Xavier University Ohio
82%
Acceptance rate
$54,530
Tuition/yr
6,500
Enrollment
11:1
Student:Faculty
About Xavier University Ohio
Private Jesuit university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Strong business, engineering, and liberal arts.
Xavier University is a private Jesuit Catholic university founded in 1831 in Cincinnati, Ohio, making it the fourth-oldest Jesuit university in the United States. It enrolls approximately 7,000 students from over 53 countries and maintains an 11:1 student-to-faculty ratio. The university offers more than 80 undergraduate majors and 34 graduate programs across colleges of arts and sciences, business, education, nursing, and health.
Xavier's Williams College of Business is nationally recognized, ranking #18 in undergraduate Business Analytics, #20 in Entrepreneurship and Marketing, and #26 in Finance by US News and World Report (2026). The nursing program ranks #6 Best College for Nursing in Ohio. The university reports a 98% student success rate for its graduating class and is ranked #208 among National Universities by US News (2026).
The 190-acre campus sits in the residential Hyde Park and Evanston neighborhoods of Cincinnati, a major Midwestern city with a substantial healthcare, consumer goods, and finance economy, home to corporations such as Procter & Gamble, Kroger, and Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Cincinnati's cost of living is well below that of coastal US cities, which materially reduces total student expenditure.
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Campus & Location
OH
Suburban
Optional Practical Training (OPT)
All graduates qualify for 12-month OPT. STEM-designated programs (CS, Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, Sciences) qualify for 24-month STEM OPT extension — 36 months total work authorisation.
For Nepali students
- International undergraduates are automatically considered for merit scholarships of $23,000–$30,000 per year (renewable for four years), reducing the listed tuition of $54,530 significantly without a separate application, an important practical advantage for Nepali families navigating US financial aid restrictions on F-1 visa holders.
- Xavier's nationally ranked business analytics, finance, and nursing programs align with the most common fields Nepali students pursue in the US; graduates in STEM-designated programs (including computer science and select business analytics tracks) are eligible for the 24-month OPT STEM extension, giving up to three years of US work authorization after graduation.
- Cincinnati's below-average US cost of living, combined with Xavier's partial merit funding, places total annual costs meaningfully lower than comparable private universities on the coasts, an important consideration given Nepal's foreign-exchange constraints on student remittances.
- The university's Center for International Education provides dedicated counselors organized by geographic region and supports students from 53 countries, offering credential evaluation, I-20 assistance, and orientation programming that eases the transition for first-time international students from South Asia.
Admission requirements — Nepali equivalents
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