Zane State College
Public Community College in Zanesville, OH. Six-year graduation rate 46%. Median 10-year earnings $35,006.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $35,006, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 47%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $6,834.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.20 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
47% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. A 15% 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 17:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. This is a public four-year university, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. The undergraduate body is just 1,619, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 717 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $8,506 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $6,648 at $0–30k, $13,460 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 68% of students at an average of $4,100. About 25% 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 · 179 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 | $6,648 |
| $30–48k | $7,668 |
| $48–75k | $8,632 |
| $75–110k | $10,907 |
| $110k+ | $13,460 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 182 of these 717 students, totalling $537,136 — an average of $2,951 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Muskingum 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)