Trevecca Nazarene University

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Religious Affiliation Church of the Nazarene
Population 1,500,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84%)
Sunshine Hours 2,510 (33%)
Days Without Precipitation 246 (48%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,443
Men / Women 40% / 60%
From State 70%
From Region 9%
Athletes 365 (26.0%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 52%
Hispanic 16%
International 15%
Black 7%
Mixed 4%
Asian 2%
Native American 1%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Arts and Sciences 153 28% 57% 1% 9% 19% 6% $53,491 2 -0.61 32 87% 6.5%
Applied Mathematics 2 — 100% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $70,623 3 -1.21 72 — — — — —
Chemistry 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $65,014 21 -0.63 61 — — — — —
Mathematics 2 — 50% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $68,113 26 -0.65 67 — — — — —
Physics — +2 — — — — — — $70,067 13 -0.97 71 — — — — —
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 6 — 50% 33% 17% 17% 17% 0% $59,486 12 -0.90 48 — — — — —
Biology 12 +1 17% 75% 0% 0% 17% 8% $59,828 19 -0.77 49 — — — — —
Sport Management 20 — 70% 50% 0% 5% 10% 20% $54,072 23 -0.76 33 — — — — —
English 5 — 60% 80% 0% 0% 0% 0% $48,846 34 -0.43 20 — — — — —
General Studies 2 — 0% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% $53,602 34 -0.36 32 — — — — —
History 5 — 20% 60% 0% 0% 20% 0% $51,660 31 -0.51 27 — — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 3 — 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $55,281 44 -0.20 37 — — — — —
Religion 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $51,020 48 +0.02 25 — — — — —
Behavioral Sciences 3 — 33% 33% 0% 0% 33% 33% $52,936 40 -0.32 30 — — — — —
Communication 5 — 40% 80% 0% 20% 0% 0% $36,690 0 -2.35 4 100% — — — —
Community Development — — — — — — — — $50,837 32 -0.29 25 — — — — —
Intercultural Studies 3 — 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $53,534 43 -0.30 32 — — — — —
Journalism 4 — 0% 50% 0% 0% 25% 25% $46,188 2 -1.80 14 — — — — —
Mass Communication 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $39,948 1 -2.05 6 — — — — —
Organizational Communication 2 +1 50% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $58,746 13 -1.18 46 — — — — —
Psychology 51 +4 10% 57% 0% 16% 22% 0% $52,545 37 -0.38 29 86% 6.5% — — —
Public Administration and Social Services — — — — — — — — $61,155 19 -0.81 52 — — — — —
Public Policy Analysis 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $59,995 17 -0.90 49 — — — — —
Social Work 8 — 25% 50% 0% 12% 25% 0% $51,534 35 -0.20 27 86% — — — —
Film and Media Production 5 — 60% 40% 0% 0% 0% 40% $48,557 51 -0.07 19 — — — — —
Criminal Justice 11 +1 9% 55% 0% 18% 18% 0% $56,268 29 -0.50 40 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Business 132 38% 61% 4% 12% 9% 10% $71,342 48 -0.38 73 96% 5.0%
Accounting 6 — 33% 17% 17% 0% 33% 17% $73,602 21 -0.87 76 — — — — —
Business Administration 99 — 34% 64% 2% 16% 7% 7% $72,094 49 -0.29 74 96% 5.0% — — —
Business and Management — — — — — — — — $70,957 44 -0.35 72 — — — — —
Entrepreneurship 7 — 71% 86% 0% 0% 14% 0% $63,663 29 -0.54 58 — — — — —
International Business 7 — 43% 43% 0% 0% 0% 57% $70,117 35 -0.60 71 — — — — —
Marketing 11 — 36% 55% 18% 0% 18% 9% $68,875 22 -0.68 69 — — — — —
Organizational Leadership 2 — 100% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% $72,094 39 -0.28 74 96% 5.0% — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Education 13 8% 77% 8% 8% 0% 0% $49,972 1 -0.53 23 100%
Business Teacher Education 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $51,689 19 -0.89 27 — — — — —
Early Childhood Education — — — — — — — — $49,222 29 -0.46 21 100% — — — —
Elementary Education 9 — 0% 67% 11% 11% 0% 0% $49,222 29 -0.46 21 100% — — — —
English Education — — — — — — — — $51,460 31 -0.56 26 — — — — —
Physical Education — — — — — — — — $51,695 24 -0.75 27 — — — — —
Special Education 3 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $51,650 30 -0.64 27 — — — — —
Music Education — — — — — — — — $51,071 68 +0.46 25 — — — — —
Theatre Education — — — — — — — — $51,092 90 +1.08 25 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Music and Worship Arts 12 25% 75% 0% 8% 8% 8% $37,019 0 -1.04 4 86%
Church Music 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $50,221 44 -0.08 23 — — — — —
Drama and Theatre Arts 2 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $38,045 19 -0.67 5 — — — — —
Music 5 — 40% 40% 0% 20% 20% 20% $33,540 5 -1.42 3 — — — — —
Music Business 2 — 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $41,573 28 -0.56 8 86% — — — —
Music Performance 2 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $33,540 5 -1.42 3 — — — — —
Music Theory and Composition — — — — — — — — $33,540 5 -1.42 3 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Nursing and Health Sciences 48 12% 50% 6% 17% 12% 2% $68,586 38 -0.40 68 89%
Nursing 13 — 8% 31% 15% 15% 23% 0% $84,388 17 -0.78 86 94% — — — —
Pre-Occupational Therapy 4 — 25% 75% 0% 0% 0% 25% $66,038 47 -0.17 63 — — — — —
Pre-Physical Therapy 5 — 60% 60% 0% 0% 40% 0% $69,416 48 -0.06 70 — — — — —
Pre-Physician Assistant 5 — 20% 60% 0% 0% 20% 0% $66,641 48 -0.13 65 — — — — —
Health Care Administration 21 — 0% 52% 5% 29% 0% 0% $59,555 40 -0.35 48 86% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Technology 33 52% 52% 0% 3% 18% 18% $83,923 82 -0.59 86 87%
Electrical Engineering 2 — 100% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $96,984 7 -0.95 93 — — — — —
Pre-Engineering 1 — 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $94,623 39 -0.30 92 — — — — —
Computer Graphics 10 — 0% 40% 0% 0% 40% 20% $67,541 32 -0.63 66 — — — — —
Computer Science 5 — 80% 60% 0% 0% 0% 40% $91,535 13 -0.98 91 — — — — —
Information Technology 15 — 67% 60% 0% 7% 7% 13% $89,854 35 -0.41 90 87% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Theology and Christian Ministry 36 64% 81% 0% 6% 6% 0% $60,902 12 +1.24 52 93%
Christian Ministry 8 — 62% 88% 0% 0% 12% 0% $49,592 41 -0.15 22 — — — — —
Lay Ministry 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $48,754 37 -0.26 20 — — — — —
Theology 25 — 64% 76% 0% 8% 4% 0% $65,973 97 +1.87 63 93% — — — —
Youth Ministry 2 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $48,834 38 -0.25 20 — — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $33,491
ROI Percentile 57th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 74%
4-Year Graduation Rate 41%
6-Year Graduation Rate 53%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Business & Economics 40.5% 173 37% 58% 3% 13% 8% 10% $67,915 20 -0.42 67 94% 5.0%
Social Sciences 18.3% 78 15% 56% 0% 13% 23% 3% $51,245 15 -0.61 26 87% 6.5%
Humanities 12.4% 53 53% 79% 0% 4% 6% 0% $57,911 67 +0.73 44 93% —
Computer Science 7.0% 30 47% 53% 0% 3% 17% 20% $82,697 8 -0.58 85 87% —
Health Sciences 6.3% 27 22% 48% 7% 7% 22% 4% $75,610 43 -0.44 78 94% —
Life & Natural Sciences 4.2% 18 28% 61% 6% 6% 17% 6% $59,714 16 -0.81 49 — —
Arts 3.7% 16 38% 62% 0% 6% 6% 19% $39,800 7 -0.80 6 86% —
Education 3.0% 13 8% 77% 8% 8% 0% 0% $49,972 24 -0.53 23 100% —
Professional 2.6% 11 9% 55% 0% 18% 18% 0% $56,268 14 -0.50 40 — —
Physical Sciences & Math 1.2% 5 60% 40% 0% 0% 60% 0% $68,497 21 -0.87 68 — —
Engineering 0.7% 3 100% 33% 0% 0% 33% 0% $96,197 23 -0.73 93 — —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Education — — — — 128 #7 — —
Business & Economics — — — — 43 #14 — —
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — 2 #308 — —
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Computer Science — — — — — — — —
Engineering — — — — — — — —
Health Sciences — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math — — — — — — — —
Total — — — — 173 #125 — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D2

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Soccer 47 $513K $497K $15K
Baseball 42 $709K $709K $0
Track & Field (indoor) 35 $135K $135K $0
Track & Field (outdoor) 35 $135K $135K $0
Basketball 32 $735K $735K $0
Cross Country 17 $135K $131K $4K
Golf 13 $217K $214K $3K
Total 169 $2.6M $2.6M $23K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Soccer 48 $496K $476K $20K
Other Sports 42 $401K $401K $0
Volleyball 33 $403K $403K $0
Basketball 23 $706K $694K $11K
Softball 22 $512K $465K $46K
Track & Field (indoor) 19 $94K $94K $0
Track & Field (outdoor) 19 $94K $94K $0
Cross Country 11 $164K $164K $0
Golf 9 $191K $191K $0
Total 196 $3.1M $3.0M $78K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Soccer 95 $1.0M $974K $36K
Basketball 55 $1.4M $1.4M $11K
Track & Field (indoor) 54 $229K $229K $0
Track & Field (outdoor) 54 $229K $229K $0
Baseball 42 $709K $709K $0
Other Sports 42 $401K $401K $0
Volleyball 33 $403K $403K $0
Cross Country 28 $299K $295K $4K
Golf 22 $409K $406K $3K
Softball 22 $512K $465K $46K
Total 365 $7.0M $6.9M $138K

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 78%
Yield (non-ED) 27%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 78% 78% 78%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 96%
SAT Range 980 – 1230
SAT Math Range 470 – 620
SAT RW Range 510 – 610