Tri-Rivers Career Center
Public College in Marion, OH. Median 10-year earnings $48,707.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $48,707 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Median debt at graduation is $10,665, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.22 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. Retention is weak: only 50% of full-time first-years return, so roughly one in two leave after one year. At 6:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a public short-program institution, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 193 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $25,605 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $20,757 while those at $75–110k pay $30,454. About 50% get grants averaging $7,973, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. About 37% 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 · 20 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 | $20,757 |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | $30,454 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 71 of these 193 students, totalling $633,690 — an average of $8,925 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Marion 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)