Ohio State
University-Newark Campus
Public Community College in Newark, OH. Six-year graduation rate 29%. 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 29% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. 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
- ! Graduation rate 29% — below national average
Academics
Only 29% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential. 25% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. With 47% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. At 29:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit. This is a public four-year university, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,302 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $14,144 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The income table below is the number that matters — $12,280 at $0–30k versus $20,979 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 67% of students at an average of $7,799. Federal borrowing reaches 35% 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 · 1,333 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 | $12,280 |
| $30–48k | $12,122 |
| $48–75k | $12,858 |
| $75–110k | $16,732 |
| $110k+ | $20,979 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 802 of these 2,302 students, totalling $4,342,765 — an average of $5,415 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Licking 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)