Student Body Makeup

1st Year Students:

  • 96% In-state students
  • 4% Out-of-state students
  • 0% Part-time students
  • 59% Women
  • 41% Men
  • <1% American Indian/Alaskan Native
  • 1% Asian/Pacific Islander
  • 7% Black/Non-Hispanic
  • 3% Hispanic
  • 86% White/Non-Hispanic
  • <1% Non-Resident Alien
  • 3% Race/ethnicity unreported
  • 26% in top 10th of graduating class
  • 56% in top quarter of graduating class
  • 85% in top half of graduating class
  • 27% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
  • 21% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
  • 17% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
  • 15% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
  • 18% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99
  • 2% had h.s. GPA between 2.0 and 2.49

 

Student Body Size

Total undergrads: 2,824
Degree-seeking undergrads: 2,737
1st-time degree-seeking freshmen: 696
Graduate enrollment: 292

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Capital University

Capital University

Capital University combines personal attention with a balanced liberal arts and professional studies education to prepare students for lifelong learning, leadership and service through five colleges: College of Arts and Sciences; Conservatory of Music; Law School; School of Management; and School of Nursing. The university serves its adult learners through the Centers for Lifelong Learning in Cleveland, Columbus and Dayton. Capital is the oldest and largest university affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The university has a current enrollment of approximately 3,850 undergraduate, graduate and professional students.

Capital UniversityThe university actually began as a seminary in Canton, Ohio called the Theological Seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Ohio. This was in 1830. Classes were taught in German and for the next 88 years only allowed men as students. In 1832 the seminary moved to Columbus after the city outbid Canton to house the seminary. In 1853 the university moved to 4 acres of land at North High Street and Goodale Avenue where it would remain for 23 years. In 1874, having outgrown the facilities on Goodale, the university accepted an offer of 50 acres east of Alum Creek, the present location of the university. In 1876 a caravan of horse-drawn wagons began the 4 mile trek to the new campus in Bexley.

 

Capital University Front Gate

Main Address

1 College and Main
Columbus, OH 43209
(614) 236-6011

See also:

Bexley