University of
Rio Grande
Private Community College in Rio Grande, OH. Six-year graduation rate 40%. Median 10-year earnings $41,478.
Students who entered University of Rio Grande reach a median of $41,478 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 40% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Median debt at graduation is $17,750, 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
Academics
Only 40% finish within six years, so roughly three in five students leave without the credential. 56% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 22% 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. At 20:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,322 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $24,061 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($21,776 versus $25,788), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 86% of students get grant aid averaging $9,736, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Most students borrow — 81% 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 · 168 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 | $21,776 |
| $30–48k | $22,733 |
| $48–75k | $24,432 |
| $75–110k | $27,008 |
| $110k+ | $25,788 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,073 of these 1,322 students, totalling $6,671,099 — an average of $6,217 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Gallia County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)