James A.
Rhodes State College
Public Community College in Lima, OH. Six-year graduation rate 47%. Median 10-year earnings $41,855.
Students who entered James A. Rhodes State College reach a median of $41,855 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Six-year completion sits at 47%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates leave owing a median of $12,000 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.29 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.8 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 47%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. Transfer-out runs to 14% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 18:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. 3,968 undergraduates makes this a mid-sized institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,545 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $8,628 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($7,461 versus $13,392), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 53% of students receive grant aid, averaging $4,781 — common but not automatic. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 20% 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 · 225 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 | $7,461 |
| $30–48k | $7,850 |
| $48–75k | $10,275 |
| $75–110k | $11,062 |
| $110k+ | $13,392 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 305 of these 1,545 students, totalling $1,665,088 — an average of $5,459 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Allen 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)