for high first-time NBCOT pass rates.
Where alumni go after graduation — top industries, grad-school continuation, and the qualitative outcomes story.
Sticker price (annual, out-of-state): $50,640
Net-cost estimate is US-resident-only — international applicants are typically excluded from need-based aid at most schools and should treat the sticker price as the planning baseline.
