Heidelberg University
Private College in Tiffin, OH. Six-year graduation rate 52%. Median 10-year earnings $48,466.
Students who entered Heidelberg University land at a median of $48,466 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 52%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation reaches $27,000, heavy enough to shape the years right after the degree.
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
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 86% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool runs to 1,879, typical for a school of this reach. Yield is low at 18%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling.
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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Six-year completion sits at 52%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 74% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. 18% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. A 14:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 824 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $19,447 annually once grants are applied. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $18,217 while those at $110k+ pay $26,286. Most students get help: 99% receive grants worth $26,369 on average. Borrowing is widespread: 92% 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 · 286 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 | $18,217 |
| $30–48k | $15,974 |
| $48–75k | $14,556 |
| $75–110k | $21,376 |
| $110k+ | $26,286 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 758 of these 824 students, totalling $4,127,468 — an average of $5,445 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Seneca 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)