Clark State College
Public Community College in Springfield, OH. Six-year graduation rate 22%. Median 10-year earnings $39,584.
Students who entered Clark State College reach a median of $39,584 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is the weak point: 22% graduate within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $14,490 — modest by four-year standards.
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 0.9 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 22% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 22% graduate within six years. 100% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. 26% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. At 13:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,134 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $11,860 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Income makes less difference than usual: $10,526 at $0–30k, $16,081 at $110k+. About 65% get grants averaging $4,841, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 62% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 120 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 | $10,526 |
| $30–48k | $10,129 |
| $48–75k | $13,884 |
| $75–110k | $15,540 |
| $110k+ | $16,081 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,932 of these 3,134 students, totalling $10,098,848 — an average of $5,227 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Clark 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)