The University
of Findlay
Private College in Findlay, OH. Six-year graduation rate 58%. Median 10-year earnings $56,996.
Students who entered The University of Findlay land at a median of $56,996 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 58%, meaning about two in five students who start do not finish. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $25,439, 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
- ! Mobility score 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
The University of Findlay accepts 83% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. 4,065 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Only 17% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 58% finish inside six years. 74% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. 27% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. The 12:1 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 2,315 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $27,297 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $22,052 at $0–30k against $28,963 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 97% of students get grant aid averaging $25,615, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Borrowing is widespread: 60% take federal loans.
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 · 613 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 | $22,052 |
| $30–48k | $22,908 |
| $48–75k | $24,481 |
| $75–110k | $28,486 |
| $110k+ | $28,963 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,386 of these 2,315 students, totalling $10,185,576 — an average of $7,349 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hancock 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)