Ohio University-Southern Campus
Public Community College in Ironton, OH. Six-year graduation rate 21%. Median 10-year earnings $52,581.
Students who entered Ohio University-Southern Campus land at a median of $52,581 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Only 21% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential they enrolled for. 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
A six-year graduation rate of 21% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention is weak: only 54% 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 28% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The 13:1 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 461 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $6,014 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($4,649 versus $8,753), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 71% get grants averaging $5,752, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 44% 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 · 117 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 | $4,649 |
| $30–48k | $4,943 |
| $48–75k | $5,297 |
| $75–110k | $8,332 |
| $110k+ | $8,753 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 201 of these 461 students, totalling $1,007,055 — an average of $5,010 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lawrence 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)