Ohio University-Lancaster Campus
Public Community College in Lancaster, OH. Six-year graduation rate 15%. Median 10-year earnings $52,581.
Ten years after entry, the median Ohio University-Lancaster Campus student earns $52,581 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Only 15% finish within six years, so roughly nine in ten students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $21,056, neither a bargain nor a burden.
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 15% — below national average
Academics
Only 15% finish within six years, so roughly nine in ten students leave without the credential. Retention is weak: only 50% of full-time first-years return, so roughly one in two leave after one year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. Transfer-out runs to 24% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 16:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 657 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $5,854 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $3,375 at $0–30k, $9,562 at $110k+. 61% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,619 — common but not automatic. About 35% 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 · 197 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 | $3,375 |
| $30–48k | $4,466 |
| $48–75k | $3,791 |
| $75–110k | $7,790 |
| $110k+ | $9,562 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 232 of these 657 students, totalling $1,013,851 — an average of $4,370 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Fairfield 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)