Walsh University
Private College in North Canton, OH. Six-year graduation rate 59%. Median 10-year earnings $59,764.
Students who entered Walsh University land at a median of $59,764 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 59%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates leave owing a median of $27,000 — a substantial load to service on these earnings.
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 0.6 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 71% puts Walsh University on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. The applicant pool runs to 2,748, typical for a school of this reach. Yield is low at 20%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 4% 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 | 510–630 | 14 (4%) |
| SAT Math | 530–650 | |
| ACT Composite | 20–27 | 75 (20%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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59% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention of 72% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. At 14:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,342 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $23,933 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $20,458 at $0–30k against $20,373 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is widespread — 90% of students receive it, averaging $21,615. Most students borrow — 57% 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 · 333 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 | $20,458 |
| $30–48k | $17,849 |
| $48–75k | $18,642 |
| $75–110k | $22,737 |
| $110k+ | $20,373 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 769 of these 1,342 students, totalling $4,800,842 — an average of $6,243 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)