Northwest State
Community College
Public Community College in Archbold, OH. Six-year graduation rate 46%. Median 10-year earnings $40,004.
Ten-year median earnings of $40,004 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Six-year completion sits at 46%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,750 — 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 0.24 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.5 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
Completion is middling: 46% finish inside six years. Retention of 69% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. The part-time picture is harder: 52% return, against 69% full-time. The 23:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,037 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $13,914 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 — $13,166 at $0–30k against $14,904 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 67% of students at an average of $4,453. Only 18% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 146 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 | $13,166 |
| $30–48k | $13,461 |
| $48–75k | $13,785 |
| $75–110k | $13,987 |
| $110k+ | $14,904 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 190 of these 1,037 students, totalling $673,049 — an average of $3,542 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Henry 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)