Defiance College
Private College in Defiance, OH. Six-year graduation rate 31%. Median 10-year earnings $49,351.
Students who entered Defiance College land at a median of $49,351 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Completion is the weak point: 31% graduate within six years. Graduates carry a median of $26,813 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
- ! Graduation rate 31% — below national average
Admissions
Defiance College admits 48% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly one in two applicants are turned away. The applicant pool runs to 1,754, typical for a school of this reach. About 22% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range.
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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is the problem here: 31% graduate within six years. Just 56% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. 40% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. A 11:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 435 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $26,298 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $27,196 at $0–30k against $26,637 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Most students get help: 100% receive grants worth $27,331 on average. Borrowing is widespread: 77% take federal loans.
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 · 131 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 | $27,196 |
| $30–48k | $26,105 |
| $48–75k | $25,884 |
| $75–110k | $24,554 |
| $110k+ | $26,637 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 336 of these 435 students, totalling $2,267,514 — an average of $6,749 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Defiance County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Probation or Equivalent or More Severe Status: Monitoring (Other - Provide unlisted or multiple justifications), Accreditation, Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); Accreditation; School has an accreditation issue; School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)