Ashland University
Private College in Ashland, OH. Six-year graduation rate 61%. Median 10-year earnings $52,928.
Ten years after entry, the median Ashland University student earns $52,928 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 61%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates carry a median of $25,000 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.6 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
76% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. The applicant pool runs to 3,814, typical for a school of this reach. Yield is low at 16%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. 7% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 505–610 | 32 (7%) |
| SAT Math | 530–598 | |
| ACT Composite | 20–25 | 225 (48%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 61%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 77% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. Transfer-out runs to 26% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. A 14:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,321 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $22,610 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $16,489 while those at $110k+ pay $26,507. 92% of students get grant aid averaging $15,608, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. About 50% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 513 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 | $16,489 |
| $30–48k | $17,893 |
| $48–75k | $19,052 |
| $75–110k | $24,229 |
| $110k+ | $26,507 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,161 of these 2,321 students, totalling $7,773,332 — an average of $6,695 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)