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Heidelberg University

Tiffin, Ohio·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Great Lakes·heidelberg.edu
6-yr Graduation
52%
-8.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Total enrollment
1,091
peer median 2,663
Avg net price
$20,556
-$2.4k vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
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About

Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1386 on instruction of Pope Urban VI, Heidelberg is Germany's oldest university and one of the world's oldest surviving universities; it was the third university established in the Holy Roman Empire after Prague (1347) and Vienna (1365). Since 1899, it has been a coeducational institution.

Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
1,879
1,879 candidates competed
Admitted
1,612
85.8% acceptance rate
Enrolled
293
18.2% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
52%-8.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
4-year graduation
45%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
52%
Full-time retention
74%

Pell equity

16.8pp gap
Pell recipients
42%57 of 135
Non-Pell (all)
59%114 of 194
Subsidized loan, no Pell
57%71 of 125
No Federal Aid
62%43 of 69

Non-Pell students graduate at a 16.8-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 36 Title IV programs, 8 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 27 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
36
Passing
8
22.2% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
1
2.8% of portfolio
Fail rate
2.8%
+2.2pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

36programs
  • Passing8 · 22.2%
  • No Data27 · 75.0%
  • Failing1 · 2.8%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
1
At Risk
0
Watch
1
Safe
7
No data
27

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

9
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
-4.6%
$54,100 vs $56,700
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+13.8%
$39,600 vs $34,808
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+25.7%
$71,269 vs $56,700
Education General
Bachelor Degree · Education
+33.3%
$46,402 vs $34,808
Communication and Media Studies
Bachelor Degree · Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs
+45.4%
$50,626 vs $34,808
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences General
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+48.5%
$51,684 vs $34,808
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
+50.3%
$52,329 vs $34,808
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+88.1%
$65,471 vs $34,808

Near the line (±5%)

Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.

1
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
-4.6%
−$2,600

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

8
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
84%
$45,300 debt · $54,100 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
68%
$27,000 debt · $39,600 earn
Education General
Bachelor Degree · Education
57%
$26,250 debt · $46,402 earn
Communication and Media Studies
Bachelor Degree · Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs
53%
$27,000 debt · $50,626 earn
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences General
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
52%
$27,000 debt · $51,684 earn
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
52%
$27,000 debt · $52,329 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
41%
$27,000 debt · $65,471 earn
Accounting and Related Services
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
32%
$27,000 debt · $84,967 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Higher Learning Commission

Accredited since 1913Next review Aug 2026

Programmatic accreditations · 3

Action history · 2

  1. May 2016Renewal of Accreditation
    Higher Learning Commission
  2. Aug 2014Change in Agency recognition
    National Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation · Music (MUS) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programs

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$18,217
$30–48k$15,974
$48–75k$14,556
$75–110k$21,376
$110k+$26,286

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$20,556
-$2,372vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs median $22,928
Federal loans
90.7%
In-state tuition
$33,650
Out-of-state
$33,650

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 418 students received $2.4M in Pell grants, alongside $6.9M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
418
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$2.4M
$2,364,671 total
Direct Loans
$6.9M
1,315 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

0k
’20
0k
’21
0k
’22
0k
’23
0k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$2.0M
501 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$2.4M
612 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$433K
31 loan awards
Parent PLUS$2.1M
168 loan awards
Grad PLUS$19K
3 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 366 borrowers who entered repayment, 8 (2.1%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
2.1%
-0.2pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
366
Defaulted
8
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
8.8%
2017
7.4%
2018
6.7%
2019
2.1%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Heidelberg

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs55
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

315 total completions
01Business
12640.0%
02Health Professions
4714.9%
03Parks/Recreation
3912.4%
04Education
268.3%
05Social Sciences
237.3%
06Psychology
144.4%
07Communication
134.1%
08Biological Sciences
134.1%
09Visual/Performing Arts
82.5%
10Computer Sciences
61.9%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
1,091
12-mo unduplicated
1,216
Undergraduate
999
Graduate
217

Gender split

Men
52%633
Women
48%583

Race / ethnicity composition

White
82.6%
Black
11.4%
Hispanic
2.4%
Two or more
1.8%
Unknown
1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.5%
Asian
0.2%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
551
347 M · 204 W
Women athletes
37.0%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$4.0M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$40K
$16K
Head-coach salaries
$43K
$41K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 12

Football
150 M · —
$642K
Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
62 M · 79 W
$357K
Soccer
33 M · 32 W
$315K
Baseball
50 M · —
$270K
Basketball
22 M · 13 W
$387K
Wrestling
34 M · —
$187K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
3.78
4 offenses · 1,059 students

3-year trend

3.342 yrs ago1.841 yr ago3.78Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
10
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
6
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Fondling
3
Rape
1

By location

4total
  • On campus4

Includes 2 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
2
Stalking
2 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs05
Liquor04

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
14.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
50

Heidelberg vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Heidelberg selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectHeidelberg University
52%—1,091$20,556Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Adrian College
45%72.5%1,765$25,368Baccalaureate
Ashland University
60%76.4%4,106$21,988Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Baldwin Wallace University
67%75.7%3,305$27,603Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Bluffton University
53%67.2%646$19,943Baccalaureate
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus
61%81.0%17,594$24,022R2 Research
Capital University
60%70.2%2,263$22,576Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Cleveland State University
51%91.3%14,074$14,764R2 Research
Defiance College
31%47.5%568$26,337Baccalaureate
Denison University
79%17.4%2,394$40,007Baccalaureate
Hiram College
55%93.5%1,061$21,058Baccalaureate
John Carroll University
79%80.9%2,864$28,746Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Kent State University at Kent
64%86.3%26,374$20,787R1 Research
Kenyon College
82%31.0%2,249$38,512Baccalaureate
Marietta College
61%79.3%1,109$21,083Baccalaureate
Miami University-Oxford
80%75.4%18,838$28,384R2 Research
Muskingum University
56%81.8%1,751$19,532Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Oberlin College
81%34.2%2,909$38,645Baccalaureate
Ohio Northern University
72%74.4%3,140$24,478Baccalaureate
Ohio State University-Main Campus
88%60.6%61,443$17,339R1 Research
Ohio University-Main Campus
65%85.0%26,323$21,637R1 Research
Ohio Wesleyan University
59%55.6%1,525$20,897Baccalaureate
Otterbein University
68%84.5%2,332$19,237Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
The College of Wooster
74%59.5%1,738$23,458Baccalaureate
The University of Findlay
58%83.4%5,016$27,221Doctoral/Professional
Tiffin University
40%80.0%3,831$26,500Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
University of Akron Main Campus
52%59.7%13,332$13,946R2 Research
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
75%85.3%45,026$25,648R1 Research
University of Dayton
80%65.4%10,506$29,533R2 Research
University of Mount Union
59%78.2%2,461$23,280Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
University of Toledo
58%92.0%14,358$17,249R2 Research
Walsh University
58%70.7%2,192$20,493Doctoral/Professional
Wilmington College
47%92.4%1,040$24,153Baccalaureate
Wittenberg University
53%72.3%1,285$18,649Baccalaureate
Peer group median60%75.7%2,663$22,928

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Frequently asked questions about Heidelberg University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Heidelberg.

What is the graduation rate at Heidelberg University?

Heidelberg University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 52% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Heidelberg University?

Heidelberg University reports a total enrollment of 1,091 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Heidelberg University?

The average net price at Heidelberg University is $20,556 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Heidelberg University?

Heidelberg University's yield rate is 18.2%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Heidelberg University located?

Heidelberg University is located in Tiffin, Ohio 44883-2462.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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