Ashland County-West
Holmes Career Center
Public College in Ashland, OH. Median 10-year earnings $31,791.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. 87% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. At 6:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a public short-program institution, the relevant comparison is other two-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. The undergraduate body is just 44, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 44 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $9,137 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($9,608 versus $11,017), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 55% of students receive grant aid, averaging $8,204 — common but not automatic. Federal borrowing reaches 45% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 15 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $9,608 |
| $30–48k | $7,284 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | $11,017 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 20 of these 44 students, totalling $86,775 — an average of $4,339 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Ashland County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)