Ohio University-Eastern Campus
Public Community College in Saint Clairsville, OH. Six-year graduation rate 21%. Median 10-year earnings $52,581.
Students who entered Ohio University-Eastern Campus land at a median of $52,581 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Completion is the weak point: 21% graduate within six years. Median debt at graduation is $21,056, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 21% — below national average
Academics
Only 21% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential. Retention of 63% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. A 25% 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. A 15:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 305 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $4,730 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $1,691 at $0–30k against $7,490 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 69% get grants averaging $5,767, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. About 27% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 98 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 | $1,691 |
| $30–48k | $2,178 |
| $48–75k | $4,438 |
| $75–110k | $5,927 |
| $110k+ | $7,490 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 83 of these 305 students, totalling $387,089 — an average of $4,664 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Belmont 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)