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Owens Community College

Public Community College in Perrysburg, OH. Six-year graduation rate 35%. Median 10-year earnings $37,275.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
Owens Community College · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$37,275
Median debt at grad
$16,667
Mobility score
1.1
% bottom→top quintile
Graduation rate
35.1%
Federal loan default
0%

Median earnings ten years after entry come to $37,275, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Only 35% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $16,667, 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.

Green Flags
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Academics

Full-time retention
60%
Transfer-out rate
18%
Student:faculty
14:1

Completion is the problem here: 35% graduate within six years. First-year retention is 60% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 18% 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. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 49% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$9,211
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
50%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
42%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 4,226 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Students pay an average of $9,211 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $8,214 at $0–30k, $13,629 at $110k+. About 50% get grants averaging $4,371, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing reaches 42% 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.

% receiving grants
62%
Average grant
$4,779

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 585 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 $8,214
$30–48k $8,300
$48–75k $11,058
$75–110k $12,514
$110k+ $13,629

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 1,776 of these 4,226 students, totalling $10,656,515 — an average of $6,000 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Wood County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$769/mo
1 bedroom
$820/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,076/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
174
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate Owens Community College

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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