Capital University

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About Capital University

Located in Columbus, Ohio, Capital University guides students through transformative educational experience, helping them achieve their full potential educationally, professionally and personally through a strong core curriculum grounded in the liberal arts, and professional programs that develop specialized skills relevant in a global marketplace and reflective of a global community. Influenced by its Lutheran heritage, Capital University places great emphasis on the free, open and civil exchange of ideas, active participation in society, and leadership and service in all students.

Total enrollment

  • 2008 – 3,632
  • 2007 – 3,713
  • 2006 – 3,825
  • 2005 – 3,901
  • 2004 – 3,895
Faculty
  • Three-quarter time or greater: 199
  • Less than three-quarter time: 208
  • Total: 407

Administration and staff
  • Three-quarter time or greater: 278
  • Less than three-quarter time: 34
  • Total: 312

Total number of employees

  • 719

Tuition and fees

Senior leadership

  • Denvy A. Bowman, President
  • Edward S. Inch, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
  • Betty M. Lovelace, Vice President for Student Affairs
  • John R. Meyer, Vice President for University Advancement
  • Tanya J. Poteet, University Counsel
  • Kevin W. Sayers, Vice President of Planning and Strategy and Assistant to the President
  • Susan Tate, Vice President of Business and Finance, and University Treasurer

Faculty leadership

  • Danshera Cords, Chair, Faculty Senate
  • Tom Zugger, Chair, Undergraduate Faculty
  • Andrea Thomas, Chair, Graduate Advisory Council

Board of Trustees Chair

  • Denny Freudeman
Capital University
1 College and Main, Columbus, OH 43209-2394
614-236-6011
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