Olivet Nazarene University

Olivet Nazarene University is a private, Christian, liberal arts university — a service of the Church of the Nazarene, theologically grounded in the Wesleyan tradition

Olivet is centrally located in the historic Village of Bourbonnais, Illinois — just 50 miles south of Chicago’s Loop — with additional sites in Rolling Meadows and Oak Brook, Illinois; Indianapolis, Indiana; Grand Rapids and Grand Ledge, Michigan; Hong Kong; and more than 100 School of Graduate and Continuing Studies learning locations throughout Chicagoland and the Midwest.

Founded in 1907 by a group of families who desired a distinctively Christian education for their children. 

About 4,900 (2,900 undergraduate) students from more than 40 states and 20 countries, representing nearly 50 religious denominations.