Herzing University-Akron
Private Community College in Akron, OH. Six-year graduation rate 22%. Median 10-year earnings $36,909.
Ten-year median earnings of $36,909 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Only 22% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Graduates carry a median of $21,500 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 22% — below national average
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 95%, Herzing University-Akron takes nearly everyone who applies. The applicant pool is small at 92, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. A 69% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through.
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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A six-year graduation rate of 22% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention is weak: only 25% of full-time first-years return, so roughly three in four leave after one year. At 13:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. The undergraduate body is just 381, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 378 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $18,434 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($18,120 versus $25,700), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 96% of students get grant aid averaging $7,917, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 84% 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 · 51 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 | $18,120 |
| $30–48k | $18,858 |
| $48–75k | $17,716 |
| $75–110k | $23,322 |
| $110k+ | $25,700 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 318 of these 378 students, totalling $2,313,546 — an average of $7,275 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Summit 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)