Olivet College Business Programs

Olivet College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Olivet, Michigan. The rural area surrounding the school is great for students who prefer living in a country setting.

Where Is Olivet College?

Contact details for Olivet are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	320 South Main Street, Olivet, MI 49076
Phone:	800-456-7189
Website:	https://www.olivetcollege.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/OlivetCollege
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/olivetcollege

How Do I Get Into Olivet?

You can apply to Olivet online at: https://apply.olivetcollege.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Olivet

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	considered but not required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	considered but not required
Recommendations	considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	recommended
TOEFL	neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Olivet?

The acceptance rate at Olivet is 60%, which is a sign that the school is fairly selective. While it may not be as hard to get into as other colleges, you should not take admission for granted.

Approximately 52% of accepted students are men and 48% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 60%, and the acceptance rate for women is 61%.

Can I Afford Olivet College?

The overall average net price of Olivet is $26,941. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Olivet, approximately 82% of students took out student loans averaging $15,705 a year. That adds up to $62,820 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Olivet is 14.7%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Olivet College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 968 undergraduate students at Olivet, with 887 being full-time and 81 being part-time.

There are also 55 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 887 full-time undergraduates at Olivet, 56% are male and 44% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Olivet College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	7
Black or African American	182
Hispanic or Latino	52
White	590
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	52

Geographic Diversity

Michigan students aren't the only ones who study at Olivet College. At this time, 12 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 9 countries are represented at Olivet. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, United Kingdom, and Nigeria.

Online Learning at Olivet College

In 2019-2020, 979 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Olivet has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 19th most popular in Michigan for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Olivet

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Olivet College was $30,126 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Olivet is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Insurance	#1	#1
Insurance	#1	#1

Online Growth Rankings of Olivet

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Olivet College was 77.9%. This is the #411 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Olivet regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Olivet ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Olivet.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Insurance	#1
Insurance	#1

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Olivet College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	15	20	35
Insurance	14	14	28
Accounting	8	0	8
Financial Planning & Services	4	0	4
Actuarial Science	2	0	2
TOTAL	43	34	77

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By kennethaw88 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.