Marion Technical College
Public Community College in Marion, OH. Six-year graduation rate 31%. Median 10-year earnings $41,495.
Ten-year median earnings of $41,495 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 31% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $8,300 — 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 0.20 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.6 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 31% — below national average
Academics
Only 31% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. Transfer-out runs to 12% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 14:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a public four-year university, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. With 3,008 undergraduates, the school sits in the middle of the size distribution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,353 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $7,776 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $6,554 at $0–30k, $13,026 at $110k+. 58% of students receive grant aid, averaging $4,501 — common but not automatic. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 18% 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 · 143 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 | $6,554 |
| $30–48k | $6,511 |
| $48–75k | $7,476 |
| $75–110k | $10,928 |
| $110k+ | $13,026 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 240 of these 1,353 students, totalling $1,012,780 — an average of $4,220 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Marion 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)