Buckeye Hills
Career Center
Public College in Rio Grande, OH. Median 10-year earnings $40,264.
Ten-year median earnings of $40,264 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Graduates leave owing a median of $8,250 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.20 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. 100% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. A 8:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a public short-program institution, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. At 215 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 203 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $13,199 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $16,698 at $0–30k, $22,041 at $110k+. About 55% get grants averaging $5,403, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. About 34% 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 · 127 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 | $16,698 |
| $30–48k | $17,083 |
| $48–75k | $18,007 |
| $75–110k | $19,722 |
| $110k+ | $22,041 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 69 of these 203 students, totalling $342,535 — an average of $4,964 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Gallia County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Warning or Equivalent-Factors Affecting Academic Quality (Other - Provide unlisted or multiple justifications); School has an accreditation issue
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)