ETI Technical
College of Niles
For-profit Community College in Niles, OH. Six-year graduation rate 63%. Median 10-year earnings $34,017.
Students who entered ETI Technical College of Niles reach a median of $34,017 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Six-year completion sits at 63%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $13,805, a light load against those earnings.
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
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 63%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention of 94% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. A 8:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a for-profit two-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 182 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $13,204 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $12,739 at $0–30k, $16,790 at $48–75k. Most students get help: 90% receive grants worth $6,738 on average. 88% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 17 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 | $12,739 |
| $30–48k | $20,609 |
| $48–75k | $16,790 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 161 of these 182 students, totalling $1,779,994 — an average of $11,056 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Trumbull 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)