Wayne County
Schools Career Center
Public College in Smithville, OH. Median 10-year earnings $42,774.
Ten years after entry, the median Wayne County Schools Career Center student earns $42,774 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Median debt at graduation is $7,574, 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 0.18 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. Retention is strong at 84%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 70% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. The 9:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 202 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $28,849 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Net price varies modestly by income — $28,494 at $0–30k against $33,356 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 69% of students at an average of $4,203. Federal borrowing reaches 39% of students.
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 · 48 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 | $28,494 |
| $30–48k | $19,862 |
| $48–75k | $28,951 |
| $75–110k | $32,287 |
| $110k+ | $33,356 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 78 of these 202 students, totalling $466,009 — an average of $5,974 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Wayne 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)