Ross College-Canton
For-profit Community College in Canton, OH. Six-year graduation rate 46%. Median 10-year earnings $29,898.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $29,898, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Six-year completion sits at 46%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $9,500.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.32 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 46%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention is weak: only 43% of full-time first-years return, so roughly three in five leave after one year. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 0% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. At 24:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit. 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 757 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $28,128 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Income makes less difference than usual: $28,239 at $0–30k, $29,182 at $48–75k. Grant aid reaches 76% of students at an average of $4,983. Most students borrow — 79% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 194 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 | $28,239 |
| $30–48k | $28,729 |
| $48–75k | $29,182 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 596 of these 757 students, totalling $4,105,885 — an average of $6,889 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Stark 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)