Kent State
University at East Liverpool
Public Community College in East Liverpool, OH. Six-year graduation rate 19%. Median 10-year earnings $45,388.
Students who entered Kent State University at East Liverpool land at a median of $45,388 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 19% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Median debt at graduation is $24,500, roughly typical for an undergraduate 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
- ! Graduation rate 19% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 19% graduate within six years. Just 33% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 15% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. At 37:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 236 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $14,377 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $11,004 at $0–30k, $17,635 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 68% of students at an average of $4,554. 59% 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 · 20 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 | $11,004 |
| $30–48k | $13,928 |
| $48–75k | $12,226 |
| $75–110k | $17,968 |
| $110k+ | $17,635 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 140 of these 236 students, totalling $952,183 — an average of $6,801 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Columbiana 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)