A Distinctive, Life-Changing Education

A Lutheran-affiliated liberal arts college in the heart of Southwest Ohio, Wittenberg enjoys a national reputation for excellent academic standards and is widely known for its friendly and welcoming atmosphere. Guests on our campus, which is recognized as one of America’s most beautiful, will quickly feel the friendliness with the first of many “Wittenberg Hellos” during their visit.

Campus and Students

• Active, engaged learning environment
• 1445 undergraduates, 43 graduate students from 33 states and 5 countries (Fall 2020)
• Highly personalized education with multiple opportunities for experiential learning
• One of America’s Best 384 Colleges (Princeton Review 2019)
• America’s Top Colleges (Forbes 2018)
• Nationally recognized for its beautiful campus setting
• Located in Springfield, Ohio, on 114 wooded acres

Academics

• More Ohio Professors of the Year than any four-year institution in the state
• Honors Program
• International Baccalaureate Diploma Friendly School
• 12:1 Student-Faculty Ratio
• Average Class Size: 18
• 165 Faculty, majority holding highest degree in fields
• Strong in the arts and sciences and offering wide range of pre-professional programs

Student Life

• Students annually perform more than 25,000 hours of community service in the local community and beyond
• Approximately one-third of all students participate in Greek life
• Approximately 75% of students participate in intercollegiate, club or intramural sports
• More than 100 active clubs and student organizations
• 87% of first-year students live on campus in fall of 2020

Athletics

• 25 intercollegiate athletics teams
• Charter member of NCAA Division III (created in 1973)
• Member of the North Coast Athletic Conference
• Offering a robust intramural program
• Numerous club sports that compete with other colleges and universities

Outcomes

• Class of 2018 had a 97% placement rate into jobs or graduate programs
• Ranked among top 10% nationally in number of doctorates earned by its alumni
• 63% of those entering in fall 2014 graduated within six years

Brief History

Chartered in 1845 by Ezra Keller and a group of pastors who broke with the German church and created the English Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Ohio. The new synod voted unanimously to establish a theological and literary institution that would serve the educational and cultural needs of new immigrants and new communities. Wittenberg remains the third oldest Lutheran college in the country.