University of
Akron Main Campus
Public Research University in Akron, OH. Six-year graduation rate 52%. Median 10-year earnings $46,600.
Ten years after entry, the median University of Akron Main Campus student earns $46,600 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. 52% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation is $23,250, 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
Admissions
University of Akron Main Campus admits 60% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly two in five applicants are turned away. With 18,025 applications received, this is a school operating at national scale. Only 18% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 14% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
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 | 460–600 | 267 (14%) |
| SAT Math | 440–590 | |
| ACT Composite | 17–25 | 1,267 (64%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 52%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention is 73% — 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. 24% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Retention drops to 32% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 10,011 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $14,693 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $10,413 while those at $110k+ pay $20,226. 77% of students receive grant aid, averaging $9,317 — common but not automatic. 37% 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 · 2,050 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 | $10,413 |
| $30–48k | $10,131 |
| $48–75k | $13,519 |
| $75–110k | $17,800 |
| $110k+ | $20,226 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 3,708 of these 10,011 students, totalling $23,911,662 — an average of $6,449 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Summit 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)