Madison Adult
Career Center
Public Community College in Mansfield, OH. Six-year graduation rate 85%. Median 10-year earnings $30,941.
Ten-year median earnings of $30,941 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is a strength: 85% of students finish within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $4,266 — 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 0.14 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 85% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion runs to 85% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention is 72% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The 9:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. As a public community college, the relevant comparison is other two-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. This is a small school — 137 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 137 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $14,984 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price varies modestly by income — $12,685 at $0–30k against $16,518 at $48–75k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 90% of students get grant aid averaging $3,690, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 21% 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 · 58 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 | $12,685 |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | $16,518 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 29 of these 137 students, totalling $128,391 — an average of $4,427 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Richland 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)