Ohio Technical College
For-profit College in Cleveland, OH. Six-year graduation rate 90%. Median 10-year earnings $48,450.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $48,450 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Completion is a strength: 90% of students finish within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $12,000 — 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 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 90% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A 90% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. First-year retention of 97% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. A 15:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a for-profit two-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. This is a small school — 435 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 421 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $35,977 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($33,752 versus $36,452), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 77% get grants averaging $6,876, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Borrowing is widespread: 70% take federal loans.
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 · 258 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 | $33,752 |
| $30–48k | $34,988 |
| $48–75k | $36,270 |
| $75–110k | $36,224 |
| $110k+ | $36,452 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 294 of these 421 students, totalling $3,098,622 — an average of $10,540 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cuyahoga 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)