Ohio State
University Agricultural Technical Institute
Public Community College in Wooster, OH. Six-year graduation rate 43%. Median 10-year earnings $60,409.
Ten-year median earnings of $60,409 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. The six-year graduation rate is 43%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Graduates carry a median of $19,976 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.33 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 43% finish inside six years. 63% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 30% 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. The 15:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 431 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $17,576 annually once grants are applied. The income table below is the number that matters — $14,441 at $0–30k versus $22,795 at $110k+. About 76% get grants averaging $7,378, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 45% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 223 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 | $14,441 |
| $30–48k | $14,136 |
| $48–75k | $15,863 |
| $75–110k | $20,345 |
| $110k+ | $22,795 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 192 of these 431 students, totalling $990,698 — an average of $5,160 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Wayne 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)