Eastern Gateway
Community College
Public Community College in Steubenville, OH. Six-year graduation rate 30%.
- ! Mobility score 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 30% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 30% graduate within six years. Retention is weak: only 57% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in five leave after one year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. The part-time picture is harder: 34% return, against 57% full-time. The student-faculty ratio is 22:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 29,859 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $672 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($3,559 versus $5,766), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 84% of students at an average of $5,063. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 1% 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 · 661 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 | $3,559 |
| $30–48k | $3,743 |
| $48–75k | $5,289 |
| $75–110k | $5,098 |
| $110k+ | $5,766 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 339 of these 29,859 students, totalling $732,232 — an average of $2,160 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Jefferson County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026