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Pontifical College Josephinum

Columbus, Ohio 43235-1499

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Data last updated: August 29, 2026

83%Admit rate
27%Grad in 4 yrs
45Undergrads

Close-knit campus

Pontifical College Josephinum is a private urban institution in Columbus, Ohio. The school is accessible to a wide range of students.

A small campus of 45 undergraduates with a 5:1 student-faculty ratio. The urban location puts students at the center of city life.

27% of students graduate within four years.

Established
1888
Motto
Si Deus pro nobis, quis contra nos
Type
Seminary, private university, and Pontifical College
83%
Acceptance
—
SAT Avg
45
Undergrads
5:1
Student : Faculty
27%
Grad Rate (4yr)
—
Earnings 10yr

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History & Fun Facts

  • •Within his first year at Sacred Heart, the parish purchased a house next door to serve as an orphanage for twelve local boys, supported in part by a German-language newspaper that Jessing wrote.
  • •In October 1888, prompted both by the desire of some of the orphan boys to study for the priesthood and the need for German-speaking priests, Jessing founded the Collegium Josephinum.
  • •Its first class of 23 men began formation at the Columbus site.
  • •Jessing lived to see the first six seminarians ordained to the priesthood in June 1899 but he died less than six months later.

Source: Wikipedia

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